6. Batman: Gotham Knight
(2008)
Directed by Toshi Hiruma and Bruce Timm
Batman…Kevin Conroy
James Gordon…Jim Meskimen
Alfred…David McCallum
Lucius Fox…Kevin Michael Richardson
The Scarecrow/The Russian…Corey Burton
Sal Maroni…Rob Paulsen
And here is the most experimental Batman movie of all. To be honest, that’s probably the reason I like it so much. It’s a unique approach to the character that doesn’t undermine what we know of him, but expands our understanding. To achieve this we don’t follow a single narrative. Instead, there are six vignettes telling different stories involving our hero. They’re not officially part of the Nolan series, they seem to fit snugly in the space between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, referencing events in the former quite often. This also looks different than anything else in the canon. Most of the animated flicks either try to look like the comics or one of the animated series. Gotham Knight does neither. It plays with different styles and color palettes. In a bold move, even Batman himself is rendered in a number of different ways. Understandably, this may be a bit too eclectic for a some folks but to me it’s a magnificent effort.
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