If you want to have fun for an hour and a half, play spot the Easter egg, for both franchises and wallow in nostalgia, this is the film for you.
Aimed squarely at Scooby fans and Brave and the Bold TV series fans, an ardent Batman aficionado will hate this, but kids and the young at heart, who long for a return of the silver age caped crusader will be in seventh heaven.
I'll admit seeing Velma, out Carrie Kelley-ing Carrie Kelley, and take up the mantel of Robin was a high point, as was her character being allowed to shine in this story and NOT seeing Daphne be the damsel in distress with that role falling to Aquaman of all people was pretty amusing.
The Villain too is fun, though it is telegraphed way in advance who and what it is, though the red herrings as to his identity are all call backs and Easter eggs, some very (amazingly) obscure and unexpected.
18 Reviews
Jeffrey Combs, Velma as Robin, Batman & Scooby Doo! What's not to love?
lennieh9 March 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I didn't expect this movie to be so much fun!!
amerulaidil8 April 2019
Plot writing was great and hilarious. Seriously, Batman need to have crossover more with other Hanna Barbera property. Scooby Doo and the gang really add more fun and flavor in this movie. If this movie was shown at the cinema instead of the 2000 and 2004 version,then Scooby Doo legacy will be saved.
Mystery Incorporated and The Brave and the Bold
TheLittleSongbird21 March 2018
Being a huge 'Scooby Doo' fan for goodness knows how long, any new show, special or film would be watched with great anticipation. While 'Scooby Doo Where Are You' is still the jewel of the crown of the franchise, a vast majority of the 'Scooby Doo' films have a huge amount to like and are worth watching at least once.
'Scooby Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold' is not one of the best 'Scooby Doo' films. Not like 'Zombie Island', 'Witch's Ghost', 'Big Top', 'Goblin King' (am aware that this is not going to be a popular opinion) and 'Mask of the Blue Falcon', though find a lot to like about almost all the animated 'Scooby Doo' films (one of few exceptions being 'Monster of Mexico'. It is though one of the most interesting outings, and serves as a mostly successful and fun crossover of Scooby Doo and the Batman heroes and villains. Already knew that Scooby and the gang worked well with Batman and Robin, having featured together in two episodes of 'The New Scooby Doo Movies' (two of the better episodes of that show too), so was psyched.
There are flaws with 'Scooby Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold'. There is a lot going on, and sometimes it feels like there's too much and with an over-crowded feel. Maybe there could have been less characters as well, a vast majority of them are done very well indeed but some are less engaging and necessary (Martian Mindhunter being a prime example).
Also thought for my tastes that the ending was rather rushed and was not as surprising as it had potential to be, a little too suspectable too early.
However, 'Scooby Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold' is a 'Scooby Doo' outing of many pleasures. The crossover aspect is handled very well, with a likeable hero in Batman, equally well done characters like The Question and Aquaman (in an interesting, if slightly goofy, slant to his character) and enormously fun villains such as Joker and Penguin.
Mystery Incorporated are as enjoyable as ever. Shaggy and Scooby never fail to bring a smile to my face and their friendship is so charming and entertaining, a large part of 'Scooby Doo's' success in the first part. Velma, who tended to have a lot of annoying moments post-Sander/Schwartz era, isn't annoying here. Fred is fun and a confident leader, never ridiculous, and Daphne is not as bland as she sometimes can be.
The animation is great. Everything is beautifully drawn and meticulously detailed, with rich, atmospheric colours and a lot of care and time clearly went into how the characters were drawn and move. The music is both dynamic and groovy, with a lot of energy and a haunting undercurrent.
Writing is smart and clever, as well as very funny. There are some endearingly goofy jokes (in classic 'Scooby Doo' fashion, while also feeling current), witty digs and inspired references to previous 'Batman' incarnations that evoke a lot of nostalgia. Much of the story is really good and diverting, sometimes creepy and often quirky with an engaging mystery that isn't lost too much amongst the crossover aspect.
Voice acting is spot on, Frank Welker has still got it, being the only voice actor to still be around yet was there from the very beginning and Matthew Lillard once again proves himself to be a worthy successor to Casey Kasem. Diedrich Bader, Tom Kenny, Jeff Bennett and Jeffrey Coombs stand out of The Brave and the Bold characters.
Overall, good solid fun with a lot of interesting elements but not Scooby at his best. 7/10 Bethany Cox
'Scooby Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold' is not one of the best 'Scooby Doo' films. Not like 'Zombie Island', 'Witch's Ghost', 'Big Top', 'Goblin King' (am aware that this is not going to be a popular opinion) and 'Mask of the Blue Falcon', though find a lot to like about almost all the animated 'Scooby Doo' films (one of few exceptions being 'Monster of Mexico'. It is though one of the most interesting outings, and serves as a mostly successful and fun crossover of Scooby Doo and the Batman heroes and villains. Already knew that Scooby and the gang worked well with Batman and Robin, having featured together in two episodes of 'The New Scooby Doo Movies' (two of the better episodes of that show too), so was psyched.
There are flaws with 'Scooby Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold'. There is a lot going on, and sometimes it feels like there's too much and with an over-crowded feel. Maybe there could have been less characters as well, a vast majority of them are done very well indeed but some are less engaging and necessary (Martian Mindhunter being a prime example).
Also thought for my tastes that the ending was rather rushed and was not as surprising as it had potential to be, a little too suspectable too early.
However, 'Scooby Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold' is a 'Scooby Doo' outing of many pleasures. The crossover aspect is handled very well, with a likeable hero in Batman, equally well done characters like The Question and Aquaman (in an interesting, if slightly goofy, slant to his character) and enormously fun villains such as Joker and Penguin.
Mystery Incorporated are as enjoyable as ever. Shaggy and Scooby never fail to bring a smile to my face and their friendship is so charming and entertaining, a large part of 'Scooby Doo's' success in the first part. Velma, who tended to have a lot of annoying moments post-Sander/Schwartz era, isn't annoying here. Fred is fun and a confident leader, never ridiculous, and Daphne is not as bland as she sometimes can be.
The animation is great. Everything is beautifully drawn and meticulously detailed, with rich, atmospheric colours and a lot of care and time clearly went into how the characters were drawn and move. The music is both dynamic and groovy, with a lot of energy and a haunting undercurrent.
Writing is smart and clever, as well as very funny. There are some endearingly goofy jokes (in classic 'Scooby Doo' fashion, while also feeling current), witty digs and inspired references to previous 'Batman' incarnations that evoke a lot of nostalgia. Much of the story is really good and diverting, sometimes creepy and often quirky with an engaging mystery that isn't lost too much amongst the crossover aspect.
Voice acting is spot on, Frank Welker has still got it, being the only voice actor to still be around yet was there from the very beginning and Matthew Lillard once again proves himself to be a worthy successor to Casey Kasem. Diedrich Bader, Tom Kenny, Jeff Bennett and Jeffrey Coombs stand out of The Brave and the Bold characters.
Overall, good solid fun with a lot of interesting elements but not Scooby at his best. 7/10 Bethany Cox
The Bat and the Dog...
paul_haakonsen7 June 2018
This 2018 foray into the well-established and well-loved world of the Mystery Gang proved to be quite entertaining. And in comparison to so many many other Scooby-Doo animated movies, then it actually managed to lift itself up and out of the mediocre lane.
The storyline was good and you felt like you were right there alongside Scooby-Doo and all the others, while traversing the streets of Gotham.
The voice acting was good and there was the usual great performances by Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci and Grey DeLisle. But I was really taken by surprise when I heard the voice of Jeffrey Combs, as he is one of my favorite actors.
Good animation, as there always is from the Hanna-Barbera studios.
"Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold" is definitely worth taking the time to watch if you enjoy the traditional Scooby-Doo adventures.
The storyline was good and you felt like you were right there alongside Scooby-Doo and all the others, while traversing the streets of Gotham.
The voice acting was good and there was the usual great performances by Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Kate Micucci and Grey DeLisle. But I was really taken by surprise when I heard the voice of Jeffrey Combs, as he is one of my favorite actors.
Good animation, as there always is from the Hanna-Barbera studios.
"Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold" is definitely worth taking the time to watch if you enjoy the traditional Scooby-Doo adventures.
too many characters
SnoopyStyle2 May 2021
The Scooby gang passes Batman's test and gets invited into the Mystery Analysts of Gotham. There's a new case at Gotham Chemical Storage. Batman lets the kids take the lead. It turns out to be connected to Batman's only unsolved case.
There are a few too many heroes. Honestly, I'm fine with just Aquaman and the Question. Maybe they're trying to get an ongoing team up situation. Apparently, there was one in the comics. All I know is that the movie needs fewer heroes. With all the heroes and villains coming in and out, this feels more like a best-of-clip-show episode of a long running TV series. I do like Aquaman's pathetic neediness and his relationship with the Question. I don't like Martian Manhunter. I do like this old style Batman and his relationship with the kids. I like the campy silly tone. I'm trying to remember if Scooby ever intentionally drove the Mystery Machine before this. I don't like overwhelming the mystery with so many characters. I like the silly.
There are a few too many heroes. Honestly, I'm fine with just Aquaman and the Question. Maybe they're trying to get an ongoing team up situation. Apparently, there was one in the comics. All I know is that the movie needs fewer heroes. With all the heroes and villains coming in and out, this feels more like a best-of-clip-show episode of a long running TV series. I do like Aquaman's pathetic neediness and his relationship with the Question. I don't like Martian Manhunter. I do like this old style Batman and his relationship with the kids. I like the campy silly tone. I'm trying to remember if Scooby ever intentionally drove the Mystery Machine before this. I don't like overwhelming the mystery with so many characters. I like the silly.
Even if it's a bit overfilled, it's still a refreshingly ambitious and stylistically satisfying Scooby entry
andrewroy-0431625 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
The Brave and the Bold isn't the cleanest plot or mystery in the series, but it is exactly the tone you'd hope for in a Scooby Doo and Batman crossover (not the first time they've nailed the pairing, either). They do a very nice job managing a wildly large cast of characters - it would've been easy to focus too much on the heroes and leave the gang with little to do, but they struck a nice balance. I also always love seeing Daphne in a more serious and useful role, her interest in anagrams was a fun little addition. The movie definitely focuses a lot on Batman's psychology and how he feels responsible for all of Gotham's safety and how his past weighs on him. I thought this worked and was a nice centering piece to everything else going on, and it was also cool to see Batman as his early year detective style role. The menagerie of side characters they added in did feel a bit overstuffed, though I like the direction they tried to go with just about all of them, and they all have their moments. Aquaman is great and funny, the chimp has a nice back and forth with Velma, and Bullock was written perfectly. The Martian was a bit silly, and the elastic man felt like a missed opportunity (more on that later, though). The villains also all felt more thrown in as references than seriously relevant, especially Penguin and Joker, but I do like the way they used the Riddler. The comedy is great here, and this may well be the funniest of the direct to DVD movies - no jokes really fall flat and several were really funny, largely courtesy of Scooby or Aquaman. The tone is fun and upbeat, mingling the lightness of Mystery Inc with a bit of brooding darkness in Batman nicely, and the action sequences clearly nod to the comic books.
My only small letdowns with the film came in the resolution of the mystery. The opportunity cost of throwing every Gotham character they could into the movie is that we had a bit less substance to the mystery than we usually do. However, I was convinced I had solved the case, and when it was revealed I really thought that my solution would be much more satisfying. Clayface was mentioned as one of the many villains, but we don't know anything about him so the whole needing a cure justification for the crimes can't have any emotional weight, unfortunately. What I was sure would happen was that elastic man was behind it all. We know he's been a criminal in the past, and we know he can morph into pretty much any shape, so he totally could've been the crimson cloak, pretended to be Shaggy, and so on. I also thought it was obvious because we saw how he reacts poorly to cold by expanding oddly, and we saw a somewhat similar expansion in the crimson cloak at the end. I still think this could've worked and you could still have the Riddler as a mastermind behind it all - maybe he planted elastic man into the mystery solvers to cripple them from the inside! Even if they hadn't gone this route, I still would have liked more build and significance to the mystery. It was just a bit too squeezed between all the other plots and character stories the movie was trying to tell. Even so, it's another really solid, fun Scooby entry that I definitely enjoyed.
My only small letdowns with the film came in the resolution of the mystery. The opportunity cost of throwing every Gotham character they could into the movie is that we had a bit less substance to the mystery than we usually do. However, I was convinced I had solved the case, and when it was revealed I really thought that my solution would be much more satisfying. Clayface was mentioned as one of the many villains, but we don't know anything about him so the whole needing a cure justification for the crimes can't have any emotional weight, unfortunately. What I was sure would happen was that elastic man was behind it all. We know he's been a criminal in the past, and we know he can morph into pretty much any shape, so he totally could've been the crimson cloak, pretended to be Shaggy, and so on. I also thought it was obvious because we saw how he reacts poorly to cold by expanding oddly, and we saw a somewhat similar expansion in the crimson cloak at the end. I still think this could've worked and you could still have the Riddler as a mastermind behind it all - maybe he planted elastic man into the mystery solvers to cripple them from the inside! Even if they hadn't gone this route, I still would have liked more build and significance to the mystery. It was just a bit too squeezed between all the other plots and character stories the movie was trying to tell. Even so, it's another really solid, fun Scooby entry that I definitely enjoyed.
Scooby-Doo meets Batman... Again!
Milk_Tray_Guy15 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
After (unknowingly) passing an initiation test, Scooby etc are invited by Batman to join the secret 'Mystery Analysts of Gotham' society. Whilst attending their first meeting (with Batman, Black Canary, Plastic Man, Detective Chimp, Martian Manhunter, and The Question) an alarm sounds from Gotham Chemical Storage, and the gang answer the call alongside the heroes. As they arrive they encounter the ghostly 'Crimson Cloak', who swears revenge on Batman for causing his death. This causes Batman to reopen the one case that he was never able to solve...
Scooby-Doo/Batman crossovers are nothing new, and with this one taking place in the world of the Batman: The Brave and the Bold TV show, Diedrich Bader naturally returns to voice the caped crusader. Artwork and animation are very good. Dialogue is good, with Batman, Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma having the best lines (Velma fangirling over the Batcave is fun). We also get Batman driving the Mystery Machine, Daphne driving the Batmobile, Fred love-struck over Black Canary, and Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, Velma, and Scooby as (respectively) Batman, Batgirl, Nightwing, Robin ('Carrie Kelley'), and Ace the Bat Hound! Btw, in a flashback which Batman says happened in his first year as a crimefighter, he drives a 1940s Batmobile and wears the cow-horn ears Batsuit and short gloves! He looks pretty spry for a guy in his late 90s!
Minuses for me are that the movie feels like 'Batman, guest-starring Scooby-Doo', rather than 'Scooby-Doo, guest-starring Batman'; some of the guest heroes really don't need to be there; the prologue/set-up wastes a great monster concept and design that I'd love to have seen featured as a main Scooby villain in its own right; and whilst the general plot is okay (with shades of Joker's Red Hood origin), there are some things along the way that don't really make sense.
All in all though, it's a fun movie, and regular voice cast Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle, Matthew Lillard, and Kate Micucci are on point (as ever!). 7/10.
Scooby-Doo/Batman crossovers are nothing new, and with this one taking place in the world of the Batman: The Brave and the Bold TV show, Diedrich Bader naturally returns to voice the caped crusader. Artwork and animation are very good. Dialogue is good, with Batman, Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma having the best lines (Velma fangirling over the Batcave is fun). We also get Batman driving the Mystery Machine, Daphne driving the Batmobile, Fred love-struck over Black Canary, and Fred, Daphne, Shaggy, Velma, and Scooby as (respectively) Batman, Batgirl, Nightwing, Robin ('Carrie Kelley'), and Ace the Bat Hound! Btw, in a flashback which Batman says happened in his first year as a crimefighter, he drives a 1940s Batmobile and wears the cow-horn ears Batsuit and short gloves! He looks pretty spry for a guy in his late 90s!
Minuses for me are that the movie feels like 'Batman, guest-starring Scooby-Doo', rather than 'Scooby-Doo, guest-starring Batman'; some of the guest heroes really don't need to be there; the prologue/set-up wastes a great monster concept and design that I'd love to have seen featured as a main Scooby villain in its own right; and whilst the general plot is okay (with shades of Joker's Red Hood origin), there are some things along the way that don't really make sense.
All in all though, it's a fun movie, and regular voice cast Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle, Matthew Lillard, and Kate Micucci are on point (as ever!). 7/10.
Fun to watch
007Waffles22 November 2019
Umm okay
ahmed_razzak-1560527 December 2021
There was a new sort of like a re-adaptation show of the Batman on Cartoon Network called Batman The Brave and the Bold . Since Batman and Scooby have been together in a previous film called Scooby-Doo meets Batman which was decades ago .. here's to Scooby 🐾and the Bat 🦇 fans . But in my view, the best look Batman and the Gotham Knights have ever had in animation was in The New Batman Adventures which should've been his final look with bits of modifications here and there which suffices, the later changes I didn't like. But in later adaptations they just reinvented him more from the original comics, this Batman is an adaptation of the Batman and Robin show from the eighties so it kinda has a funny and hilarious take on it . So this Batman is the funny Batman rather than the serious action night thrill Batman 😂.
Freaking DC
TheOneThatYouWanted18 March 2018
Strange, the Batman and the Justice League B-team are annoyingly goofy and it makes Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Team look like young professionals. So yeah, not sure what the heck happened there but it throws of the film in a major way. It would have been better if they edited out all the Justice League B-team members, seriously they are just that annoying. Especially Martian Manhunter. I cringed every time he was on screen. I almost wonder if two different teams where responsible for producing the film. Like a team from DC and a team from Hanna-Barbera. Whatever, if that was the case, DC dropped the ball.. as usual.
Get this movie!
sambridgers11 January 2018
What the heck are you doing reading this review instead of actually buying the movie? I preordered it on iTunes, and I didn't, for one second, regret spending my money on this. Humor, voices, characters, animation, music, they're all here at great. Jeffrey Combs reprises his role as the Question from Justice League Unlimited, so if anyone that's a fan of the DCAU and is interested in this film, go buy it now!
Great and fun but one big flaw....
willandcharlenebrown3 September 2021
Unlikely to see DC superheroes and Scooby Doo in one animation.
XueHuaBingYu11 February 2018
I'm not a Batman fan, so, it's a bit difficult to say of seeing Scooby Doo gang and Batman are together. But I feel weird to see superheroes are seen together with Mystery Inc. gang. I'd rather like to see the old-fashioned style of Mystery Inc. solving mysteries alone. With the other superheroes are included in the group, I feel like Mystery Inc. has been downgraded to supporting role. That's why I like Scooby Doo, Mystery Incorporated TV series. Although I'd like to see them solving the mysteries alone, having Batman and other superheroes in this animation, it doesn't make a bad one. It's still good.
Good
ashfordofficial17 December 2022
1. A crossover between Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the thirtieth entry in the direct-to-video series of Scooby-Doo films. I've never seen a single episode of The Brave and the Bold and this film gave me an overall idea about the tone and characters of the show.
2. A crossover between Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the thirtieth entry in the direct-to-video series of Scooby-Doo films. I've never seen a single episode of The Brave and the Bold and this film gave me an overall idea about the tone and characters of the show.
3. A crossover between Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the thirtieth entry in the direct-to-video series of Scooby-Doo films. I've never seen a single episode of The Brave and the Bold and this film gave me an overall idea about the tone and characters of the show.
2. A crossover between Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the thirtieth entry in the direct-to-video series of Scooby-Doo films. I've never seen a single episode of The Brave and the Bold and this film gave me an overall idea about the tone and characters of the show.
3. A crossover between Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold and the thirtieth entry in the direct-to-video series of Scooby-Doo films. I've never seen a single episode of The Brave and the Bold and this film gave me an overall idea about the tone and characters of the show.
Better then Batman and Harley Quinn
WeAreLive23 March 2018
I am truly happy that we got to see Batman the Brave and the bold again.
Diedrich Bader returns as the voice of Batman after 4 years.
Unlike Batman and Harley Quinn this movie felt like it's original show and we didn't end up seeing inappropriate scenes.
Overall this movie was just excellent and I am glad the mystery gang never had there clothes/Designs or personalities from Be Cool Scooby Doo!
Unlike Batman and Harley Quinn this movie felt like it's original show and we didn't end up seeing inappropriate scenes.
Overall this movie was just excellent and I am glad the mystery gang never had there clothes/Designs or personalities from Be Cool Scooby Doo!
The destruction of Batman's icon is going on
glevedacier10 January 2018
Batman used to be an icon, a representative of manly qualities and of certain virtues that are idealized by men in general. He would represent what a perfect man is. He is a human being who has raised himself to the level of a super hero due to his phyisical, intellectual and moral qualities, and because he has a mental endurance that has to be exemplified. But... that used to exist in a time where we lived in a society that wanted to transmit to younger generations certain ideals, incarnated by men _ and I insist on that word, men _ like Bruce Wayne. That time has ended now, and what used to define a man is no longer wanted and needs to be reset. You all have noticed the great replacement of male icons by female ones _ they're talking about a female James Bond (don't count me in for that). So waht happens then for the iconic male figures that have lasted a long time and cannot be replaced?
You kill their qualities... You make a mockery of them and you rely on the mediocrity and vulgarity of your audience that will praise the originality and humor of a movie whose jokes are hackneyed and whose script is deprived of any ambition. The more mediocre your movie is, the more successful it is today. Critcs don't mind at all when a franchise is stabbed, betrayed, dragged into the mud, coarsed, spit on, stepped on... That is the reason why critics acclaimed Starwars 8, a film that still hurts in people's throats. They find novelty where it is despise from a director, and renewal when the guy crawled out of complexity by kicking everything forward for someone else.
That is the reason why they are able to acclaim that piece of mud... Batman and Sccoby-Doo! Batman and Scooby-Doo. I can't get used to that.
The demise of Batman's icon started with the anime inspired from the 50's tv series. It was the starting point. Then there was Batman and Harley Quinn... where Batman's qualities are less and less visible. Now we have him team up with the Scooby-Doo gang. Is that movie coming from Hell?
I am very sad of what is happening to Batman, but the erasure of his icon seems to be on the agenda. We may have a totally new Batman for the next generation, a Steve Urkell's twin maybe. Someone who won't be a hero anymore. You saw what they did to Thor without the leastest scruple. In Starwars 8 they turned the charismatic and powerfull figure of General Hux into a comic relief to make room for Captain Phasma's badassness and make her look like the true leader of the First Order. The feminist agenda is carefully, slowly and irrevocably killing every male icon that used to be representative of what young boys should admire.
And they say young boys are growing ruder and ruder...
You kill their qualities... You make a mockery of them and you rely on the mediocrity and vulgarity of your audience that will praise the originality and humor of a movie whose jokes are hackneyed and whose script is deprived of any ambition. The more mediocre your movie is, the more successful it is today. Critcs don't mind at all when a franchise is stabbed, betrayed, dragged into the mud, coarsed, spit on, stepped on... That is the reason why critics acclaimed Starwars 8, a film that still hurts in people's throats. They find novelty where it is despise from a director, and renewal when the guy crawled out of complexity by kicking everything forward for someone else.
That is the reason why they are able to acclaim that piece of mud... Batman and Sccoby-Doo! Batman and Scooby-Doo. I can't get used to that.
The demise of Batman's icon started with the anime inspired from the 50's tv series. It was the starting point. Then there was Batman and Harley Quinn... where Batman's qualities are less and less visible. Now we have him team up with the Scooby-Doo gang. Is that movie coming from Hell?
I am very sad of what is happening to Batman, but the erasure of his icon seems to be on the agenda. We may have a totally new Batman for the next generation, a Steve Urkell's twin maybe. Someone who won't be a hero anymore. You saw what they did to Thor without the leastest scruple. In Starwars 8 they turned the charismatic and powerfull figure of General Hux into a comic relief to make room for Captain Phasma's badassness and make her look like the true leader of the First Order. The feminist agenda is carefully, slowly and irrevocably killing every male icon that used to be representative of what young boys should admire.
And they say young boys are growing ruder and ruder...
Full of holes but with good character writing [5.1/10]
cfmca25 February 2024
Warning: Spoilers
First off the premise of the movie is thoroughly confusing, and it's never explained exactly how these 2 continuities are meeting. The movie implies this is a universe where Mystery Inc has always existed within the DC continuity, however this causes a large issue in that if Mystery Inc exists in a world with supers, why do they still stick to the "there is always a reasonable explanation" philosophy? This whole issue ripples through the rest of the movie and causes it to be hard to get any investment.
The best part of the film is the character writing, mostly from Mystery Inc as all the characters are fun and provide a laugh here or there. Batman is alright too but not too interesting. The Riddler was also quite good, I thought it was strange how his plan in the opening was to just take money in a very short sighted and cartoonish way, so the reveal that it was a fake riddler so the real one could disguise himself with the main cast was a great reveal. Only problem is he has minimal motivation for making a super weapon to destroy anything in gotham and I wish they put more thought into that aspect. Aqua-Man was also in the movie for some reason and was completely insufferable, theres this one really tonally off part where he makes a joke out of Jason Todds death to Batman's face, like what the hell.
There are many, many questionable aspects/plot holes in the movie. Like how Batman states the detective team is "secret invite only", yet they let Plastic Man on who has zero qualities as a detective. Or why characters keep having to clarify if Batman is referring to "the REAL batcave?", like, it's not like theres a batcave on every corner what batcave do you think he means! Or how Clayface can fly inexplicably, just to name a few I remember.
So yeah, pretty alright. If it weren't for the impossible premise taking me out of the whole thing it'd probably be a high 6 or low 7 rating. Give it a watch if you don't care about that sort of thing.
The best part of the film is the character writing, mostly from Mystery Inc as all the characters are fun and provide a laugh here or there. Batman is alright too but not too interesting. The Riddler was also quite good, I thought it was strange how his plan in the opening was to just take money in a very short sighted and cartoonish way, so the reveal that it was a fake riddler so the real one could disguise himself with the main cast was a great reveal. Only problem is he has minimal motivation for making a super weapon to destroy anything in gotham and I wish they put more thought into that aspect. Aqua-Man was also in the movie for some reason and was completely insufferable, theres this one really tonally off part where he makes a joke out of Jason Todds death to Batman's face, like what the hell.
There are many, many questionable aspects/plot holes in the movie. Like how Batman states the detective team is "secret invite only", yet they let Plastic Man on who has zero qualities as a detective. Or why characters keep having to clarify if Batman is referring to "the REAL batcave?", like, it's not like theres a batcave on every corner what batcave do you think he means! Or how Clayface can fly inexplicably, just to name a few I remember.
So yeah, pretty alright. If it weren't for the impossible premise taking me out of the whole thing it'd probably be a high 6 or low 7 rating. Give it a watch if you don't care about that sort of thing.
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