Wow, this is a REALLY bad movie!

Sadly Over-hyped

The acting in this movie is really good.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

If you were too go and rank the top ten best movie/television portrayals of Batman, Kevin Conroy's portrayal would probably be in the top five. He voiced batman in Batman: The Animated Series which was a cartoon that ran from 1992 to 1994. He also continues to voice Batman in various animated movies such as Batman: Mask of the Phantasm- which is often considered the best animated Batman movie of all time. And after watching it, I think I could probably agree with that opinion. I recently made a list of 300 movies I have to watch before I'm nineteen and this is the first movie I had to watch in the Animated section. First off, Batman; Mask of the Phantasm had a really good and intelligent story that had a really good final twist and also nicely retold Batman's origin story. It also explored some new narrative ground, introduced a cool new villain named Phantasm, explored Bruce's psychological issues, and had a great romantic subplot as well. The voice acting was on par, featuring both Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill at their finest voicing The Caped Crusader and The Clown Prince of Crime. The characters were believable. Bruce Wayne dealt with some very human issues and felt very human (unlike Val Kilmer's portrayal of him in the Batman movie that came next), Andrea felt very human too. And I like how the movie examined and developed their relationship throughout the film. And Phantasm was scary, Joker was psychotic, Arthur was charming- the characters acted like they were supposed too.The action sequences were decent through electrifying, with plenty of exciting fights and chase sequences scattered throughout. The movie also paints a dark, somber, gritty, and mature depiction of Gotham that the popular 60's live-action TV series never showed. The movie's visuals, exciting final sequence, and moral are also very good too. And you would probably be surprised but I found nothing bad at all with this movie. Final Consensus: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is probably the best animated Batman movie of all times featuring an interesting and mature story, good voice acting, good character development, electrifying action sequences, a gritty tone, decent visuals, great final sequence, and a good moral. It is nearly flawless, in my opinion. Due to frequent moderate violence and consistent moderately frightening scenes, this movie is recommended for kids 9+.

Well, if you've seen "The Animated Series" this shows pretty much all the positives of it. Think of the best episodes from the show, and what comes to mind? "Two-Face Part 1"? "Perchance to Dream"? "It's Never Too Late"? While I wouldn't say this movie is as good as those episodes, it comes very close. If you're a fan of the series like me, you'll enjoy it. I liked the story, the new characters, the twists, etc..., but I have two problems that keep this from being as good as "Under the Red Hood" or "Batman: Year One".Problem one, how does The Phantasm teleport? Obviously The Phantasm is supposed to be a ghost-like figure, but he's able to teleport seemingly at will, even bullets and sharp objects pass right through him. They don't bounce off or anything. Now this wouldn't be a huge concern if The Phantasm was a ghost, but he isn't, so how does stuff phase through him? It's never explained and it seems kind of random that they wouldn't write in a reason.Problem two, what happened to Joker at the end? So it turns out that Joker was a gangster that killed The Phantasm's dad years ago, and now The Phantasm wants to kill him. So during the climax, The Phantasm grabs Joker and disappears in a cloud of smoke. We see what happens to The Phantasm after the climax, but what happened to Joker? Did he get away? Did The Phantasm let him go? Did the whole thing just not happen? It's never explained. You'd think with a character as iconic as Joker, they'd have a solid conclusion for him in the movie. Maybe it was supposed to be left open to interpretation, but it comes off as more lazy to me than anything. And don't tell me he's dead, he shows up later in the series.In the end, even though I had some problems with it, the movie is essentially an extended episode of the show, and that's cool. While I still prefer episodes like "Feat of Clay Part 2" and "Heart of Steel Parts 1 & 2" over it, it's not hard to sit through, and pretty enjoyable.

I haven't seen Batman: Mask of the Phantasm as of late. I just hope they should add this Bat-tastic animated movie on Blu-Ray. I think this was the moment before Joel Schumacher just became a parody of himself by secret handedly lacked one Batman film that is less entertaining and the latter of which was a hot mess. I just really don't care about Batman Forever (decent, but nothing special) and its miserable pun(ish) franchise killer, Batman and Robin anymore.Mask of the Phantasm is basically what I truly loved the animated series. It is Very, Very dark story, toned-down humor and comedy, and most of all, The Clown Prince of Crime and The Phantasm (which I've never read or heard of in any of the 80's or 90's variations of Batman and/or Frank Miller's graphic novel "Batman: Year One"). And I just saying that in a comic nerd's standpoint is that the original cast from the show just nailed it and lend their voices into the big screen.It sucks that this film flopped at the box office despite Warner Bros. Was supposed to release the movie on home video but decided to hand it over to a (sorta) blockbuster movie, but that didn't work as planned and the film, as of today, still has legions of Bat-fans everywhere who didn't see the movie.It's a must-own movie. I probably wished it was a new episode of Batman: The Animated Series, but kudos to the people whoever made this movie. If it's on Netflix, then I probably watch it right this instant.

This movie made perfect use of the BTAS theme music for Bruce Wayne/Batman several times. The best example of such use was in THE BIG CHASE. "THE BIG CHASE" is the greatest Batman Scene ever made. The story is quite tragic and doesn't have a happy ending. Batman is being blamed for a series of high-profile murders in Gotham and the police quickly turn against him. In reality, the Phantasm is the one killing the mobsters. Andrea (Bruce's former love) flies into Gotham weeks after the murders begin.She triggers several flashbacks throughout the story that show us the events that led to Bruce becoming Batman. This includes the incredibly sad movement that prompts Bruce to don the cowl. Alfred's shocked gasp of, "My God . . ." says it all.This is a continuation of the famous BTAS (Batman the Animated Series) of the 1990's. Many fans consider it to be the definitive version of Batman. Kevin Conroy is THE voice of Batman."The series was widely praised for its thematic complexity, darker tone, artistic quality and modernization of its title character's crime-fighting origins. IGN listed The Animated Series as the best adaptation of Batman anywhere outside of comics, the best comic book cartoon of all time and the second best animated series of all time (after The Simpsons). Wizard magazine also ranked it #2 of the greatest animated television shows of all time (again after The Simpsons). TV Guide ranked it the seventh Greatest Cartoon of All Time (out of 60). The universal acclaim led the series to win four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Animated Program."