{"id":31777,"date":"2019-08-20T17:29:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T21:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=31777"},"modified":"2019-08-20T17:29:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T21:29:42","slug":"batman-hush-2019-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/20\/batman-hush-2019-4k-ultra-hd-blu-ray-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman: Hush (2019) [4K Ultra HD\/Blu-Ray\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s not often I sit down to watch a DCAU movie and want to immediately desire the original source material instead. I\u2019ve never read \u201cBatman Hush\u201d but from what I originally gathered it was an iconic storyline that made waves in the aughts. The movie however is a disappointing, half baked and painfully boring Batman adventure that never really goes anywhere. Rather than treading new ground or giving us something completely different, \u201cBatman Hush\u201d just feels forced and never quite rises above the anemic energy.<\/p>\n

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A mysterious villain named Hush is puppeteering Gotham\u2019s most dangerous forces pushing the Dark Knight to the edge. An adaptation of the seminal DC classic tale, Batman: Hush centres on a shadowy new villain known only as Hush, who uses Gotham\u2019s Rogues Gallery like Poison Ivy, The Riddler, and Joker to destroy Batman\u2019s crime-fighting career, as well as Bruce Wayne\u2019s personal life. With Batman engaging in a relationship with Catwoman finally, he has to decide if he\u2019s willing to possibly lose her to the relentless mastermind.<\/p>\n

Even the inclusion of Superman feels painfully forced, and the character is woefully tacked on to the narrative, introduced and then written out of the movie in a matter of five minutes. He doesn\u2019t have any impact on Batman\u2019s overall arc, nor does he really seem to aide in finding out who or what Hush is. From there, \u201cHush\u201d focuses a lot on what Batman is doing with Catwoman and how he\u2019s trying to turn his life from a vigilante in to domestic bliss. When Hush begins infiltrating a lot of Batman\u2019s foes and controlling them to commit his schemes, Batman has to figure out if he\u2019s willing to fight for his happiness, or if he should push Selina out of his life for her safety. In either case, for a ninety minute movie, so much feels squeezed in to the run time and nothing ever comes together in a cohesive crime mystery.<\/p>\n

A new character introduced mid-way and awkwardly taken out of the movie, and Hush spends the middle of the movie completely out of the arc apparently doing nothing. For a movie that\u2019s apparently centered on a single foe, the movie seems to place little importance on them, especially when we delve deeper in to Batman and Catwoman\u2019s affair. Despite the solid voice performances, \u201cHush\u201d forms a sluggish pace and tedious momentum, while the love affair between Batman and Catwoman just comes off as absolutely tiresome. I did like Jason O\u2019Mara and Jennifer Morrison as their respective characters, but the script doesn\u2019t allow a lot of room to do more with these individuals. \u201cHush\u201d is not as awful as \u201cThe Killing Joke\u201d but in the long line of hit or miss DCAU movies, it\u2019s forgettable, middle ground, junk.<\/p>\n

The new release from Warner comes with the 4K Ultra HD copy, the Blu-Ray, and the Digital Copy <\/strong>for consumers. Included is DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock<\/strong>, a fifteen minute new animated short since 2011. This seems to be more proving grounds for a potential animated feature. \u201cBatman: Love in Time of War\u201d<\/strong> is a seventeen minute overview of Batman and Catwoman\u2019s relationship, and love affair, as well as their most memorable moments in the mythos.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a full Audio Commentary<\/strong> with executive Producer James Tucker, director Justin Copeland, and screenwriter Ernie Altbacker, all of whom cover an fairly wide array of topics such as the original story (and its many, many, many<\/em> changes), voice casting, animation, Frederik Wiedmann’s score, Batman history, and more. There\u2019s a ten minute sneak peek at \u201cWonder Woman: Bloodlines,\u201d<\/strong> and an eight minute sneak peek at \u201cBatman: Assault on Arkham.\u201d<\/strong> Finally, \u201cFrom the DC Vault\u201d<\/strong> there\u2019s the classic \u201cBatman: The Animated Series\u201d episode “Catwalk” that mainly centers on Batman and Catwoman.<\/p>\n