3. Animation
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One of the greatest big-screen interpretations of Batman is also one of the most criminally ignored. 1993s Batman: Mask of the Phantasm was a lavish adaptation of the excellent Batman: The Animated Series. It took the foundations of the series in a darker, more ambitious direction and has plenty of thrills and inventive ideas that make it as good as many of the live action movies. Equally fantastic is the recent videogame Batman: Arkham City, which also shows how wonderfully dark and gripping a computer animated Gotham could be on the big screen. Following three epic live-action films, a Batman animated movie could provide the series with the right kind of drastic reinvention that it needs. Animation would also give added potential for writers and directors to take Batman into unique places that simply cant be done with live action filmmaking. The recent Gotham Knight animated tie-in to The Dark Knight was a great example of how animation can still be as mature and adult as Nolans live action films, but with the wider creative freedom that animation allows for.