![]() Comedy was never the original series's strength though, in fact jokes falling flat was the norm. About half of the jokes and antics are funny, and the other half fall pretty flat. ![]() Batman and the main villains take themselves very seriously, but literally no other character in the movie does. Harley Quinn is good for that, she is making jokes and acting silly throughout. Maybe because of this, I think Paul Dini and Bruce Timm decided they would try a different route than what one might expect from the original cartoons: this movie DOES NOT take itself very seriously. However, that show ran in the '90s, and it's 2017 now, and Batman has been pretty thoroughly explored and picked apart on TV and in film since then (see The Lego Batman Movie). Those cartoons always took themselves very seriously, and explored themes that were pretty dark and complex for kids shows at the time. I grew up on the "Batman the Animated Series" cartoons which this movie spawned from. At first I didn't know how to feel about this movie. And I was right! Unfortunately, the show which Harley stole was not not a very good one. ![]() I had a feeling that if they were going to make a movie where "Harley Quinn" is about half of the title, she would steal the show.
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