Batman: The Man Who Laughs

I had the pleasure of watching this at the weekend, I had not seen the Dark Knight in about 2 years as a result of having watched it far too many times over the previous 8 years.

I have to say I liked most of the changes and cuts that were made, there were a few cringe jokes that I've always liked but humor is subjective, with one objective in mind. To make a tighter, more enjoyable film worthy of multiple viewings, Ryantology succeeds.

This is a great edit that maintains a steady pace and doesn't overstay it's welcome.

Tight and serious.
I'm not a fan of the expanded title to be frank, but this is superficial. I feel the re-arrangement of certain scenes work very well and the alternative dialogue takes and music worked well enough I had to check them against the original afterward. It's a little zealous with it's focus on pacing but that approach does serve it's interest best overall - especially during the conclusion which is much improved and smoothly cut. I prefer it to the theatrical release without question.

Very tidy work indeed.

Hadn't watched it in a while and I was struck by Ledger's performance all over again. As if they tried that character on for size again so soon (Leto) and so poorly...laughable man.

this is the only fanedit of this movie I remember so I can only compare it to the original cut. it tightens up the pace very nicely, greatly enhancing the experience. personally I would have tried to cut the batman copycats, the bat bike turning against the wall, and the bat vision stuff altogether, though those ideas are minor issues for me, and may not be realistic, so all I can say is that this is currently my go-to edition.

technically speaking the edits were invisible to me, as expected. the audio was good too, although I had to turn the volume up & down all across the movie to hear the dialogue but that's normal. I was pleasantly surprised about the video quality. 2h 20min in a 4,75gb file, using the old x264 codec, but it does the job. it was probably encoded using intensive settings.

overall highly recommended with little to no issues!