Batman: Year One (2011)
Dirs. Sam Liu + Lauren Montgomery
Visually, it closely resembles David Mazzucchelli's character designs, which I was very pleased about.
It's a surprisingly faithful adaptation, with instances of dialogue and scene setting lifted directly (and at times almost verbatim) from the source text. The perspective is split primarily between Batman/Bruce Wayne and Lieutenant James Gordon, with occasional input from Selina Kyle. Both men provide a rather dry but useful v/o, offering insight into their private thoughts.
Ben McKenzie is okay as Batman, but Bryan Cranston steals the show as a Jim Gordon who has to work hard to win his battles and fix his mistakes. Eliza Dushku is pretty weak as Selina, but the character is very underdeveloped, so she didn't have much to work with, to be fair.
