History YMMV / BatmanVsRobin

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Who would have looked at a child-murdering psychopath like Dollmaker and thought '''''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''''' should play him? Apparently someone with great insight, becaus he was actually really good!

* CriticalDissonance: The film has a perfect 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers praising its pacing, intriguing story and good animation, particularly the excellent fight choreography. However, fan reception was mostly negative, with the main points of criticism being the excessive focus on Damian Wayne (who is already a very [[BaseBreakingCharacter divisive character]] in his own right), unlikable depictions of Nightwing and Robin, and taking many major liberties with the [[ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls source material]].

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Who would have looked at a child-murdering psychopath like Dollmaker and thought '''''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''''' should play him? Apparently someone with great insight, because [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct he was actually really good!]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: It is the loosest of adaptations of ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' and many people are disappointed that they altered so much of it to fit the Batman and Robin conflict (which was not present in the original comic).
* WTHCastingAgency: Who would have looked at a child-murdering psychopath like Dollmaker and thought '''''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''''' should play him? Apparently someone with great insight, because [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct he was actually really good!]]

* CriticalDissonance: The film has a perfect 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers praising its pacing, intriguing story and good animation, particularly the excellent fight choreography. However, fan reception was mostly negative, with the main points of criticism being the excessive focus on Damian Wayne (who is already a very [[BaseBreakingCharacter divisive character]] in his own right]], unlikable depictions of Nightwing and Robin, and taking many major liberties with the [[ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls source material]].

* CriticalDissonance: The film has a perfect 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers praising its pacing, intriguing story and good animation, particularly the excellent fight choreography. However, fan reception was mostly negative, with the main points of criticism being the excessive focus on Damian Wayne, unlikable depictions of Nightwing and Robin, and taking many major liberties with the [[ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls source material]].

* NightmareFuel: The Dollmaker's brainwashed children act like rabid animals. Overlaps into BodyHorror and a little bit of UnwillingRoboticization when many of them have chain saws, blow torches, and swords attached to amputated limbs.

** Regulating Nightwing a.k.a Dick Grayson to a punching bag for most of the film. Dude loses to Damian in a sparing match, winds up wounded by several Talons in the climax and gets impaled to a wall when he tries to take on Talon. Is this a reasonable use of TheWorfEffect or is it just another uninspired retread of how Dick was used in ''Son of Batman''?

* OneSceneWonder: Dollmaker. He's only in the movie for about two minutes and manages to be both terrifying and tragic, not to mention the novelty factor of being voice ([[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct surprisingly well]]) by Music/WeirdAlYankovic.

** The fact they are loosely basing the ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' in this film rather than making a direct animated adaptation of said comic like they did for Year One and Dark Knight Returns. Was it a wise decision to make in order to focus on Bruce and Damian's relationship in the context of the Owls? Or was it a bad choice that resulted in a sloppy adaptation with confusing focus.
** Likewise regulating Nightwing a.k.a Dick Grayson to a punching bag for most of the film. Dude loses to Damian in a sparing match, winds up wounded by several Talons in the climax and impales to a wall for his trouble when taking on the main Talon. Is this a reasonable use of TheWorfEffect applied to Dick or is it just another uninspired retread of how Dick was used in ''Son of Batman''?
* ContestedSequel: While ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' wasn't well received in the first place, the fanbase is divided as to whether or not this sequel improves upon its predecessor, or is an even worse installment. It is up to the viewer.

* WTHCastingAgency: Seriously, who would have looked at a child-murdering psychopath like Dollmaker and thought '''''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''''' should play him?? Apparently someone with great insight, because [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct he was actually really good!]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many people believe a direct adaptation of ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' would have been better.

*** Especially because of Dick's importance in the ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' comic.

** The fact they are loosely basing the ''ComicBook/NightOfTheOwls'' in this film rather than making a direct animated adaptation of said comic like they did for Year One and Dark Knight Returns. Was it a wise decision to make in order to focus on Bruce and Damien's relationship in the context of the Owls? Or was it a bad choice that resulted in a sloppy adaptation with confusing focus.

* ContestedSequel: While ''WesternAnimation/SonOfBatman'' wasn't well received in the first place, the fanbase is divided as to whether or not this sequel improves upon its predecessor, or is an even worse installment.