YMMV / Batman: Hush (2019)

• Alternative Character Interpretation: In the only movie scene he has, Damian Wayne calls up Bruce to express his feelings on Catwoman that border more on the negative than positive. Due to being conceived by a supervillain in Talia al-Ghul himself and seeing first hand how awful she was, was Damian genuinely concerned for Bruce's choice in Selina Kyle and felt he should be extra vigilant? Or was he simply feeling insecure about his place in Bruce's life and didn't want anymore potential Wayne heirs in the future as competition? The fact that he told Bruce to use protection certainly didn't make Damian seem like he was happy about the prospect of future siblings.
• Contested Sequel: People seem to be fairy divided on how much Hush was an improvement over previous DCAMU Batman movies. In one camp, you have people who loved Batman and Catwoman's romance, the more intense action, and even the huge plot twist that deviated from the source material where Hush was revealed to be Riddler, finding Hush to be the best Batman movie in the DCAMU yet. On the other side of the fence, you have people who hated the film for precisely the Batman and Catwoman romance and the film deviating from the comic books. Needless to say, from their point of view, Hush does very little, if anything, to improve upon past DCAMU Batman movies.
• Critical Dissonance: Professional critics and watchers who were unfamiliar with the original story loved the film, praising the action scenes and the interactions between Batman and Catwoman, resulting in an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On the other hand, hardcore comic book fans and purists utterly despised this adaptation, with the film's uninspired animation style and the changes to Hush's backstory and identity being the main sources of criticism.
• Crowning Moment of Funny:
  • Bruce is on his way to a date with Selina Kyle, resulting in snark from Dick about how she likes both Batman and Bruce despite not knowing they're the same person. The next scene after that Bruce gets a video call from Damian, who starts lecturing him on dating a criminal, insists that Bruce use protection and cover his drink, resulting in Bruce hanging up on him.
  • When Batman fights Clayface in the prison, the Joker is in his cell acting like a jilted girlfriend, complaining about Batman fighting other villains and not bothering to defend him. Also, his commentary on the fight, including yelling at Gordon to do something.
  • After Bane has been taken down, the boy he kidnapped kicks him and calls him an "asshole".
  • Poison Ivy is made of these. She tries so hard to be The Vamp, but whenever she's caught off-guard, she blurts out "SHIT!" or "MOTHERFU-" in a very amusing fashion. When the heroes finally capture her, she immediately drops the act and tries to weasel out of responsibility by blaming Hush.
• Fridge Brilliance: Nygma says that the Lazarus Pit gave him a "clarity" allowing him to learn the Batman's identity. The Pit gives sane people temporary madness, so it can have the opposite effect on someone who's already insane. As such, the Pit temporarily rid Edward of his compulsive Complexity Addiction, which was the main thing keeping his brilliant mind from finding out.
• Magnificent Bastard: Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman, is a snarky former thief and old flame of Bruce Wayne's. Beginning the film brainwashed by Poison Ivy to steal some ransom money, Selina is able to break her brainwashing long enough to save an injured Batman from a group of thugs and later helps Batman track Ivy to Metropolis. When they are forced to fight a brainwashed Superman, Selina pretends to kidnap Lois as part of the plan to snap him out of his brainwashing, before going against the plan by actually pushing Lois off the roof when it doesn't work at first. Becoming a Battle Couple with Batman after he reveals his secret identity to her, Selina later escapes from the Hush's attempt to kill her and even prevents Bruce from saving the villain despite knowing of Batman's "no kill" rule.
• Narm:
  • Early on we see Catwoman land on a moving train and Batman plummet the height of a skyscraper into solid concrete - and they both survive! The sheer absurdity of the scenes sap away all drama and make them much more comical than intended.
  • For no reason other than aesthetics, the surgical scars Riddler has from his brain surgery are shaped like a question mark.
• One-Scene Wonder: Batgirl only appears for a few minutes and barely affects the plot, but she still makes an impression due to the way that she holds her own against Catwoman and shows some amazement about how Crazy-Prepared Batman, Dick, and Alfred are about vigilantism.
• Romantic Plot Tumor: Much of the canon material from the original comic has been omitted in favor of focusing heavily on Bruce and Selina's romance, which some view as a negative aspect of the adaptation.
• Tear Jerker: Thomas Elliot is murdered and, unlike in the comics, he really was a good man and one of Bruce's few true friends.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: As with The Death of Superman before it, fans who had hoped for a completely faithful adaptation were less than thrilled by the number of changes made to the story (the fact that the animation doesn't try to emulate Jim Lee's art style, Tim Drake being replaced by Damian Wayne, Barbara being Batgirl instead of Oracle). To say nothing of Hush actually being Edward Nygma and not Thomas Elliot.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: This film had over two dozen comic characters, and most were underutilized. Heroic characters like Batgirl and Damian Wayne are only in small inconsequential cameos. Superman and Lois Lane are limited to just one subplot and forgotten for the remainder of the film. Villains like Penguin, Two Face and Mr. Freeze only show up in still scenes during a battle montage.

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