But what three!

Rating: 3/10 (28 August 2008)

While I enjoy Tim Burton "Batman" immensely, I cannot stand this one. What are the problems with "Batman Begins"? Well, I can name at least three ones. But what three!
Reality. How come they put Gotham City into the real world together with Rome and other true-to-life cities? It is simply laughable. In the Burton movie Gotham is such an amazing ethereal place that it just frees your mind. And here we have a dirty town next to New York or whatever.
Background. In certain amounts the background is great. But when everything gets explained, stretched out, chewed and re-chewed with a detailed psychological analysis of the characters... it gets boring and nauseating. In "Batman" (1989) we had two psychos. They just clashed and the whole Gotham was a battlefield for the two maniacs who did not have to back themselves up with the loads of facts from their lives - they were too stylish for that paraphernalia and too insane. And what do we have here? Numerous flashbacks which are annoying. The main character's idiotic samurai-like training as if he were going to become a Jedi knight from "Star Wars" trilogy (and there is also that actor who performed in "Star Wars: Episode 1"). Scrutinized explanation of the technology performed by Mr Morgan Freeman and of the way it can be purchased. Deep speeches delivered by the evil and good guys that resemble the notorious rubbish talks from "Matrix: Reloaded".
Actors with profound performance. What the hell is wrong with the performance? It's too self-imposing. I feel as if these actors are going to burst from inside  their self-importance is simply overwhelming. I feel the need to shout at the TV-set: "Come on guys! It's "Batman", not "Born on the Forth of July"!" Those serious talks and big serious faces resemble scenes from "Godfather". Fine, they are making a deep criminal saga out of a comics booklet. Just brilliant.
That's enough to lower the mark to a 3-out-of-10 level. The conception has been ruined. It's no match for the "Batman" from the 1989. By the way, I tried to watch this movie twice. For me to watch it from top to toe was unbearable.
My verdict: unwatchable for the most part of its running time, but at least not completely tasteless and repellent (its major achievement). 3 out of 10. I would never bother commenting this one but it's on the top list while "Batman" (1989) is not. I cannot take this for granted. Thanks for attention.