Schumacher should stick his head in a hole

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2005)

I always found it quite easy to imagine a good dark Batman film after reading The Killing Joke and seeing some panels from The Dark Knight comics. They were quite thrilling. Batman Begins compared to the other Batman movies is like comparing Harry Palmer to James Bond. Harry had no fancy gadgets to do his spying. The Ipcress File even had a lengthy sequence where Harry signs for his gun! This is what the new Batman movie is like. Scenes are believable. He doesn't just don the suit. He designs it, builds it, orders elements in secret from China in bulk so they won't get suspicious. Bruce Wayne needs psychiatric help VERY BADLY. But let's face it, if he went to the doctor instead of dressing up like a bat, there'd be no movie. Lastly, my heart goes out to Joel Schumacher. What an misunderstood artist he is. Gone are the bat-nipples, the close-ups of bat-ass, the neon, the flash, the glitz: all required elements of a super hero movie. Why, he may be biting his pillow as I write this