Only Comic Fans Should Read This

Rating: 1/10 (10 April 2006)

The movie itself is utterly amazing. The action exceeds the action of all the previous efforts combined and Bale is the most believable Batman. Having said that, the movie unfortunately rapes the Batman mythos up the @$$ quite enthusiastically. Different are Gordon's rank, his arrival in Gotham, Barbara's age, Crane's job, the location of Arkham, the pronunciation of "Ra's," the place of the Wayne parents murder and Lucius Fox's expertise. It was nice to see Mr. Zsaz and the Roman, but to me the faults far outweigh the good points. I love this movie, honestly, but at the same time I wouldn't recommend it. Nor do I intend to ever admit it exists after this review. Unless you can think of it as simply "an alternate timeline Gotham" you'll scream at your TV.