What the heck!

Rating: 2/10 (30 May 2006)

I am a religious Batman fan(sadly, haven't gotten ahold of the comic books yet), but this? This movie, is a pure annoyance.
Ra's Al Gul? Could have been played so much better by his right hand man, Liam Neeson. Al Gul is not of any other nationality. If anything, he's British. And I love Cillian Murphy to death, but Doctor Crane is a gangly, red headed maniac. Not a drop dead gorgeous man. Comish G, perfect performance by Gary Oldman.
I like how they used not so popular villains in this movie, but thats about it. Storyline is utterly insane. The police force/authorities of Gotham in a "league of shadows"(another non-popular
villain group of 'Vertigo'...bad mix of villains in my view.) to "fix" Gotham? No way. Never.
If they rushed this movie to get it out to the "Crying" public, they should have waited and saved up money to get people that actually FIT the freaking character. Like Liam Neeson was PERFECT for Ra's Al Gul. PERFECT! When he first appeared in the movie and he said Ra's Al Gul, I was thinking that he was saying he worked for him, but really was him. I mean, come on! The goatee/mustache IS Ra's Al Gul! DID NO ONE ELSE SEE THAT?!?! (but then again you'd have to have seen every 1990's Batman Animation Series episodes over 3 times each ^_^) ...and weirdly, Christian Bale looked a bit...chubby in the Suit. (Honest, no joke. Sorry Bale.) The bottom line is, no one will ever get it right. Jack Nicholson, ruined Joker. I fell in love with the cartoon character and then wanted to burn the VHS of the first Batman because of it! Michael Keaton? Don't get me started. The film industry just DO NOT understand Batman, and never will. They never keep the story straight, or it all in the same book! But they never will make the movies the way they should be, because in their world, it's all about money, and not justice to the story.
And yes, it seems they are making a new one. I checked out the man they're talking to for The Joker. And all I can tell is, they want him for his nose. Bad idea, boys.
But I will see it when it comes out, only for 2 reasons.
The Joker and Harley Quinn. (IF they feature her. My favorite role model in life ^_^)