As a fan of the comics, this was perfect (SPOILERS!!! so you may want to not read on)

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2005)

i have read a lot of batman and watching this was like the watching everything that i have longed to see. it was a perfect representation of the year one stuff written by both frank miller and jeph loeb. the attention to comic book details wasn't all there but that nothing to complain about. it was minor stuff like the fact that the wayne family saw zorro the night they died, not opera. but inversely, the integration of opera as a theme links right back to the comics because dr. wayne was supposed to be passionate about opera. the scare crow was great and completely creepy. the use of characters like carmine falcone and loeb were great and even the love sub plot wasn't over done. the action was fun and fast passed and kept you engaged. if you don't want to hear about the super awesome little thing that happened at the end, don't read past here for this is the SPOILER!!!! the joker is referenced!!!! it was awesome. go see it.