The Schumacher Stain is cleansed

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2005)

This movie is perfectly executed. Perfectly cast, perfectly written, perfectly directed and all the performances are spot on. Extremely faithful to the source material without being hamstrung by the kind of literal-mindedness that ruined the Daredevil movie.
The production design is incredible. Gotham is a perfectly believable dystopia, sort of like New York under a re-elected David Dinkins. The Batmobile deserves special mention too. By far the coolest version in the vehicles 60-year history, I promise you that what you've seen in the previews doesn't do justice to the actual chase scenes.
This isn't a great comic-book movie. It's a great movie, period. We can finally put the horror of the Schumacher films behind us.