Batman Triumphs in Another Rebirth

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2014)

Batman is such a Cool, Dark Character that No Matter how He is "Drawn" that Coolness is Teflon to Any and All Attempts at Bringing the Character to a New Palette or a New Generation. No Matter How or WhatBatman's Coolness Remains.
There are Some Things to Like in this, the Newest, of Renderings by Director Chris Nolan and Team. The Deep Origin Story Told in more Detail than Ever Before in a Movie. Christian Bale's Sculpted Performance as an Uneasy Billionaire Playboy and Batman with a Body as Bruised as His Psyche.
The Gadgets are Nifty but the Batmobile is a Dud of a Defense Department Reject and the Only Thing that Makes it a Batmobile is the Color. The Villains are Scarecrow and Ra's Al Ghul and Cillian Murphy and Liam Neeson are Fine. Tom Wilkinson's Crime Boss is a Sleazy, Short-Lived, Slime Bucket Worthy of Gotham's Underbelly. Katie Holmes as District Attorney Rachel Dawes is just Dull. Read on about Dull.
The Look that Batman Begins is Searching for is Dark. It is Dark but Kinda Dull. That Brings Up the Most Glaring Flaw in the Film, Along with the Fight Scenes that are, Once Again, Photographed and Edited in a "Modern" Method of Close Ups, Swirls, and Hyperactive Camera. The Other Flaw is the Flat and Dreary Unstylish Nature of the Movie. Batman is Super-Stylish and this Movie Removes the Gothic for the Glum.
Overall a Decent Effort and Respectable Reboot. Not a Great Movie but a Very Good and Entertaining Ride that has its Moments but is Removed from Exceptional by its Somewhat Lackluster Demeanor, Repetitive Dialog (Fear Fear Fear) and a Surprising Absence of Style.