A Movie Not for Batman Lovers...

Rating: 5/10 (17 June 2005)

Decent action and a different Batman twist for the average moviegoer, but comic people and Batman buffs (like myself) may find this sort of a disgusting if not sacrilegious representation of the dark crusader.
The severe level of flaws associated with the film detracts severely from it. There is no character named Fox who makes the Batmobile and Batsuit. There is no idiot Falcone worker that kills the Wayne's  it was the Joker, before his identity as Joker was taken. I don't believe there was ever a woman District Attorney in Gotham that fell in love with Batman.
In any case, it was Harvey Dent presiding over the Falcone hearings before his demise.
In fact, there was no Tibet, ever. There was, however, Lady Siva who taught much of Batman's martial arts in his later days. I feel that this movie has sort of taken aspects of the Batman chronology and ripped them from their time and place.
Next  Alfred Pennyworth is much, much younger and generally has dark hair. The Batcave was not 'stumbled' upon, although this was a decent idea. Supposedly this is a darker version of Batman, but Nolan seems to just follow the last guys (like Schumaker) in creating a whimsical figure who is rooted in a life dedicated to do-gooding and For the first time, killing, it seems. Batman used to have qualms about killing people, but not anymore. He does deny participating in executions, but he won't save people and take them to trial as he used to.
In the end, you come out feeling cheated  but satisfied (the movie very long, and needs a bit of editing) since the action scenes may make up for it all.