So good it is unfortunate

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2005)

Why would something so good, bring so much sadness into my heart. Well, it's simple, this movie has fulfilled every Batman fan dream. Originally, when I saw the first pictures of then Batmobile, I thought to myself: "You know, the car has always been such an icon of the whole series and comics, if this change translates into other aspects of the movie, it will be worse then Schumacher's Batman and Robin (collective shudder)" Well.. Let's just say that it was difficult to remove my mental foot from my mental mouth. Not only does this reality based Batman shows him in an entirely different aspect then previous movies, it also allows the viewer to think "You know... when they put it like this, it could happen" One small detail though, that made me laugh by myself at the theatre, was the Ra'Az'Gul return. Which when you read the comics, you expect something, and then PSYCH! something completely different.
But like I said previously, it's unfortunate that this movie came out. Why you might say? Well, this movie has now closed the Batman Villain Gallery. We've had the Joker, the Penguin, Poison Ivy, Two-Face, Riddler, Mr. Freeze, Bane, Ra'Az'Gul and Scarecrow. Who will be the villain in the next movie? This movie came too late in the series, that is what is unfortunate, because none of the goodness from it will be seen again... Unless they start boosting characters like Manbat, The Thing and Killer Croc, into a top-notch villains instead of their current second-rate bad guy status.