Perfect Batman.. True Adaptation

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2005)

Most non Batman fans might not be wild about this film. The film as a stand alone is not what I would call a great film, but as a Batman film it is The "Greatest Batman film".
My opinion is this tops Burton's Batman mainly because it is not cartoon-ish or childish. This is Batman the way Bob Kane envisioned Batman;
A Gritty, introspective man "bat-bent" on fighting injustice.
In Bale, we finally have Bruce Wayne/Batman played perfectly. Thisis not to take away from Keaton, who played Batman the way Burton envisioned Batman. Here Bale portrays him the way Kane envisioned. In one scene, we can see and feel Batmans anger interrogating a thug, with a kind of almost "out of his mind" anger and focus. For me it was like watching the comic book come to life on the big screen.
Quite possibly, this might be the best comic book to screen adaptation ever made.
Gone is Burton's fantasy land. replaced with a real life feel the comics had.
This is the definitive Batman film to date, if one judges a movie on how it is adapted from the comic book.