Note to Hollywood - Avoid Frank Miller's Comics

Rating: 1/10 (28 August 2006)

To the legions of Batman:Year One comic book fans out there who are surely going to be offended by what I'm about to say, get over yourselves. This movie was a complete and total waste of time and unnecessary insult to those who enjoyed the original Batman movie and at the very least the first two films directed masterfully by Burton. With this drivel, we get an adaptation of Batman:Year One that is just plain bland and void of the charm, style, wit, and most of all fun of the first Batman movie. Yes Batman and Robin was a disaster but not a reason to attempt to start over from scratch and act like the first four films never existed. It just was the final clumsy move on WB's part after going with Shumacher and sending the franchise right to hell. I have to say I almost cringed as much as I did during Batman and Robin. Forget this film ever happened and stick with the first two. You'll be better off.