Going psychological AGAIN

Rating: 5/10 (27 June 2005)

This right here comes from a fan of movies who doesn't read comics but appreciated comic book movies.
The first two Batman movies were much more fun than this one. Sure, this one went in-depth and was grittier, but that's what they're doing with all the adaptations these days. The Hulk movie: let's make it psychological! War of the Worlds: how does this alien invasion affect the mind? (though I am confident the movie will be incredible, Spielberg, Cruise and Koepp swore off action clichés, which always make for the coolest movies. Some mindless destruction would have been cool for this flick.) Batman Begins: let's find out what drove him to be like this! Movies like Spider-Man and the original Batman were there to entertain and present a good story with more action time and less psyche time. They were smart with Tim Burton's Batman, right off the bat (pun intended) Batman is there and fighting crime. I was somewhat bored until Batman finally showed up after what seemed like and probably was an hour of getting to the Dark Knight. The action was pretty good, but it just doesn't beat that of the '90s when they didn't have so many cuts and shaky cameras. My major complaint was the music by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. It was generic and droning with a very weak theme that short changed Batman himself. Danny Elfman's theme ran through my head during the entire movie and I kept wishing it was coming from the theater speakers rather than the disorganized electronic/brass cacophony that was playing. I suppose my money was well-spent, but I wouldn't spend it to go for a second run.