FINALLY, a DC Comic movie that gets it right!

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2005)

I was a comic collector as a child and young adult so I obviously love comic book movies. The Superman movies were okay and the Batman movies were also barely okay. They emphasized the things that made them non-comic book and took away many of the comic book elements. When Marvel started getting great movies with X-Men and Spiderman, I saw that someone finally had learned to do it right. Of course there are some misses (Elektra) but overall, I have come to expect more of Marvel comic book movies than anything from DC (the company which owned Superman, Batman, Justice League, etc.).
This movie really goes back to the comic book roots. Forget the other Batman movies, they have nothing to do with this one. In this Batman, you see how Bruce becomes a hero and why he chose Batman. The portrayal of Gotham and of Thomas Wayne (Bruce's father) help to flesh things out more like the way a comic story would than "character development" in a movie fashion. The league of shadows and the Scarecrow all flow with the story rather than serve as elements inserted as generic villains of the week.
I completely enjoyed this movie and although some elements are different from the comic book, they are true to the spirit of the books and that is what counts (like Spiderman being able to shoot webbing without webshooters was still faithful to the idea of the comic). I hope you will give it a try and support Hollywood making movie actually from comic books rather than just movies with titles or characters from comic books.