Batman Begins....to suck!

Rating: Null/10 (1 November 2012)

you heard right. the Nolan series has been one long, very boring ride through Gotham and seeing as the latest lame entry is the last, I'm looking forward to what i hope will be a more comic book -like reboot that takes its cue from the earlier films. I'm a fan of the original trilogy, er, series of films because of there creativity, looked closer to the source material, and just plain fun. they were exciting and entertaining superhero films. Tim Burton's first 2 and the not quite as good but still loads of fun 2 entry's from Joel Schumacher. even B&R was watchable because it was damn entertaining.
i will admit, when i first saw this movie i thought it was good, but that was seeing it in the theater for the first time. its always different in the theater. but when i saw it a second time, i was actually bored outta my mind. that it didn't feel like a batman film is spot on. no bat-themed vehicles, the all-star cast didn't do anything other then show "hey, look i'm Michael Caine! i know i shouldn't even BE in a batman film, but, well, here i am, chewing up screen time but not really contributing to the film anyways!!". and that goes for everyone else as well. Gary Oldman was good as Gordon with what he had to work with, but he was hardly in the film so what does that tell ya. the batmobile was the worst batmobile i have ever seen. when did the batmobile become a tank? seriously. and the whole "realism" thing really brang the film down, made it seem like your typical action popcorn flick, not a BATMAN film. very disappointed.
the villains were silly. i laughed at Watanabe when he spoke. IMO he had potential to be a great villain but was wasted. instead we got Liam Neeson doing a bad guy version of Qui Gon Jinn from star wars. lame. the whole plot near the end with that sci-fi thingamajig was stupid and batman gliding around looked lame because it was already done *better* in Batman Returns.
the fight editing in this film made me almost throw up because the camera movement is terrible. one moment you see a guys arm raise up like hes gonna hit someone, the next moment that guys leg is going up in the air. does that make any sense? no, it doesn't. but that shows just how bad the fights are in this film. i recently watched Batman Forever and i must say, the fight sequence in the beginning with batman fighting the two face thugs near the elevator is probably one of the best batman fight sequences made because it was fast, intense, and most importantly, you can SEE whats going on without having your head in a daze. if this new film had something like that, it would be a winner. but sadly, it does not. just a few quick random cuts of nothing but feet and hands doing who knows what.
in the end, its really just a superficial pile of doodoo with too much self importance about it being "dark" and "realistic" when its really just your average action movie no different from a James bond flick (which, btw, the new one stunk as well). but if your looking for a BATMAN movie, gadgets, fun, cool villains and visually appealing, this isn't it.
want my advice? pass on this snooze-fest and see a REAL Batman film like the first 2 fantastic Tim Burton movies and even check out those 2 films offspring, the great Batman: The Animated Series.