7.4/10 - so it wasn't douche

Rating: 7/10 (18 September 2008)

I didn't really like Batman Begins... Batman has been commercial ever since the first movie in 1989, everyone from your granny to the school janitor knows how batman 'became.' To me it was just another excuse to sell Batman and make more money, regardless of how good the direction was.
Well, I DIDN'T think The Dark Knight was douche, but I still prefer the 1989 Batman by Tim Burton over this one. No disrespect to the late Heath Ledger either, BUT I did prefer Jack Nicholson's Joker over Ledger's. I found, at times, Ledger's Joker, overly dark and annoying. I liked Two Face though- they made a really good job of that; MILES better than Tommy Lee Jone's Two-Face. MILES. Was a shame to see him get ****** instead of The Joker.
At times Batman's voice was hard to make out what he was saying, and, towards the end, got kinda amusing to hear. Michael Caine was a terrible Alfred... I hate all this 'lets put an English sidekick in here to spill one liner after the hero explains or cracks something. Every time I see Caine I just think of camp 60's movies and the Italian Jobs, in the same way that I see Christian Bale in a suit and think of American Psycho. I like Bale's Bruce Wayne, but only because of his powerful role in American Psycho. To me, Chistian Bale in Batman, is Patrick Bateman dressed up as Batman XD.
Sometimes the story moves a little too fast to keep up with (which wouldn't be a problem for the people that have growing up watching Batman movies'n'cartoons), but the average person would perhaps get confused.
7.4/10- Overall.