The era of the realist fantasist

Rating: 8/10 (20 July 2008)

This wasn't a typical batman flick. after all the first Christian bale starrer had announced the arrival of a new genre of movies: Realist fantasist.
The characters in this movie were so seriously carved out that one could hardly connect it to a superhero movie. this is i believe it's most remarkable achievement. batman is perhaps the only superhero who can be taken seriously.not only because of his excellent profile but also because he is the only one who is more human than any of his peers. the movie brilliantly realised this aspect of batman. to add to it the new villains(starting from batman returns) are also more realistic and believable.heath ledger(the joker) ,i believe , has taken a batman character to such a height which 10 years back would have seemed not only impossible to achieve but also ridiculous to imagine. the effects in the movie are great.the fact that batman uses science as his superpower makes him more attractive than say superman. all in all the movie was great and has to be commended for the seriousness it has infused into the greatest superhero saga of our times.