Batman Was Never Meant To Be Serious

Rating: 1/10 (3 May 2014)

I have enjoyed every outing of Batman till I watched 'The Dark Knight' and 'Batman Begins.' The basic story, from a comic book, is a comic story. As soon as it is put into a semblance of real life it fails. The main character is a man who dresses up as a bat. This is funny. The Dark Knight trilogy is made by people with no sense of humor. Who cares about lunatics that wear weird costumes and commit crimes? In the real world these pathetic folks would be locked up. The original Batman TV show and Tim Burton's outings maintain the humor inherent in the story. Subtract the humor and you have long dull scenes in between action sequences. Get rid of the long talky scenes and the Dark Knight films would be fair action films. If you are like me and prefer light and humor, these films are not for you. Even 'Breaking Bad' had some humor in it. I maintain that Batman is inherently humorous and thus the Dark Knight series fails to capture or honor the original.