Great Movie but maybe too Clean.

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2008)

I don't have much time to write a long eloquent review, but there are a few things I would like to point out quick and dirty. First I really enjoyed the film and I thought it was a very good movie and much of that praise comes because of the quality of the villain. What did bother me however was that I was constantly reminded it was just a movie. When I watch a movie that takes itself seriously I suspend disbelief and get wholly sucked up into the story. It is irritating therefore to have scenes in the movie that jolt me out of this belief and remind me that this is only a movie. This film has a few of these but to keep this short I will only mention one. The Joker is in the interrogation room and Batman is throwing him around, punching him in the face with an armored glove and then smashes his head against the reinforced glass. Then when we see the Jokers face nothing, not even a bit of red on the forehead. No swelling, no cut, no blood , absolutely nothing. I though I was watching one of those 1950s westerns where people get beaten up and die but is all so clean and sterile. Every time I saw a scene like this my suspension of disbelief was knocked down and TV Show popped up in my head. I don't need a lot of blood, but a little so I don't think the Joker's head is made of titanium or that Batman is really giving him love pats or that I'm watching a cartoon.
Anyway all in all a very enjoyable movie, just wish they could make two versions. A kiddie one and an adult one. They need the kids for the $$ so the whole thing is understandable.