You bet, man !

Rating: 7/10 (27 September 2008)

At first, I didn't want to see it because the trailer was too much "realist" for me. I miss the stylization of Burton. But its success at box-office, the positive reviews of my family and colleague make me buy the ticket and finally it's an excellent adaptation!
There isn't really anything new under the hood but the treatment is very different.
That's the best thing that offer Super-Heroes genre: multiple subjective interpretation. From a shared guidelines, every one can put his own feelings, so the characters evolve, are different. In the comics, you notice that easily, but in movies, it's more usual: the "Superman" of Singer is really close to the Donner's one. All "Spiderman" have been done by Raimi. Maybe "The Hulk" are different but so far I didn't see any of them.
Except this "Dark Knight", which is the best example so far.
This time, you got another side of Batman, more dark than grandiose. Opposite to Spiderman who is a fun character in a cool world, Batman is a tragic icon in a cruel world. And this movie is very respectful in that sense because you can see that the character is losing. It's likely to say that the Joker defeats him and it's not happening often, even in a normal movie!
The only regret of this movie: Danny Elfman !!!!!!