Fall from grace

Rating: 6/10 (11 August 2012)

I loved the previous two Batman movies, but this one was just boring. The storyline picks off where the last movie left off but there is a gap - the "fall" of Bruce Wayne is not explained enough. My worst fear was when I heard that the Catwoman was to make an appearance, that it would be clichÃ© - and thank God that did not happen, instead a very subtle introduction and she wasn't too involved in the action so that just added to mystique of her character. What my problem is with is the plot: yes, the movie could not just be "reinvented", but the League of Shadows? AGAIN? OK, but what about the over-the-top plot of people working for the same League that put a value of 0,- to their own lives? This just adds to the sci-fi part of the movie. Just difficult to digest such senseless idealism. Batman himself was also a kind of hero on the edge of retirement, but I guess that's OK. Also the cops seemed to be in a completely unrealistic situation - in tunnels for a long time... and still "ok". I have a very hard time putting this into words - but this movie was actually boring. It's still good, but somehow they just lost the atmosphere of the previous two movies.