more boring than church

Rating: 1/10 (27 July 2012)

I went into this film not expecting much except to see Tom Hardy as I was blown away by his performance in Bronson.
I have to say I couldn't understand what was going on 1/2 the time and the other 1/2 I was simply bored, way too much talking that wasn't coherent, I couldn't follow the plot, it seemed like they just hashed elements from all the best selling Batman graphic novels and sewed them together, I have to say I think it's time for WB to hang up batman's cowl for good, in 1989 critics remarked that Michael Keaton looked wooden and somewhat ridiculous in the plasticky looking batman outfit and here we are years later and I can't say say much better for this version, he simply looks silly, I imagine the Batman as some type of ultimate bad a$$, the suit doesn't do him justice, he looks stupid and they need to come up with a different way to present the outfit so he doesn't look injection molded, batman's suit needs a more cloth looking approach instead of the plastic junk he's been wearing for 20+ years.
bottom line if you're deep into this franchise go have a blast I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself, if you're on the fence consider this like the previous 2 installations, entertaining enough but not worth a second viewing, I'd have to say the first installment is the best in the series and it's a damn shame they had Tom Hardy wearing that mask the whole time as it would have been great to see him overpower this all star ensemble, I guess I'll have to wait until the new Mad Max film for that and will hopefully not have to sit through many more poor adaptations of DC comics characters, I'm thinking DC might be done, their heroes just aren't as relevant to a contemporary audience.