Pretty darn good

Rating: 8/10 (27 May 2006)

Look, this movie wasn't perfect. In this day and age, who can expect a movie to be flawless? But it sure was entertaining. Throughout the movie, I was stimulated on both a raw, emotional level, and an intellectual level. The CGI was masterful, as one would expect, and the story lines, while perhaps overly intricate, were woven together into what I thought was a relatively seamless mosaic.
Many people have complained that this movie tried to cram too much material into too short a time. And perhaps the movie would have been better had they cut one of the major story lines. But, like an English paper that attempts to tackle a broad and difficult topic or a gymnast attempting a particularly difficult jump, this movie deserves some leniency for its level of difficulty. It was simultaneously original and true to the comics. It mixed sincerity with cynicism, sorrow with humor, and intellect with action.