Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 2.0
Batman begins again, and again, and again.
Talk, talk, talk. And this time he and his cast of crew are way too preachy, and Batman himself is no fun, or has no sense of fun much like the predecessors before him. And I thought the complaining of the campy Batman's was out of place, well this is a prime example of what happens when all the fun is soaked out of the Batman series. It is way too serious, with way too serious folks, all on the verge on the preachiness of life. Rachel Daws is such a meandering righteous character here I'm sad to say I'm almost glad she finally got to shut up in the next movie, for good. This is almost what differentiates kids from adults, if you knew like me as a kid, adult conversations were boring compared to the silliness and lightheartedness of kid talk. Nothing was taken seriously. This is an adult grown up Batman with nothing of the camp that made if fun from the 60s television show. Even the villians are boring. No memorable lines, and no over the top campy behavior. This is not based on a comic book as comic books define the term comic as fun, not serious drama as that of a dramatic novel. This movie is a pain to watch from any angle, and I am so glad the 60s series is available on You Tube with complete episodes. The villains are many, and extremely entertaining. I would love to hear the Joker in this series say something as lighthearted as, "A joke a day helps keep the gloom away." It will never happen as the Joker in this series is portrayed as a clever demented overbearing loony. And that's how the overall perception of this type of entertainment drama defines itself. The only way I will be able to see the third installment is from Netflix disc exchange, as I refuse to let loose my hard earned money on this serious crap!