It's become an action criminal drama. Like hundreds of others. Only here there is some dude dressed like a jerk using all manner of gadgets a-la Fantomas and getting lots of attention and tons of help from some nerdy military-complex guy.
How stupid is that? Actors with serious faces and theatrical play, super effects, vast universe (includes real cities), crowd scenes to boot... And you know what? It's outstandingly boring. It all looks like a run-of-the-mill blockbuster with a pop-corn bucket at your side. Eek!
If you want a good comics on screen to experience, look no further than "The Crow" (Brandon Lee's), "Batman" / "Batman Returns" (Tim Burton's), and "Gongofer" (Russia's).
The only thing they could have made to somehow improve this production for me is to make Joker win in the end. And blow the whole town to pieces, together with that sad-ass Batman, his tiresome butler, the perfect family-man police chief, the dramatic and miserable double-face politician, and himself.
Don't get me wrong, the movie is not professionally bad. It follows the ABC of how an action is to be done. But it's dead on arrival. The matter is that it's late and cannot exceed the Batman my generation remembers and enjoys immensely: the one by Tim Burton. You simply cannot outdo that one. The perfect comics adaptation for the screen. And yes, Joker there was much more impressive and zany, if you ask me. And Batman himself was cooler. And villains with clowns were freakier and badder. And the whole atmosphere was out of this world.
You can say: "Get lost and don't watch if you don't like it that bad!" Correct. Would have never watched it. But there had been rumours for some time about Heath Ledger's performance. Well, it's definitely above average. But it's not enough. All that Batman paraphernalia sucks big time already. Come on, how long can you chew this old bubble gum again and again? If we have the best Batman story adaptation on screen already (by Tim Burton), why should anybody invent a bicycle?
Another proof that modern cinema goes down the drain, tries hard to be something impressive but fails again and again. No matter how many points you give this or that modern flick on IMDb, or how much dough you stick into the production. It stinks.
Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, etc. - they all look phoney and miserable in this one. Only Heath Ledger saves the day a bit. A little bit - and this tiny bit is something that makes it all watchable.
That's it. A poor high-tech bombastic over-the-top pop-corn production which lasts more than 2 boring hours. A 3 out of 10 only - and all 3 points go to Mr Heath Ledger, RIP. Thanks for attention.
How stupid is that? Actors with serious faces and theatrical play, super effects, vast universe (includes real cities), crowd scenes to boot... And you know what? It's outstandingly boring. It all looks like a run-of-the-mill blockbuster with a pop-corn bucket at your side. Eek!
If you want a good comics on screen to experience, look no further than "The Crow" (Brandon Lee's), "Batman" / "Batman Returns" (Tim Burton's), and "Gongofer" (Russia's).
The only thing they could have made to somehow improve this production for me is to make Joker win in the end. And blow the whole town to pieces, together with that sad-ass Batman, his tiresome butler, the perfect family-man police chief, the dramatic and miserable double-face politician, and himself.
Don't get me wrong, the movie is not professionally bad. It follows the ABC of how an action is to be done. But it's dead on arrival. The matter is that it's late and cannot exceed the Batman my generation remembers and enjoys immensely: the one by Tim Burton. You simply cannot outdo that one. The perfect comics adaptation for the screen. And yes, Joker there was much more impressive and zany, if you ask me. And Batman himself was cooler. And villains with clowns were freakier and badder. And the whole atmosphere was out of this world.
You can say: "Get lost and don't watch if you don't like it that bad!" Correct. Would have never watched it. But there had been rumours for some time about Heath Ledger's performance. Well, it's definitely above average. But it's not enough. All that Batman paraphernalia sucks big time already. Come on, how long can you chew this old bubble gum again and again? If we have the best Batman story adaptation on screen already (by Tim Burton), why should anybody invent a bicycle?
Another proof that modern cinema goes down the drain, tries hard to be something impressive but fails again and again. No matter how many points you give this or that modern flick on IMDb, or how much dough you stick into the production. It stinks.
Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, etc. - they all look phoney and miserable in this one. Only Heath Ledger saves the day a bit. A little bit - and this tiny bit is something that makes it all watchable.
That's it. A poor high-tech bombastic over-the-top pop-corn production which lasts more than 2 boring hours. A 3 out of 10 only - and all 3 points go to Mr Heath Ledger, RIP. Thanks for attention.