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10 June 2006
Thank god they made this movie
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As I've said "thank god they made this movie",because before it, everyone (outside of comics) when they thought Batman,they thought of the Adam West dork knight from the 60's.It was revolutionary and was good enough for its time.Unlike Batman Begins the movie adheres little to the Batman mythos.Several glaring alterations were made such as knowing the identiy of the Joker,the Joker killing Bruce's parents,and the fact Alfred would invite someone into the Batcave.The only thing Keaton has over Bale is the way he talks while being Batman.Other than that he's just a guy in a costume.Jack Nicholson is good as the Joker,and at times he seems to be the lead character.Batman gets absolutely no origin story,except for his parents death,but not how he came to be.Obviously this allowed for "Begins".Instead,Joker's entire story is revealed to us. The atmosphere of Gotham is adequate.The Batmobile is cooler than the one in "Begins" but it's all style,not rationality.Which can be said about the whole movie.It's style but not all that much substance.Although it defintely brought the true Batman back in style.