Well, I finally saw Batman last night. I’ll get right to it — I didn’t like it. It just wasn’t anywhere near what I was hoping for at all. It’s not an action movie, it’s an intense psychological thriller. A little long, too.
Don’t get me wrong, the film itself was great, from the acting to the script to the story, but it was a bit too intense for me, plus it just wasn’t anything like Batman Begins, which is what I was really hoping for.
The story was really well done, though. The Joker was extremely freaky, and had the real feel of a sociopathic killer — someone who was in control of his faculties, but just simply insane. There were so many rough pulls of moral dilemma in the movie, and I don’t really go for those — at least, not portrayed violently. I don’t like war movies, either, and I imagine some of them would be kind of like this. So, the type of movie just wasn’t my taste.
Of course, I really can’t stand the original Batman movie either. In fact, the only ones I really will even watch (as in, a second time) are Batman Returns and Batman Begins. Those were both excellent, and I didn’t like any of the others.
That’s about that. The soundtrack was great, too.