[red-beard]

Honestly, not a bad movie. I went in with low expectations.

The main issue I have with the movie, if someone is going to be in that kind of shape to fight, I would expect him to be looking a little more Mike Tyson than goth kid. The Original Batman was a man who worked out to tip-top shape, was a genius (that was OK in the movie) and used technology to solve problems (smoke grenades, tear gas, throwing stars in a bat shape, etc.). Nothing super human, but Superior Human.

The Batmobile, Bat cycle, etc, were all "Super Vehicles" but not fantasy. I think they were closer to right here than anyone else.

I really liked the Penguin. He was a fat, ugly dude with a limp. Again, a man. And the Riddler had a "point" about what he was trying to do. And a reason he was the way he was. I loved the social media implications!

I also liked the portrayal of Catwoman. She is not evil, just morally compromised.

Again, I went in with low expectations and came away mostly impressed. And I liked the movie. The sets reminded of Manhattan in the 1970's. 6/10 for the Batman character, 7 or 8 out of 10 for the overall movie.

My favorite movie of the movies since the 1980s was "The Dark Knight". Again, mostly realistic and could be "possible". This new movie was actually a good second. Then the first two Tim Burton movies (While truer to the comic, they were purposely cartoonish). Then maybe the Ben A stuff, then the rest of the Tim Burton and Christian Bale movies.