Well, I finally got the free time to go see BB. My male companion, who isn't into comics, and only really remembers the 60's campy TV show, said "the acting was great, it was way better than I thought it would be, but it was so dark!"
Of course I told him that Batman is supposed to be dark and brooding, why else would a man dress up like a bat unless he was fixated and obsessed?
Now I happen to like Katie Holmes, from years of watching Dawson's Creek, and it struck me that Rachel and Bruce reminded me of Dawson and Joey in the Series Finale, when they hadn't seen each other for five years. Somehow Katie always ends up playing the "girl that got away that I was in love with but didn't realize it at the time" role.
I really liked Gotham City, and the raised train railway was really cool. The action was fast, the flashbacks to his childhood kept things interesting.
The action scenes were very hard to follow. That's my only complaint. But I guess we're used to the 60's campy TV series where they would stop the action and put in an action balloon: THUD! POW! HA HA
I didn't think I would find Christian Bale attractive after looking at the magazines of him, but he has a presence when you watch him in person. (Actually, I'm really hoping that I feel that way about Brandon Routh, because right now he has zero sex appeal for me, whereas Tom Welling....yowsa!!)
I'm thinking of going to see BB again, in an IMAX theatre. THat would be soooo cool!
GO SEE IT
