this review doesn't contain spoilers, the movie itself does. it spoils all the fun, you might have had with previous batman movies (not all of them, i know). the plot is so simple, yet familiar. Christian bale as always quite okay as Bruce Wayne and absolutely ridiculous as batman. the voice and the costume, which is even worse than all previous outfits, really threw me off, again. this movie is as entertaining as the Joel Schumacher ones. which puts it even below the Adam West series. and please stop calling this batman film, dark or gloomy, it is not. most of it takes place in broad daylight, so we can better see how shitty batman's costume is, while he is engaged in fighting that reminded me of saloon fights from bad western movies. some fighting scenes are uncut medium long shots, like Fred Astaire's dancing scenes. the only difference is that Fred Astaire knew what he was doing. i give 3 points: 1 for Michael Caine, 1 for Morgan Freeman, 1 for Hans zimmer

people, go watch the Keaton/Burton batman films to see how the matter is dealt with properly.