I personally first discovered Batman as a child in the 60's. All the things that made Batman so cool - the gadgets, the Batmobile, the over-exaggerated expressions, the stupid puns, the fun villains, the batcave, Robin, and the action/fights....are all so lacking in this film. Its just not fun at all. Kids (and a lot of adults) will be bored stiff watching this. The movie is too dark, literally, and the action scenes make you want to shout, "Back that camera up!" - the camera is too close and the scenes are too dark, you really cant tell what's going on. The plot is also very muddled; people on either side of me said more than once, "I have no clue whats going on in this movie". All in all, a disappointment. We should've seen Star Wars again instead.