Pattison is not bad at all as Batman. Not great, but perfectly serviceable, no complaints. However, as Bruce Wayne he completely misses the mark. Fortunately there is little Bruce in the movie. Gotham City is dark and gritty mood-wise, as it should be. But it is also literally dark. And did I say dark, and dark? Even a crime scene with investigators pouring over it is not lit up. Somehow even a large fireball during a car chase seems dark. The batmobile looked pretty cool, I think, but we never really got a great look at it. I guess I should say the silhouette looked pretty cool. I didn't see this in a theater, and my TV is arguably one of the best made in the past 3 years. Too dark, too shadowed, not visually interesting after a half hour or so.
The detective story was pretty run of the mill, and all of the characters were made out to be more realistic, less comic-book fantastic. Frankly, the detective could have been any detective. The baddies could have been any baddies from a gangster movie and a serial killer movie. I felt like the actors did their best with a pretty uninspired script. The action was not very frequent, and the fight scenes mostly uninspired.
These days I expect lecturing from Hollywood, so I didn't even deduct a point for the overt racism. If I did I'd give this a 2 instead of a 3. As it is, it is a solid three ignoring the hate.
The detective story was pretty run of the mill, and all of the characters were made out to be more realistic, less comic-book fantastic. Frankly, the detective could have been any detective. The baddies could have been any baddies from a gangster movie and a serial killer movie. I felt like the actors did their best with a pretty uninspired script. The action was not very frequent, and the fight scenes mostly uninspired.
These days I expect lecturing from Hollywood, so I didn't even deduct a point for the overt racism. If I did I'd give this a 2 instead of a 3. As it is, it is a solid three ignoring the hate.