Ok, You've know doubt by now seen your fair share of the hype for the new Batman movie. The reviews have been universally enthusiastic and it current has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. So when was the other shoe going to drop? Well actually....
Now:

http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/48514/

The 12 comments posted in response to the review stop short of death threats but don't spare the reviewer from a variey of unpleasant anantomical suggestions. Mostly what I was reminded of was the numerous articles that came out when DC first published Frank Miller's seminal take on Batman, The Dark Knight Returns. Many, many reviewers found the books(it was originally published as a four shot limited series), dark, disturbing and insulting to the Batman that they remembered from the 1960's era television show, or cartoons, or early comics. What can I say, I don't think you can discount their opinions anymore than you can discount Mr Edelstein's take on the new film. After all, many many fans loved Jack Nicholson's Joker in the first Tim Burton Batman, but I would rank that as one of the worst perfomances of the franchise along with Danny Devito and Arnold.

Labels: Frank Miller, Jack Nicholson, The Dark Knight