Easily the greatest superhero movie of all time....and yet it shares an 'A-' grade with six other superhero films?

Just go ahead and get rid of that '-'. You know you want to.

Your right, BB was slighlty bland at times and lack charasma, while TDK has very charasmatic and always vivid .

But seriously, you're very much right, and the best sequels of all time are different from their first film.

(and to add on a note, Back to the Future Part 2 and Dead Man's Chest were very different in tone, theme, and story structure, and although they aren't highly regarded, I am a huge fan of both)

SUPERMAN RETURNS AND KING KONG ARE AMAZING FILMS!!!

SUPERMAN RETURNS AND KING KONG ARE AMAZING FILMS!!!

as am I, DMC is criminally under rated.

Superman Returns was horrible.

I actually prefer DMC to AWE. AWE was too much talking and way too long.

I agree that BB and TDK totally different Batman movies.

I rewatched BB today (ON BLU RAY!!!!) and I have to say Cillian Murphy was sooooo good as Scarcrow/Crane. I always overlook him in this movie. I mean he doesnt even come close to Ledger in this one but he does a DAMN good job for how little he is in it. I do want to see him again in the next one. Even if he has a small scene like in TDK

Im still debating about getting BB on Blu-Ray, I have it in HD already but I really love my PS3 its much easier with one drive that can do it all.

The only thing I don't like about TDK is that its giving people this sudden reason to hate on BB.

I also hate how people are saying that TDK is the first comic-book film that is going to make the movies start taking themselves more seriously when BB did it three years ago. Both the makers of Iron Man and Hulk have even stated that BB had an effect on the way they made their movies. Faverau said that he was only able to get that great cast for Iron Man because the cast of BB worked so well. Norton has even said that when they rebooting Hulk, they looked at BB and saw how it restarted that franchise (and while TIH wasn't a BB, I think the directors cut probably would be a lot closer to BB).

BB to me was monumental, ground-breaking for comic-book movies that changed the genre. Hell, it probably goes beyond comic-books. BB succuess helped Casino Royale attempt in its reboot, as that was another franchise that had become to over-the-top and had to get more grounded with reality and depth.

TDK is groundbreaking as well because I feel it has gone to an even further extreme than BB did, and its BO succuess probably will influence a lot of future projects. But fact is, BB was ground-breaking too three years ago.

BB to me was monumental, ground-breaking for comic-book movies that changed the genre. Hell, it probably goes beyond comic-books. BB succuess helped Casino Royale attempt in its reboot, as that was another franchise that had become to over-the-top and had to get more grounded with reality and depth.

Saw it again today. God this film is amazing.

I think you're on to something there Squee, and I also think Batman's sidetrip to Hong Kong is clearly a commentary on America's failing relations with China and the inevitable conflict that will brew from that.

Its not just the pencil scene. its also the hospital blowing up, symbolizing the fact that kids aspiring to be doctors should find a safer line of work.