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Title: Just as mediocre as the first
Review: Again, if you're gonna adopt a comic book, stick to it.... If you don't respect the original source (other than minor embellishments), there's no point in making the film. Mel Gibson didn't make Jesus a cyborg, did he? Spielberg didn't make the shark a killer whale in Jaws, right?Just consider a few things...1) The penguin never had flippers, never lived in a sewer and definitely never ate raw fish...2) Why was the Max Shreck (although the name was cool) character even necessary?3)Gotham looks like a fake city, not a real one4) We're asked to believe that Catwoman, in her genesis, survived a fall from a 40 or 50 story building. In the comic book, Catwoman, like Batman, has no super powers whatever. None.That's just for openers. Visually, the film was enjoyable, but as a whole, again, disjointed and pretentious. Why not make a Batman film that's based on the comic? It can still be quite dark, but truer to the source, and likely more enjoyable.
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