Batman Begins

I liked it, but something is lost with this remodeling of Batman. The character is based off comic books that were based on simple myths and lore. The themes in the story were simple. The imagery though was powerful and fantastic. Burton's original film, featuring a bad story, played up the visuals and identity of Batman. Nolan instead takes the myth and reconstructs it to be a dramatic story. Each particle of the Batman legend is reduced to a dramatic explanation. The story in this film is better than anything Burton could do, but the film is too worried about plot points to be effective for creating the grandness of Batman. This film is based on later graphic novels that figured the identity of Batman was worthy of true dramatic exploration. I don't think he is. There are limitations to what can be done with a caped crusader as a meaningful character. Batman started out as the equivalent of a serial character. He should be amplified in film to the best of that nature.