One of the big downsides of Batman Begins was, in my opinion, that the IMDb's Batman '89 boards got polluted. It started as, basically, a bunch of Batman fans talking about how slick, cool, gothic, and vibey the Burton film was, or what their favourite moments were, or dissecting the nuances of the film's look, feel, and performances. Almost the bare minute BB got wide release, a bunch of people came flouncing over to talk smack, sometimes trolling, sometimes just not liking the old one, sometimes pretending not to troll but being snide ("It's not a *bad* movie, it's just a little dated, DON'T YOU THINK!?"), and in-general just going, "It's cheesy!" When what they meant was "All the press releases said Batman Begins was a gritty reboot, so that means everything else is cheesy!" Darnit, people, the hype put out around the "grittiness" was to rinse out the bad taste of Batman & Robin from fans' mouths, just like The Force Awakens press was flogging the "practical" effects!
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