And oh so violent. At times I forgot I was watching an animated movie, a WB house animated movie! There was actual blood, grizzly violence, face stabbing, dismembering, I could go on...
WB had balls bringing the graphic novel to screen without diluting anything as the target audience for such releases are usually kids.
Exactly! Man, the 2nd part offered more than the first; especially the scenes with the Joker.
My thoughts are similar but that is exactly what I love about the Nolan movies. That they feel like Michael Mann crime sagas is a very interesting take on the Batman's world and mythos, it might not exactly be realistic but it's what's perceived as realism versus an all-out fantastical superhero setting like the Avengers.
And really the movies are more about the world that he inhabits rather than the Batman himself.
Yeah, I know that and also agree with you. But a fair comparison to me would be the TDK and TDKR. They really pushed the envelope in TDKR and it became no more than a sad, depressing version of what it should have been.