Upon first hearing Catwoman would be in it, I began having my doubts. Now that it is Ann Hathaway and we have pictures of her... it feels like we've successfully made our way out of the realm of the cool realistic Batman Nolan brought us, back into the territory of dine a dozen kitschy superhero flicks. What made Batman Begins so great was that it was the farthest thing from this that most of us could imagine. Some elements of the Dark Knight seemed to be traveling back in this direction, but now it looks like the trip has ended.
Why do movies seem to do this? With James Bond we went from Casino Royal, which was a great new direction for the franchise, then by Quantum of Solace we are already halfway back to the campiness of the early Brosnan films.