SilverWook said:

I blame Joel Schumacher. He took Batman so far down into the abyss, that a dark gritty "realistic" reboot was inevitable.

Having gotten that off my chest, I might have walked out on my first veiwing of ROTS, as the sound was terrible. (Like AM radio mono terrible.) The theater was so crammed full of people on opening day, I would have had to physically climb over people just to complain. Thank goodness there wasn't time to order a large soda before it started!

I also saw Revenge of the Sith in a packed theatre, which I generally can't stand, but surprisingly the audience was well behaved. If anything, what made me want to walk out was sitting in the very front row and having to look straight up at the screen