This is NOT a comic book movie. It's TOO serious. They don't actually show all the violence, but let you know so graphically what is about to happen that it's quite disturbing. It's frankly ridiculous. If this was 1989 (The year the original Batman came out), and you went to see this movie, 'shock', 'horror', 'depressing' might be your word choices. Frankly, it's too much. To make it worse, the ending is not uplifting, but a downer. I never got bored. I just didn't enjoy the ride. Why did I dish out $20 to see this with my wife????