And hopefully it'll live up to the trailers and we can finally bury all the bad Batman we've had to suffer to this point (the animated series being an exception). I will say that Keaton made a better-than-expected Batman, but I didn't like the direction Burton took.
I agree wholeheartedly. The hard thing in bringing Batman to the big screen, I think, is staying true to the story and making it the movie have mass appeal. Batman is a dark disturbed character . . . nothing like the Adam West portrayal. Superman and Spiderman both are pretty happy go-lucky. Their only "deep" moments are when they balance their love interests vs. their moral duty to save the world.
Batman isn't that way. Bruce Wayne has demons in his past. That is why he tries to bring justice to Gotham, not out of a sense of moral duty. You have to remember, most super-heroes feel the duty after receiving their new powers. Batman has no powers. He has trained his mind and body to become a successful crimefighter.