[@Morden Man], bleakness is the perfect word for DC. I remember Kevin Smith came out with a podcast right after TDKR talking about the difference between Marvel and DC movies lately, and that was his whole point. DC movies are a fuckin' [i]chore[/i] to watch. And not necessarily in the sense that they're bad -- even MoS, which I don't enjoy, is a decent film -- but just that everything's so dour and serious. The combination of Nolan-aping and Snyder's visual style doesn't help either, as they relentlessly suck all the color out of the world.