Originally Posted by
flyby
of course the movie is influenced by the book. batman in general was influenced by the book. but this story does NOT resemble the batman of the book in the slightest. in the book, he is a 55 year old drunk who has given up on batman, and i won't go into the specifics but needless to say this movie did not include superman, the death of batman, the death of alfred, the death of the joker, any incarnations of robin or selina kyle, mutants, or whatnot.
batman begins was influenced by the book as well. all i'm saying is you used a direct comparison, as if the movie had been based off the book, when in fact only the title was taken. it isn't fair to compare the two when one only borrows from the ideas of the other.