It actually came out yesterday on Blu Ray too!
So, I thought this movie was awesome. Like, maybe my 3rd favorite Batman movie after Begins and Dark Knight.
First off, I feel like this learned from Year One and (to a far lesser extent) Dark Knight Returns in that it wasn't just a direct, scene for scene, line for line adaptation of the comic. It took the story and the framework but it added to it. Plenty of new scenes with Bruce, Harvey, and Gordon were added that made their personal lives come to life a little more than they did in the book, and there were two really notable scenes with Falcone that added a lot to him and his relationships with his organization and his family. Similarly, the Joker's escape was handled differently here. In the comic, he just sort of escapes off screen, but here it's a really intense scene that had me on the edge of my seat.
Interestingly, the movie also looks at Batman Earth One somewhat in that it portrays the younger Batman as not initially a great detective (he even states that he didn't expect he'd have to be) but we see him sharpen those skills a bit as the movie goes on. This was a really cool angle that I loved. There is also an added angle to Harvey's character that I don't remember the comic having.
More to the point, this just felt more cinematic than lots of these do. Music is absent except for big moments, the scenes sometimes go on long enough to add subtext. The choice of shots and where scenes started and ended was so thoughtful. Between this and Man of Tomorrow, I think we need to have Tim Sheridan and Chris Palmer write and direct all of these, because these two are far and away the best these movies have ever been in my opinion.
So, what does everyone think? Am I crazy, or did this rock?