i love so much about this movie . the time take to develop the character and the attention to detail and the superb performance and the stunning lighting and cinematography and the wonderful soundtrack . it have a combine intensity and lightness of touch that would not work for anyone who want the typical fast pace action flick . if we live in elizabethan day and i would say this movie a bit like a shakespearean tragedy . but since we do not and let say it more like a drama suspense movie . the plot be simple and but the story be complex . the movie be intelligent in the way relationship and issue be explore . much of the story be show rather than tell and which i find make it more subtle and moving and which also work well for a story base on a comic book ( or graphic novel ) . at time i felt i be actually there in the 1930s and part of this story there be such a realistic yet dream like quality in the style of it telling . i do not often prefer movie to the book they be base upon and but in this case i do . ( though i do enjoy the book too . ) i have buy the dvd and which be great because it have some wonderful delete scene and insightful commentary . ( i also take my little cousin and who a little young than the boy in the movie and to see it after i saw it for the first time and because he have issue at home and i want to use this a a way of start a discussion on father son issue with him . he love it and the discussion . ) .