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Most of the critics I've seen give it a negative review didn't actually have a problem with the morality of the film, instead criticising it for simply being a bit ho-hum. Which really does make me question the authenticity of the supposed moral panic that has done such a good job of hyping and selling this product. From what I've seen there's been a hell of a lot more talk about that moral criticism than actual examples of it, all to the film's benefit. It's great publicity for the film, it gives it the appearance of being transgressive and the more standard criticism of the actual filmmaking gets buried beneath the noise.We've entered an era where opinions on films are debated more, it seems. People care more nowadays when the general consensus of a film doesn't fit their own thoughts, for whatever reason. Therefore the perception is it's more polarised. The reality is it's the same as before with a broad range of opinions, but now we care more about ones that differ to us.
It's a bit strange really the rhetoric over this film. First the massive hype, then the big backlash. All the weird detailed theories about what it means when there isn't really that much depth to it. The same basic story has been done to death in film since Taxi Driver, but without the joker. We all have so many preconceptions about what this movie about a comic book character was before we even watched it. The skeptic in me thinks it's just a really good marketing campaign at work, but it's probably more than that.
If there is any more to it than that though, I suspect it has less to do with what's in the film (which as you say is all well-trodden ground at this point) and more to do with the audience the film is aimed at. Some people might have a certain perception of what the audience for this film will be like and (rather unfairly and condescendingly) fear they can't be trusted to read or react to the film properly. Though as I say, I tend to lean towards the idea of it all being hype.
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