The Burton movie was good, but technology was not up to par until recently to allow a comic based movie to not feel campy and cheesy. And I owned the Dark Knight Series as well as the first several Legend of the dark Knight comics (which was an origin series) and I still feel that the Bat Man Begins was by far the best. I have not seen the Dark Knight yet, so I can't comment on that, yet. But for me in the era I collected ( mid 80's thru mid 90's) Begins was the closest in story and feel, and felt like it was more of an addition to the Bat Man mythology and less like a one-off story just for the sake of a movie. The first Burton movie came out when I was a kid, so it will always be one of my all-time favorites just for the sentimental factor,and it was a good movie after all.