I read the first two omnibuses of this run (up to Batman incorporated) and I'm not impressed. This run has always been acclaimed by comics media, but I'm not a huge fan. The stories are interesting, but I feel they need to explain themselves better, it is hard to know what the hell is even happening. The text story about the Joker morrison wrote (included in the omnibus) is some of the most awful prose I have ever read. It reads like emo fan-fiction by a barely literate 14 year old. Damian is OK I guess, not a huge fan of him honestly. Just started the Batman incorporated and right off the bat I think it's dumb Bruce Wayne publicly announces he is funding Batman.
Overall, I thought it was OK. Some interesting ideas by Morrison and nice art by Frank Quitely and Andy Kubert, but I didn't love it. It isn't one of my favorite Batman runs. The Jeph Leob and Tim sale books, Steve Engleheart run or Chuck Dixon's stuff are a lot better than this in my opinion.
Am I the only one who thinks this run is overrated?
Seems like a classic issue of you simply not enjoying what the rest of the crowd decides to gush over that particular day. I felt that way when I was glancing over Breaking Bad which is another thing the public loves to scream about and I thought it was meh at best from what I watched of it. Thought the various aspects of the drug making scenes and going into autistic detail about crimes was quite clever and pretty ballsy for television but eh.
Don't make the mistake of going something just because the crowds like it. I've made that mistake quite a few times and it pisses me off sometimes which is why I'm such a stubborn arsehole about peer pressure, it fucking costs money too.