Excellence from Bale...

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2013)

First off, Christian Bale is totally excellent in this part; because I've seen all the Batman films before seeing this, it came as a bit of a culture shock to see him in this particular role. But he carries it off brilliantly! I love the way his character's narration overlay's the images and the musical references are worked in so well. It's a really well made film too with a pretentious cuisine and big chunky telephones taking us back to the 80's. Having not read the book I did find some of it a little hard to follow, but I'll add it to the reading list and give this one another look afterwards. Definitely worth a look though, if just for Bale's performance.
SteelMonster's verdict: RECOMMENDED
My score: 8.1/10
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