What a snoozer.............

Rating: 4/10 (15 June 2005)

The fact that it's a Batman movie and that it's jam packed with stars just wasn't enough to float my boat. The acting? Peachy. Of course, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman are great actors. And sure, I feel that Christian Bale was a great choice for the next Batman (naturally, anyone will do to wipe out the memory of Clooney). But where was the thrill? The entertainment? In Burton's Batman, Michael Keaton's Batman shows himself right off the bat (no pun, I swear), taking out thugs and strutting his weaponry--examples of his weaponry and his prowess multiply as the movie moves along. In "Begins", a scenes are wasted with Batman either hiding in the shadows snatching up villains, or the fight scenes are slapped together, the frames flickering by too quickly to see any real hand-to-hand. There was no intensity to this movie, no drive; okay, the bat-tank tears up the street--but that was the longest action sequence! Whoopty-doo! I read a review that said that his movie was 1000 times better than Spiderman 2. Pppppleeeeasseee. This movie just seemed thrown together. I was so bored. Really.