Nolan leaves his mark on the Superhero genre.

Rating: Null/10 (17 December 2018)

This is an amazing, an absolutely amazing film. With Batman Begins, director Christopher Nolan has gone back to basics, jettisoning both the silliness of the TV incarnation and the gothic and fetishist elements of the '90s version. This is a hard-core, down-and-gritty origin story - the tale of, as one might reasonably expect, how Batman begins. It isn't intended as a "prequel" to the 1989 film - not only is Gotham City a completely different place, but key events of the Batman chronology are re-spun. Batman Begins is designed as the start of a new life, a reboot for the franchise. In the process, Nolan has not only crafted the best Batman movie, but arguably the second-best motion picture superhero narrative. Christian Bale is very good as Batman and Bruce Wayne and although many people have criticized the rough coarse voice, I found it to be apt for the style and vision of this film.