Nipples and Batman

Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2005)

First I went into this movie with some serious skepticism, based on the fact that I feared a new Batman movie would leave a bad taste that wouldn't be cured by no less than a 10 gallon drum of Listerine. Getting a free ticket, purloined from a PS2 game of the movie, prompted me to see how bad I was going to be feeling. Well, after the trailers I settled in and to my complete and utter surprise was excited and happy of what I just saw. I left feeling, (which has been a rare event at the theaters) thinking about the movie in a sense of almost kid-like awe, replaying certain scenes in my head and wishing I was a billionaire playboy turned criminal vigilante. The supporting players were spot on and even some of the requisite lines of a action movie didn't bother me, (you know playing the old mentor line back on himself). The only thing that really irritated me was that this Batman movie had nipples in it. Now not on the Batsuit, thank god, but on the romantic interest. Yes, in a scene Katie Holmes's character sports a look that isn't assistant d.a. but more assistant pole dancer. This wasn't supposed to be an erotically charged scene and for them to be there was, just unnecessary. I'm sure 13 year old boys will be happy when the DVD version comes out but I say to the sequel (sure I'll see it, even pay this time), let's get Mrs. Cruise some undies.