Outstanding

Rating: 9/10 (14 June 2005)

I enjoy action movies, but action movies are always just . . . action movies. They entertain, lot's of excitement, big explosions, etc. They are what they are. I thought this would just be another action movie.
When the someone who could, decided to hire Sam Raimi to direct Spiderman, they made a great decision on hiring a proved, talented, outside Hollywood guy to reinvent what comic-to-screen films could be, and Sam raised the bar. But as if he were sitting at a poker table and played that raise, Chris Nolan was sitting across for him and called him. And won the pot.
If you don't know these guys work before doing the Hollywood blockbusters I encourage you to check them out. Batman Begins sets a new standard for what these kinds of films can be. Sure, it's an . . . action film. But it's also a part epic, a part artistic, a part suspense and even a part zombie film.
Kudos to everyone involved in this film.
Check my post history, I'm not an industry plant and I do not post opinions about films. Just a film fan left very impressed by this movie.
I do, however, work part-time as a projectionist for an IMAX theatre and I have to say, with no gain on my part either way, if you are within a reasonable distance to an IMAX theatre, spend the extra 5 bucks or so and see it in IMAX.