Batman is Back and Better Than Ever

Rating: 9/10 (6 June 2008)

Batman Begins is a great film. It's got great acting, a believable plot, and some fantastic cinematography from Wally Pfister. Christopher Nolan is a great director, and he does the Batman franchise justice with Batman Begins. He takes the film to an uber realistic, dark place where the Batman films have never even seen before. Christian Bale is very good in this movie. Watching him go from a revenge-seeker to a hero is a perfect story arc. Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman are also appreciated talents that shine through. However, Katie Holmes was a bad casting choice. She's an annoying, un-sympathetic character that I just didn't care about. But, other than that, I really liked Batman Begins.