Finally...

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 2005)

The perfect director for a Batman film has finally come along...and he just so happens to have cast the perfect actor for the role of the caped crusader. Christian Bale was born to play this part. It's amazing to think that just last fall Bale depicted an emaciated insomniac, Trevor Reznik, and now he is a buff ass-kicking Bruce Wayne/Batman. Director Christopher Nolan's film is so phenomenal on so many different levels. Anybody that has seen Memento understands that Nolan is not a linear storyteller. This is why you are not subjected to seeing a little boy mourning his parent's death right from the start. Nolan portrays everything that has to be portrayed for Batman's origin story to be told completely (something that neither Burton nor Schumacher ever did) without ever letting go of his grip on the audience. It's entertaining from the first frame til the last. Without a shadow of a doubt, this is truly the best Batman film ever made.