Overrated

Rating: 7/10 (20 June 2005)

Like others i do agree about this being the best batman movie, with batman actually being the main character and not his enemy. The enemy's in this movie are still good but Bale is the man. However the action in the movie is horrible. The fear effects are very cool (i liked batman looking like a demon especially) but the combat scenes are awful. The camera moves so fast that along with the ever dark Gotham the fights are just a blur with batman coming out on top. He may have had his martial art training etc. but there is little to be seen of that. I'm not a comic book reader so i don't mind whether the story follows the comics or not but the story itself is decent. I like how Nolan tried to make batman a could be reality giving him a background, realistic gadgets(the car is cool) and suit and making him more vulnerable and human. However the league of shadows kinda spoiled this reality thing for me, they seem like some shaolin peacefull school however they are the cause of many great disasters? (plague LOL, Rome LOL). The bad guy's plan was kinda cool but the giant microwave should have been left out. The new Gotham looked good, though i liked the classic style a bit more. Anyway overall a good movie with good roles (caine, Bale foremost) and only a bad Holmes.