Mr. Nolan, please direct X-Men

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2005)

I concur with all of the wonderful compliments here on Mr. Nolan's extraordinary recreation of Batman. He restores the depth, grittiness and integrity of the Dark Night -- and is true to the comic book series in a way that only two other franchises have been true to their own (Superman and Spider-Man). The cast is just superb all around -- including Katie Holmes. She points to a necessary ingredient of this saga -- the lasting tension within Bruce/Batman and the ongoing threat that he will go over the edge between justice and vengeance. He's a disturbed and conflicted man, and Holmes, like Caine's Alfred, is critical to illustrating that. I shudder to think what Nolan and his remarkable crew will achieve in a sequel with Joker, and very much look forward to his future work on this front. But I have one question: Can you imagine what this guy and his team could do for X-Men? Please consider it, Mr. Nolan.