Finally!

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2005)

I didn't think I was going to live long enough to see a good Batman movie. I had given up all hope on this franchise, and they went and hired a director who could direct, actors who could act, and a writer who could write. Then, the kept the story and the gadgets and the action just plausible enough to create real excitement and suspense. Nolan demonstrated the obvious to the Hollywood crap-machine: stuff that is realistic is more engaging than stuff that feels fake.
I have to call out the casting as being particularly good, especially given that Batman movies have become a career-ending cyanide tablet for the actors involved.