Batman revisited and re-valuated

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2016)

Bruce Wayne is a millionaire deeply traumatized by the brutal death of his parents in a failed robbery. After intensive training with the guru Ra's al Ghul, he becomes a vigilante who will use all his money and power to chase the criminals of Gotham City. This film is based on the characters of DC Comics and has screenplay by Christopher Nolan (who also ensures the direction) and David S. Goyer. It has the participation of Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy and Morgan Freeman.
This film is excellent in many ways, beginning with the setting and ambiance in which the story takes place. Contrary to what was the norm of the films inspired by comics, the film is quite realistic and brings the characters to a minimally credible environment. Gotham City is equal to any current metropolitan city, Bruce Wayne could be the heir of any multi-million dollar corporation we know. The script is also good, remaining true to the comics, respecting them. The film appreciated some aspects that cinema hitherto ignored as the training and preparation that Wayne made to become Batman, allowing the public to understand how the character came to be. The most poorly developed aspect were the several attempts to make humor and the unhappy jokes. This film is too dramatic for such things. Another positive aspect is the cast, carefully chosen. We must highlight particularly the performances, deeply inspired, of Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine. Christian Bale had, in this movie, the consecration of his career, showing great maturity and how much he has evolved since "American Psycho". Finally, we must also mention the quality of special visual and sound effects, quietly enriching the movie without stealing the scene to the actors and the story itself.
After a series of badly achieved and poorly made movies, the art of cinema finally made the deserved honors the Batman story. Finally!