Surpassed all expectations

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2005)

It's one thing when you have low expectation for a movie and it is a pleasant surprise. It's another thing when you have high expectations and the movie still manages to completely blow you away.
"Batman Begins" just works. The script, the plot, the casting, the effects, the psychology of it all tie together in an exceedingly complete package.
One very nice surprise is that, for the most part, the movie manages to leave the comic book "super hero that defies all laws of physics" behind, and shows Bruce Wayne as a human being. The story is much more dramatic, and realistic, than any of the other Batman movies - yet manages to answer some of the dangling questions, like - how does Bruce Wayne have the resources to build all the toys in the batcave.
A final comment is that the Imax version is the way to see this Batman Begins! This is one movie that really does justice to the incredible picture and sound of the Imax format.