Some of the worst action sequences ever & no redeeming qualities

Rating: 1/10 (19 June 2005)

The action scenes in this movie looked absolutely horrible. There's no way to know what's happening most time... and I knew Batman would win before I entered the cinema, so if there's an action scene I want to see what happens! For a superhero movie this is a capital crime (can you imagine a superhero movie without any fight? This wouldn't suit the genre!) I also found quite annoying the scene with the Batmobile... man, it seems they want to sell you one! They tried to tell us how cool the Batbmobile was all time, and the scene turned out to be pathetic.
The starting scenes became boring by the eleventh time Neeson talked about his pseudo-philosophical view on fear. A pity, since this could have been good if it was just a bit shorter.
As for redeeming qualities, I was upset to notice there were none! Not the acting, which wasn't so bad (except for Holmes annoying character, though perhaps it was written like that), but didn't help to save the movie. The dialogs were also just OK, except when they tried to sell us their rants on vengeance/justice/fear and the like -they were such a bore...
If you aren't a hardcore Batman fan, save your money. And if you are, perhaps you will notice more irritating matters which I couldn't spot, so...