Excellent...

Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2005)

This is by far the best of the Batman movies yet. By a million miles. Well, at least since the first.
Bale gives Batman a new cocky risqué appeal and is the best since keaton. It's dark, stylish and hurtles along at a great pace and I didn't think there were many dull points at all. The story has been thoughtfully put together and ties in well with the original movie. It charts his life from a child through to the creation of Batman (as you can guess from the title) and is first class. As are the performances of Bale, Oldman & Caine. Morgan freeman puts in a good one too as you'd expect. Holmes is surprisingly good losing that teenie Dawsons thing and comes across as a more matured actress now. I think what sets this apart is the fact that it has left out a lot of the comic book style, and gone for a more classy, slick picture.
What else can I say, GO WATCH IT... NOW! GO ON...GO!