Somewhere in California, Schumacher Gently Weeps

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2005)

The brain is like a video tape recorder... it will remember whatever you put on tape, easily erased and replaced by another image. Batman begins has successfully washed the memories of the previous two Batman movies down the commode.
What a great movie. Perfect casting, despite the mousy, teenagerish Holmes cast as a tough talking District Attorney (gladly no forced performances of her in action in the court room.. maybe one scene i cant remember). I especially enjoyed the casting of Cillian Murphy as the Scarecrow. A preppy neat metro-sexual type, nerdish but slightly off, as if you cant put your finger on it but there's something wrong with that Crane guy. It's always the quiet ones.... The hallucinogenic scenes are done quite well without needing much over-the-top CGI. A deliciously dark tone to the movie, needed like a shot in the arm.
I think what everyone agrees with here is that this is not if not the second best, THE best Batman movie (next to the 1960s movie! :-) I'm sorry i love the schtick of the Adam West era Batman). Even more so, you can actually envision this being almost believable, as this dark and dingy world we're thrown in is somewhere we've either been or can be in if we don't keep our cities safe.
Bravo.... A classic hero movie.