Holy Great Movie Batman!!

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2005)

Batman begins is story telling with pictures at its best. With an all-star cast (Bale, Oldman, Caine, Neeson and it girl Holmes) you can't lose. Rutger Hauer was a pleasant surprise. This is the best ensemble in the Batman movie lineup since Keaton / Nicholson and Kim Basinger ooh la-la.
Christian Bale always striving to give more than he's asked to his performance gives us his all once again. The first actor to wear the suit who didn't need all the padding to make himself seem physically up to the task. Bale is in mad shape which is such an essential oversight on the previous movies details. We know that the directors want us to feel Batman is a regular guy in a suit but come on! Mr. Mom had the eyebrows and dialog but he could have done a sit-up or two before shooting. Bruce Wayne's motives for becoming the caped crusader are clearly defined, his training period with Neeson are believable respectable and entertaining.
Gadget freaks will appreciate the details with regards to the BAT SUITs conception. There are so many films were you just want to get a good close look at some of the great contraptions but the directors give only fleeting glimpses to keep us interested. This movie very generously goes into the making of all the toys on the utility belt. BATMAN BEGINS's BatGeer are the best yet, and the BAT MOBILE is shown often in all its glory and is oh so cool.
I walked out of the theater at age 31 with my wife and just wanted to whisper in her ear "I'm BATMAN"