Very good movie, best superhero movie ever! One of the few movies with depth

Rating: 9/10 (28 June 2005)

Before I went to this movie I already had heard some positive things about it, but still I didn't expect too much of it, because I thought: "well, it's just Batman, just another superhero movie, just a nice popcorn movie to see, there can't be any serious story in it." But it is so much better than I thought. I'm not a batman fan at all, I didn't read any of the comic books or saw any of the TV series, I only saw the movie of 1989 with Jack Nicholsen, but that movie wasn't very good.
This movie starts very good with good flashbacks which are sometimes even quite emotionally and sad and let you understand the main character better. This movie also is much more dark and Batman is much more a normal man with normal feelings than just another invincible superhero. I thought Spiderman was very boring and much too predictable, but this movie was very different from Spiderman. Batman Begins really shows very well how he became Batman. Also all his gadgets, his bat mobile and his batman light in the air is explained very well. You see him becoming batman in a very good way. You understand him much more than ever.
Also the plot was surprising. The butler was very good too. The movie was also much more comical than I expected. And the humor was also very nice, because I hate American humor and this humor was the kind of humor I like: dry English humor. Very nice and on the right moments. They thought very well about how to make this movie come alive before they started the movie, they thought everything very well out. He's not anymore a mysterious superhero, but a man of flesh and blood with feelings who cares about others.
Also the soundtrack was very well done by Hans Zimmer (he is always very good) and was very powerful. The Tumbler as bat mobile was very original and very cool. The only things which could be improved are the fighting scenes, because now you almost can't see the fighting very well because the fighting is too fast and you can't see it very well.
my rating: 9