proud to have watched it

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2005)

what a film! i went to watch it last night and i thought it was brilliant. the reason why i'm proud of it? the complete lack of noticeable CGI. i was fan-dangled by the realistic imagery of the bat-mobile chases and the explosions and stunts, they were fantastic. Bale is superb, Caine has the usual charisma we can expect, freeman does nothing but is still good, Oldman(who should only play bad guys) is relatively unemployed apart from a few 1 liners, and katie Holmes is as you'd expect from someone who is aware that they're just a pretty face. obviously a Nolan film with the flashbacks and a scene in particular(bale sitting on the floor researching falconi with paper everywhere) is a bit uncanny as the same shot was used in memento. all round i was hooked on this film from beginning to end, and was upset that i needed to attend the toilet halfway through. id recommend it to anyone with taste, but children should not go because its damn scary in places.