Batman Begins...and Delivers

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2005)

I saw Batman Begins last night and as I expected, this movie delivered. Christian Bale puts on a wonderful performance as the caped crusader/Bruce Wayne. While watching you really see a difference between the Bruce Wayne and Batman persona.
Christopher Nolan has turned the Batman Franchise around after Joel Shumacher nearly destroyed the franchise. Dare I say it may be better than the original Tim Burton Batman. This film is dark the way a Batman movie should be. It delivers both a comic book feel with a sense of reality. The problem with Joel Schumacher and his direction is that the his Batman had too much of a cartoon feel that you couldn't connect with any of the characters. There were too many characters without any objectives. The characters in Batman Begins all have an objective which is what makes a screenplay a success.
The film also explains how Batman became Batman. All the other previous films explained the origin's of the villains but we never really knew how Batman became Batman. We barely knew why he became Batman. This film's main focus is Batman. The original Batman focused on the Joker, Batman Returns was a story about the Penguin, Forever focused on the Riddler and the fourth Batman focused really on a relationship between Batman and Robin. This one is all about Batman and the man behind the mask. This film also illustrates how Batman gets his "wonderful toys" and how he comes up with his name, his symbol.
And don't worry, there are villains in this film and their motives may be a little cartoonish but like I said earlier, this film does give you a little of that comic book feel to it. I don't want to spoil any of the movie for you so I won't give you the plot but trust me, you will enjoy this film **** out of ****