Typical...

Rating: 6/10 (24 June 2005)

I basically expected more from Batso. Two of my favorite actors play in it (Bale and Freeman... or should that be Freeman and Bale? I don't know...) so I naturally thought... "Hey, I think it's worth 12 bucks..." Wrong! I mean... Freeman was awesome as usual. Not as awesome as in Unforgiven, but still, awesome.
Bale, on the other hand, acted the way I should expect from him, especially after seeing Metroland, American Psycho and Reign of Fire. But I didn't expect it. I was thinking... "Dude, how're you going to make Bruce Wayne sound like Patrick Bateman?" After seeing this movie, I was thinking... "Oh yeah... of course... Batman is f@#@ed in the head, too." So, that was somewhat of a letdown for me... Don't get me wrong... I like the way he acts... I just wanted to see Christian act differently... like he did in Shaft for instance...
Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman rocked. According to me, they were the stars of the movie. Michael Caine was very "English funny" if you know what I mean. And Morgan... well, he was bein' plain IL' Morgan... Very awesome.
The three people that really had a negative impact on the grade I'm giving Batman are Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson and Cillian Murphy. Katie acted like she always does, shaking her head like all that watched Dawson's Creek are familiar with. Very annoying. Liams face isn't evil enough for a bad guy. That bothered me... also, every scene he was in was boring. Except for his "last scene"... well, if you are familiar with the world of Batman, you must know of Ra's al Ghul (I'm sorry if I misspelled his name... it's been a looooooooooooooooooong time)... If you know what's typical for him, you'll know why I liked the scene... And Cillian... I loved 28 days later, but this... what is he doing in this movie? He's very annoying as Dr. Crane, although Scarecrow rocks.