What a breath of fresh air.

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2005)

Personally, this has been one of the most anticipated movies(along with AVP=( and x-men=) in my life, especially since that crappy Batman and Robin installment... Now I love Tim Burton's original Batman, but the problem was that Jack Nicholson stole the show (that's not a bad thing, but Batman's origins weren't dabbed into that much). The complete opposite is true with this movie- Ra's Al Ghul, the Scarecrow, and Carmine Falcone serve as great villains, but they all play second, third, and fourth fiddle to Bruce Wayne/Batman. And I am happy to say this movie was excellent; not just as a comic book superhero movie, but even as a standalone movie- everything was great, the music, the special effects(I love how an overbearing amount of CG was not used), the gadgets, the explanations, the story line, the beginnings of a legend. What a fantastic experience this was. This movie was all about Bruce Wayne and his transformation into Batman. Nolan did an excellent job of developing the characters and setting up for future confrontations with "other" villains. Also, Gary Oldman is great in this movie, as he is in most films that he does(notably Leon). Please, go see the movie. As a Batman film, it was dark and gloomy, just how a Batman film should be. I loved it.
I will admit,the only detractor from the movie for me was Bale's voice as Batman (see the movie and you'll hear what I'm talking about), it was borderline corny, but I understand why he spoke like that.