Excellent movie, it has it all

Rating: 9/10 (14 June 2005)

I just saw Batman Begins yesterday in Avant-premiere. I had very high hopes set for this movie, and I was definitely not disappointed. It turned out to be one of the best comic movies I've ever seen (only being preceded by Sin City, which I saw last week).
The movie just has it all, the story contains every aspect of the comics in a nice and balanced way, the emotional pain of losing his parents, the anger, the fear and love and most of all the action :). It's just all there. Gotham City looks very dark and yet still realistic, the costumes and settings are excellent and the special effects are used where necessary and not more! The acting is very good as well. I think Christian Bale is by far the best Batman ever, and even seeing Liam Neeson as a bad guy was surprisingly acceptable. The film lasted for 2 hours and 20 minutes, but I wasn't bored 1 minute.
So all I can say is congrats to the makers 9/10
PJ