Batman Begins is one heck of a great film! Its cool with an excellent cast and a astounding score!

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2005)

It was on the 4th of July, 2005 I saw Batman Begins! It was an awesome experience to see the Dark Knight on the big screen once again! I have been anticipating this film and it did not disappoint. The movie is solid with an outstandingly large and famous cast, great acting, super storytelling and character development, excellent action and effects, a tremendous musical score, and great directing! There are many points in the film I want to talk about including the cast and characters, composers, and scenes. The commentary is below.Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman: Bale has a great performance. He is younger than Michael Keaton but he pulls off the charisma Wanye needs. He is nearly identical as Keaton when it comes to the putting on the suit. He has very good movement that makes you believe he is the Batman! His voice fits the character really well. I know that there are people who think that Keaton IS Batman. In My opinion Bale comes very close being number one. Michael Caine as Alfred: In My opinion Caine was the perfect choice to play the famous butler. Caine provides very good acting here. In fact its some the best I have ever seen him do!Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard: Arguably his greatest role and greatest performance Neeson is terrific in this film and literally steals the show! He is one of My favorite actors of all time and it was just awesome to see him as a big time villain! I love the way he looks. His goatee, hair style, clothing, fighting ability, everything! If you are a fan of his and loved how he performed in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace then you WILL LOVE HIM HERE! Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes: I was very surprised by this actress. I have read many, many comments saying how weak, dull, and boring her performance is. Well I didn't see any of that! I thought that she was very good and not to mention looked the same. Her character IS A WOMAN and she is very convincing as A WOMAN! I like female characters like this! Holmes is a very fine actress and I hope to see her in many other great action films in the future! Gary Oldman as Lt. Jim Gordan: He is excellent as Gordan. A very likable character indeed. I like the way he is and looks. Another top notch performance by Oldman! Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow: He is something else. Just by looking at him I thought that he was insane! The Scarecrow character is good and scary. Tom Wilkinson as Carmine 'The Roman' Falcone: One of the most talented actors performs greatly as the big time mobster. Wilkinson's British accent is gone and a very good Italian accent has taken its place for his role. I was really anxious to see how he would perform as someone of this stature in a comic book feature film and in My book he was great! Morgan Freeman: Freeman is a dandy charmer here! Great acting as always. Rutger Hauer as Earle: Hauer was very good. He's not his usual action hero self here as he is a business executive. Ken Watanabe as Ra's Al Ghul: Great performance here. He makes his character mysterious and fearful at the same time. He has an awesome sword fight and shows you why he's a master! Mark Boone Junior as Flass: A good performance by this big man! Linus Roache as Thomas Wayne: In a brief performance he is very good. Musical Score by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard: This is an extraordinary score. It fits so perfectly in it and it is completely different than the music that Danny Elfman and Elliot Goldenthal composed for the previous Batman entries. I love those scores but this one is excellent as well. Its just so dynamic and exciting! If there are more Batman films which I hope there will be I hope that they will be chosen to score again and again! Direction by Christopher Nolan: He really put it together here. The fight scenes and everything is just marvelous. I hope that he directs more Batman movies in the future because I like his direction. Fight Scenes: People are talking about how bad the fight scenes are. I liked 'em! They were very exciting and some of them were long too like the Wayne vs. Ducard scenes. I loved those! The street chase was really cool with all of the city lights and such. So there you have it! I loved the film. There many, many things I love about it. The things above like cast, music and the fight scenes are just a few. I like the fact that all of the cast members have a decent amount of time on screen. I saw Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith twice and I adore that movie and I just love this one! People, we have a very exciting movie year in 2005 and so far I am pleased and you should be too! I want more of the Batman movies because I love the people in this film and there are limitless possibilities that can happen in them! I would love to see the return of the Scarecrow! Bring fourth the Joker, Man-Bat, Killer Croc, The Huntress, Harley Quinn, the Spoiler, Cain, Egg Head, Mad Hatter, and the rest of the gang to the big screen!
Movie Nuttball's NOTE:
Before the movie started the trailers of War of the Worlds and The Island were shown and boy do they look great! Bring on more DC films like more Batman, Superman Returns, Wonder Woman, The Justice League of America, The Legion, The Green Arrow, Justice Society of America, The Death and the Return of Superman, I could go on! I want DC & Marvel to come out with a whole bunch of films including Crossovers! It'll be so awesome!