I am the night

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2005)

This is a brilliant take on Batman. There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said. This is the best Batfilm to date, period. Christopher Nolan and David Goyer and have turned this character into what its spirit always was, a real man. The narrows, the slums of Gotham City, look like something straight out of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. The skyscrapers are beautiful and displayed in mesmerizing blues. It is the first "superhero" movie to take itself seriously. This movie is dark and edgy, like a film-noir of the 1940s. This corrupt journey into a seedy world is cool escape from the laughable circus of Gotham that Joel Shumacher created in the late 90s. The use of villains in this movie, although seemingly sparse, sets up the road to the rogues gallery we are all looking for. The little cliffhanger in the end lets you know what is in store for the franchise, and I can not wait.