Best Batman film ever made

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2005)

The film was amazing! As I love the character Batman and the comics, i've been waiting for a new batman film. When I first heard that Warner Bros. announced they were making a new Batman film, I was kinda excited. What made me more excited was when they said that it restarting the franchise. Thank God they made that choice because the previous film 'Batman & Robin' was terrible. British director Christopher Nolan (Memento and Insomnia) was the perfect choice to make Batman Begins. I had some doubts about David S. Goyer (writer of Blade Trilogy and director of Blade: Trinity) because of lines were said in the films but when I read a interview of the official Batman Begins site, he was a Batman fan. And the lines from the film were perfect and well timed, also congratulate on Nolan with the screenplay too. Christian Bale was the brilliant choice as Batman/Bruce Wayne. He acted a way that you can feel his pain for the loss of his parents. Michael Caine was also brilliant as the butler Alfred, he brought some funny moments into the film. Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard was very well acted. Gary Oldman was perfect as Lt. Gordon, he even looked better than the Gordon from Burton's/Schumacher's Batman films. Irish actor Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) was awesome as the film's villain Scarecrow. The film started steady paced, slowly telling how Bruce Wayne uses bats for fear, about his parents death. It wasn't like Spider-Man (also a very good comic book hero film) where he got the uniform and you are wondering "how did he make that costume?". It shows step-by-step how Bruce gets the armour and how the gadgets work. Explains clearly how the cape expands and is able to glide or fly. The sets were fantastic, Gotham City looked more realistic than the previous Gotham. What I liked about Bale's performance as Batman is he used a different voice so no one would recognise it. The action scenes were very well done and pretty intense. The special effects (both visual and practical) were amazing, even the scary effects. What really steals the film was the Batmobile, it wasn't a long slim ridiculously looking car. It was a mixture of a Lamborghini and a Hummer. The thing that made me even more excited that it worked, it would turn and even go really fast. It was more believable and slick than the previous batmobile's. I really do hope Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Christian Bale and the gang will be back to do the sequel.