A Perfect Re-Imagining!

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 2005)

This was basically DC Comics' last attempt at redeeming their dying batman movie franchise, and it was hook line and sinker! Not only the best BATMAN movie to date, but by far the best super-hero movie outside of the SPIDERMAN franchise. Christopher Nolan crafted a masterpiece of an origin film, completely re-imagining the telling of the mysterious BRUCE WAYNE and his alter-ego, BATMAN. The fact that BATMAN wasn't even on screen into half way through this 2 1/2 hour long film doesn't even seem to phase you through the expert story telling of how Bruce Wayne flees Gotham City to learn to fight her crime. The villains of the movie may be new to the non-fan base audience but us batman fans loved cillian murphy as professor jonathan crane. a perfect reincarnation of the comic book character that he represented, the only thing that he did wrong was not appear in the film enough. really, the central villain of the film comes out of nowhere. the movie is more about the humanistic elements of bruce wayne and batman than about villains. not to mention, nolan relied on the actors as opposed to some other super-hero movies that exist solely to show of what a computer can do. bottom line, stop everything you are doing and go see this movie now!