Bale makes a good Batman, but he makes an even better Bruce Wayne

Rating: 7/10 (27 February 2007)

Batman Begins is a great character story, and a great beginning to a new line of Batman features after the franchise had hit rock bottom with the awful Joel Schumacher disaster, Batman and Robin. The script is very tight, and creative while the characters three dimensional and uncharacteristically drawn out for a comic book adaptation. We learn a lot about Bruce Wayne and what drives the man into becoming the icon we all know and love. Christian Bale makes a good Batman, but he makes an even better Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins. It is an origin story after all and Bale delivers an excellent performance as do the supporting cast, bar one.
What I didn't like was Katie Holmes character - I thought she was definitely the weakest link of the story. The set design and look of the film didn't appeal to me at all either. After seeing Tim Burtons vision of Batman and having been a fan of the comics and character, there is no going back. I found the look to be too tamed and basic for Batman film which bothered me somewhat.
The story is what drives Batman Begins and thanks to a great script and character development it delivers - but I'd still rather watch Burton's original.