Excellent Batman Film

Rating: 10/10 (26 November 2006)

-Excellent rendition of Batman on the big screen.
-Wisely develops the characters for almost half the movie before Bruce first wears the costume. Especially, addressing Bruce's motivations and goals at doing something so extreme (becoming Batman).
-The chaos of the fighting scenes, while hard to understand for some people, most accurately portray what Batman is doing to his enemies.
-Gives Batman a grounded sense of reality, without loosing an "other-worldly" feel.
-Introduces much of the film-viewing audience to aspects of Batman's rich character that has thus-far gone untold on the big screen.
-I look forward to the sequel, as there is still so much more to explore in the Batman mythos.
-To anyone who, after watching this, is interested in high-quality works involving Batman, I recommend:
Comics (traditional renditions of the character): -Batman: The Long Halloween, and its sequel Dark Victory -The Killing Joke -Batman: Year One -Batman: Blind Justice
Comics (alternate views of the character, or "What-if" scenarios): -Batman: The Dark Knight Returns -Gotham by Gaslight
TV: -Batman: The Animated Series (first three seasons) - The most complete single vision of Batman, and one of the best. Possibly the best. Dark and mature, the best episodes of this series are truly exceptional television.
Movies: -Batman Begins (obviously) -Batman (1989) -Batman Returns -Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Batman: Animated Series movie)