The Best Superhero Movie Ever

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2005)

As a long time fan of the Batman comic, I have been waiting for a movie to get Batman right. The Tim Burton Batman's were average at best and the Schumacher Batman's were flat out terrible. Finally, a Batman movie that does not focus on the villains but on Batman. The use of the villains was excellent and Cilian Murphy was great as the Scarecrow. Cool to see Ras Al Ghul finally make the big screen. I hope they don't get into the supernatural aspect of the character as the comic book did, as this series of movies seems to be more focused on the "real world." I thought Gary Oldman not playing a psycho for once was a refreshing change and he was excellently understated as Gordon.
People have complained about there being too many villains. I thought these villains needed to be present because this was an origin story and set up the rest of the franchise with endless possibilities. People have also complained about the Rachel Dawes character. Well I was shocked at how good Katie Holmes was in this movie. I guess the Scientology has not totally messed her up.
This was the best superhero movie ever made. I am a huge fan of the Spiderman movies and I think Raimi has nailed the character, but Nolan not only nails the Batman character, he has made a real kick ass action flick to boot. I cant give this movie anything but 10 out of 10 and it has moved into my top 5 favorite movies ever.