It's about time (SPOILER AT THE END!!)

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2005)

Well, after seeing the screening of Batman Begins this past Tuesday night, I can honestly finally say that this is the Batman movie that was not released those other four times and should have been. This movie deserves the sole "Batman" title more than the 1989 Burton version. It was done correctly; show how he becomes the dark knight in the first one, not the FIFTH one (even though I really feel bad about comparing this masterpiece with the other four pretenders). I don't want to give away much of the movie, I just want to say that this movie made me think to myself "how terrifying it would be to encounter Batman in a dark alley", not "I see your nipples in a dark alley, (laughter follows)". Scarecrow and Batman to me make the movie as frightening as it is, and therefore I give my strongest warning to parents of young children to really abide by the PG-13 rating because it could have easily received an "R" because of the nightmarish material in the movie. Very well written, one because it gives viewers who haven't read the comic book a very good insight to what was in it, and two, because every bit of dialogue that I tried to predict in the middle what the rest of the words would be was a lot more satisfying than regular predictable dialogue. SPOILER HERE: My favorite part is at the end of the movie, when Gordon tells Batman that he never thanked him, Batman's reply was (the perfect reply nothing better could have been said) "and you'll never have to." I think that speaks for itself. By all means, see this movie. 9/10