So Awesome.

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2005)

Plot/character rich film--a comic book transported into the "real" world; I loved it. Loved it! (Can't wait for the next one...?) OK, I don't understand why the minimum content for a message is 10 lines; this seems like an invitation for people to cram too few ideas into too much space, but if more text is required: The 1.5 reviews I read for this film before hitting the theater were very rich in praise for this version at the expense of the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher films of the late 80s and 90s; I felt the criticisms were unnecessarily harsh, but after seeing this most recent film I am completely convinced of the folly of those films which now seem to be unadulterated silliness. This movie is deserving of the title "Batman Begins" not only for its telling of Batman's origins, but for its introducing him to us as a character with a future--this is just the beginning!