Film that grows on you

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2006)

I did not like this film much the first time I saw it -- for the odd reason that I was still holding on to the Burton flicks and thought Nolan's work would be a prequel. However the film stuck with me after viewing in a way few movies these days do, and as no previous Batman film has ever done. The more I view this film the more in it I see, and it made me want to go back into the comics and delve further into the Dark Knight's history to further my cinematic enjoyment. Subsequently seeing the film deepened my appreciation of the comics -- an ideal outcome of seeing a superhero movie. "Batman Begins" made me love comic books again. Besides "Sin City", "American Splendor", "Spiderman 2", and "Ghost World" this is bar none the best comic book film since Donner's "Superman" and it excites me to the possibilities of this genre. It makes you remember you can sit down to these things over and over and revisit these characters and situations like old friends, distant memories. "The Dark Knight" cannot come with fast enough to suit me.