Nolan transformed a new Batman.

Rating: 10/10 (4 January 2010)

The first time I saw it, I knew it was the best film in the Batman Franchise. Not only because today we can do whatever we want to do because the film industry broaden its limitation, and taken a new step in visual greatness. If we compare the four Batman movies in today's, the special effects had improved and if Batman wishes to blow up a solid concrete in the rooftop, he can easily do so, very realistic and not cartoonish. But I don't really care about the special effects they put in the movies. It's not the point, the real reason why I love this film is because it was directed by Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige); with his powerful style of directing that will blow you away with its amazing lines, and his cast did a very very strong acting, including the veteran actor, Michael Caine as the ever faithful Alfred Pennyworth, the butler of the Wayne family. And of course the supporting actors, Gary Oldman as Sergeant and soon-to-be Lieutenant Gordon, Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox (same with Q in the James Bond movies). Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne exceeded all the actors that had played it (Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, and George Clooney). He did a great job of being a billionaire and a playboy, and of course being his alter-ego, Batman. Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher had handled it, but no one does it better than Christopher Nolan! Batman Begins is all about conquering fears and preventing Gotham City from self-destruction. It was delivered to us wonderfully entertaining like Nolan's other films. The transformation of Bruce Wayne to the creature he had feared all his life and his reason for being the Gotham City's Dark Knight is so powerfully shown to us. The Gotham City is dark, dirty and full of criminals everywhere like it always was. Nolan's Gotham City structure is quite amazing, it is darker and had a more realistic tone than the other Batman movies. The film focuses on its people and the humanity. Hans Zimmer's score brought a heavier theme. Batman's first contact in the screen was one of the finest moments in the film, you don't know where he is, where he's coming from and who's his next target. The scene where Batman was talking to Gordon, and when Gordon replied to him he's gone is a cool thing, he did it many times in the film. Whenever Batman is in the screen you can't stop watching him, he's a powerful force in the screen, and he'll just let you drop your mouth when he's making his moves. There are many great scenes in this film, keep a good look at those when you watch it, I've already seen Batman Begins five times, and it's not hard to tell that I'm a big fan of Batman. Scarecrow is the perfect antagonist since it is all about fear, he completes the entire idea of the film. But who's missing in the film? It's the crazy freak, Joker, the archenemy of Gotham's Dark Knight. In the last scene you'll know that he will be the next chaos maker in the next picture.