What's with Christian Bale

Rating: 9/10 (24 June 2005)

While I loved the movie and enjoyed the story, I can't help but to criticize Mr. Bale's performance. I agree that Katie Holmes' performance was probably the weakest of the entire cast, I don't think she was entirely to blame. Christian Bale seemed... dare I say it.. uncomfortable in scenes with her. Then there was his constant lisp. In perhaps one of the most important scenes were he reveals himself to the Katie Holmes's character on the rooftop, he slurs every single word. There were also times during certain scenes when I felt as though the writer dropped the ball. But besides these obvious failures, I feel as though they did the comic book hero justice.