A Good Waste of $25

Rating: 2/10 (1 January 2006)

now almost everyone loved this movie, but i cant for the life of me figure out why. i heard how great it was from everyone and it seemed to be a movie i would like so i bought the deluxe edition when it came out on DVD. i went in with high hopes that came crashing down in about 30 min. my girlfriend and i contemplated several times turning it off but decided maybe it will get better, it didn't. its not just like i wanna go against the flow i have legit reasons for hating this movie. first of which being Christian bale was a bad choice, i cant hold my opinion against it overall i just personally hate his acting.
A. batman is nothing more than a huge crybaby feeling sorry for himself and not showing any signs of emotional strength. runs away from his problems and is a selfish jerk for the lion share of the movie.
B. this movie was hyped as being the return of batman, a supposed bad ass revamp of the more childish predecessors. it may be darker overall but what sort of bad ass wont kill anybody? so whats he gonna do beat up the whole criminal populous of Gotham and hope they learn their lesson?
C. i will say i did love the character of the scarecrow, i thought this guy was positively creepy and his very demeanor commanded a sort of respect, but he get pushed aside so that ninjas can attack Gotham? wow why not just replace them with killer robots from outer space. i really just do not understand what people see in this movie,the next day after i bought this i was trying to sell it to people i knew. if stores didn't have the "it's opened we wont take it back policy" believe me it would have been returned as soon as the credits rolled. if you are brainless and are easily pleased with a simple story lines about batman fighting ninjas, then by all means go buy batman begin (and hopefully ends