"Batman Begins" smells of guano!!

Rating: 2/10 (15 June 2005)

This film is severely under par and overrated! Nolan's directing should have propelled this adventure to the cosmos, but just like the character himself, it falls flat on its face. Nolan is no action director, and it shows! Too choppy and too damn close. You need a second set of eyes to see what the hell is actually happening during the action. The music, or rather lack thereof, was horrendous. Warner Bros. hired Zimmer and Howard to compose an orchestral masterpiece, and all that was made by these two men was a two-note fanfare!? How disappointing! The bat mobile chase, the training montage, and the "climactic" train sequence were so cliché. Didn't we already see this in a certain web-slinger's movie. I read that Nolan used about half of the budget on the car and train chases. Where did it all go?! The tumbler chase is just loud and uneventful. The "monorail" has three layers of train tracks, and only ONE car on ONE track was used. What potential the climax had! What a let down! The villains were stupid, but well acted. Cillian was neat, but his Scarecrow needed more than 1 minute of screen time to make an impact on the psyche. For sure there will be a sequel, but "Begins" has nothing on "Memento," "Insomnia," and "Following." Does "sucks" have three or four U's? Happy Viewing, If you can.