Best of the Batmans by far

Rating: 10/10 (13 January 2006)

The Batman series has taken a lot of heat in the recent years, especially from the atrocity that was "Batman and Robin." Batman Begins has essentially saved the series.
Christian Bale was perfect for this film. He was dark, but not as dark as Michael Keaton and Val Kilmer. The film also showed Batman's human side much better than its predecessor, which was just downright outrageous. Thankfully, they got rid of that awful neon-look for Gotham, which previous director Joel Shumacher was freakishly obsessed with. It also chronicles the all important training of Bruce Wayne, and Jim Gordon's rise through the police ranks as apparently the only good cop left in the city. This is not only by far the best of the Batmans, but also one of 2005's best films.