Grossly Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (24 February 2006)

After hearing all the hype you may be asking yourself if Batman Begins is any good. Well it isn't as good as everyone says. To start with, the story is your basic superhero/action movie plot of bad guy has some powerful weapon and only the good guy can stop him combined with the story of Bruce Wayne before he was batman. At least this version, touches on the part where Bruce trains as a ninja. Though, as I recall Batman's sensei(martial arts instructor) was not a bad guy in the comic. Having a basic story isn't bad per se, since it was done well, but it is not anything special or original. The worst part of Batman Begins was the action scenes if you can call them action scenes. All action scenes boil down to quick close ups of a fist or part of someone's body. The camera also does not center on what is the main focus of the shot. The end result is a choppy sequence that you can't tell what is going on. The only above average part of this film is the special effects. The illusions that the characters see when affected by the fear inducing gas are well done and are truly terrifying.
I recommend this film as a rental to those who like batman or superhero films, but to those looking for a good movie should wait for it to come on TV, or don't see it at all.