Batman Begins

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2005)

Batman Begins is the prequel to the story of Batman, It is how Bruce Wayne was destined to do something great with his life and become Batman. Starring "Christian Bale", "Gary Oldman", "Morgan Freeman" and "Katie Holmes" with appearances from "Michael Caine" and "Tom Wilkinson" I recently saw Batman Begins in the theaters and there was a big build up to the story and through the media and it didn't let down at all. After seeing it I can't picture Batman as anyone but Christian Bale he is a very talented actor ever since his earlier work in "Reign Of Fire" and his thrilling "American Psycho" performance. I know talented actors such as George Clooney and Michael Keaton have played Batman but none as well as Bale. It's good to see Morgan Freeman still appearing in a strong role but not the main and it is a relief to finally see Katie Holmes in a memorable performance, after Dawsons Creek and her facials ha ha!.
Great storyline, a little slow but it was all the build up, great weapons and thrilling edge of the seat escapism. Strong acting and very well done special effects, the only minor criticism was the film went for a touch over two and a half hours and I think it could have been shortened to two hours. Definitely the best of the comic book films, I believe they are making to many X-men, The Hulk, Hellboy, Spiderman, The Fantastic Five etc........... the list goes on its become to typical, but a good film.