Incredible, more than what I expected.

Rating: 10/10 (18 June 2005)

I was really in a hopeful mood when I went to see Batman Begins. I was measuring the movie, not against Schumacher's previous Bat-films, but by the Loeb/Lee "Hush" storyline in the Batman comic books, simply because that comic story is better by far. This, I must say, is the the best Batman movie yet. It really blew my mind. There was character, depth ... they really did their best to figure out why of all things would a vigilante dress up as a bat and fight crime in a metropolis. Their effort shows. Warner may have pumped more into the marketing than they could have possibly done, but they have the quality movie to prove it. I myself have to say if there is one Batman movie you must see in your lifetime, this should be it.
This is Batman, rewritten for modern times, and how he came to fight crime in Gotham City.
Murphy does an excellent job as the Scarecrow. They pulled off the League of Shadows as well without it looking too much. Christian Bale is excellent. You can tell there was high hopes for this movie and I don't know how production did it but this is a Batman movie everyone will enjoy. And although Batman Begins is serious and dark, it's a movie where your money will be well spent since you know what you're getting. And of it, Batman Begins is that good.