A Great Re-Imagining

Rating: 10/10 (30 June 2008)

I was so surprised when I first saw this film simply because I thought it was going to be another stupid Batman movie...boy was I wrong.
When I saw that Christopher Nolan had directed this film I got pretty excited because I had seen his previous movies and was a big fan; I especially enjoyed "Memento". With already one good thing to this movie, I figured why not check it out. I love the darkness of this film. It's a different take on the series and it works very well. The darkness of the story, the characters, and everything else. I also really liked how Nolan showed the origins of Bruce Wayne and how he eventually became what he was destined to be, it was just great.
The acting is superb. Especially Christian Bale as Batman; he pulled it off very well and is probably one of the best Batman in the long-running series. Cillian Murphy is very good as the villain. Michael Caine is good as Alfred and he and Bale have good chemistry in the film making it all the more believable.
Overall, I really enjoyed this film and I can't wait to see The Dark Knight.