All Hail Nolan!!!

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2012)

What to say of this man... I mean, he's a personification of sheer genius. Let me improvise: Batman(1989) by Tim Burton was an instant-classic. Batman Returns(1992) by Tim Burton again was an enjoyable fare. But, the Joel Schumacher era was utter crap. No, you know what, that's an insult to crap. If crap could eat and crap could crap, it's that. It is the crap that crap craps! It was cartoon-ish, loony, and garbage full of plot holes and bad film-making. In short, he ruined Batman(the greatest superhero of all time) for the masses. I hate him for that and ever will. Our hopes of seeing another good batman movie had died. Even the thought of spending money for viewing another batman movie was haunting.
Then came Batman Begins(2005) by the legen...wait for it...dary filmmaker Christopher Nolan. The man gave us intellectual masterpieces like Following(1998), Memento(2000), & Insomnia(2002). For a moment I started to think on going to the theater to watch the movie, but then again, it being a Batman movie made me to take the decision of not going there.
And I still consider it to be the worst decision of my life!!! After hearing over-whelming praise for this one in my surroundings, I decided to watch it on a rental. Guess what, it was mind-blowing. It is not just your usual superhero flick with corny dialogues and plot, rather it was dark-noir, drama, intense action-thriller which was so much more close to reality than the Schumacher crap. I think that was why it became so appealing to the audiences. You are just glued to the seat while watching it. It's my humble request: to get the most of it, please please please watch it in one single sitting with concentration and no disturbances.
I can easily say that Christian Bale is the best Bruce Wayne/Batman till date. Not only Bale, in fact the whole cast gave top-notch performances, call it their dedication to the film or Nolan's talent of using an actor's talent, but they did. However hard you try, you can't find a loophole in the story(though you won't feel the need for it as you would be intrigued too much in the movie itself anyways).
Although it is pretty clear by now, but I'll still give it:"Bravo, Mr. Nolan. I bow to you and have vowed to myself that from now on, I will see each and every movie of yours in a theater. Truly, you have re- incarnated the Batman franchisee."
On a final note: brilliant story, even brilliant story-telling, rock- solid performances, exceptional direction, riveting screenplay, every thing you could hope for in a movie. So, dear pals, if you haven't watched this miracle till now, then you have to. You just simply have to. 'Cause mark my words: you're missing out on a lot and by this, I seriously mean, a lot.