best of Batman ... maybe ... but not much more

Rating: 7/10 (5 July 2005)

Yes, this is the best film in the Batman series. It's not that hard, though, as the previous ones were just comics films, with mega-stars playing childish action. This film tries and to a certain degree succeeds to be a little more - meaning it has a story, some characters development, good cinematography (although not that impressive as in 'Van Helsing'), and some good supporting role acting with names like Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson in the cast. On the bad side, Chriatian Bale is even less charismatic than the guy who played last summer in Spiderman, and Katie Holmes never succeeds to make us believe she is a DA deputy, or that she succeeded to get engaged to Tom Cruise.
I wonder what made a director like Christopher Nolan, who directed the strong and original 'Mememto' and then had Pacino and Robin Williams sharing the screen in 'Insomnia' go that down on the artistic scale. Oh, I forgot - money, money, money...
Yes, this is the kind of entertainment that many will enjoy and let them be happy. No it's not a bad film. But it's not a good one either.