Batman Begins is number 1!!!

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2005)

As a reader of the comic, and a fan of the first movie, I was skeptical of this new incarnation of the Dark Knight. I was completely surprised and happily so. Christopher Nolan did a fabulous job in re--creating Batman the way he was supposed to be, a man on a mission, driven by his past and a devotion to Gotham City. Nolan also portrayed the reasons Batman became the way he is and how he got those wonderful toys in a way that is reasonable as well as plausible. In many ways this Batman is the most believable and entertaining of all the movies to date. Even the villains are understandable, and not left to the philosophy of "you have to believe it because its part of the movie." That sad philosophy was liberally applied to Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, and subsequently were duds in the eyes of true Batman Fans.
All in all, Batman Begins is by far the best, and I hope to see more from Nolan.