Much better then expected!

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2005)

Save your $10 on Star Wars we all know how it ends... Batman Begins is awesome. Perhaps it's from severe disappointment after the last two Batman movies; I must confess my opinion may be a bit jaded because of the last two. I may even go so far as to say that it was better then the Tim Burton version (which I thought was incredible).
As a side not I would like to explain that this story line is new it does not follow any of the previous Batman films, and that's a very good thing, I assure you. This Batman is different from the last four altogether. Noland spend a lot of time (about 45 minutes) setting up Bruce Wayne and Batman as characters. The audience has a vested interest in whither they live or die and what happens to them. This is something that the last four all lacked and I think it shows.
If you're looking for a comparison this film follows more along the line of Tim Burton's version. It's darker. It also has a sense of realism, Batman was not just born with an arsenal of gadgets and a bat mobile he bought them, borrowed them. This film shows how Batman learns as he goes along and adapts to challenges that he runs into.
I felt that this was one of the best comic-book movies I've seen. It was realistic and has both story and character development, I honestly can not wait to go and see it again. As far a new series of movies I just hope that Noland and the crew bears in mind what happened with the last set of Batman films and when there going over the edge. But I would truly like to see what they have in mind for a series. I like the vision and tone of the story.
Honestly, I can recall the last time I came out of a movie theater and actually liked what I watched. I felt like I wanted to walk back in and see it again!