A major disappointment.

Rating: 3/10 (15 June 2005)

Batman Begins is a muddled mess. It begins with an hour long origin story, which is almost identical to the origin story in The Shadow  which is not a great film, but is a better film than this one. In this version of Batman's origin, Ras Al Ghul trains Bruce Wayne to cloud men's minds/fight evil, with brief flashbacks to the traditional Batman origin. Sadly, while Bruce impresses Ras with his ability, he never impresses the audience. He beats up a bunch of people, but we never see how he does it. He never makes any really cool moves. We just see a flurry of arms and legs and then a bunch of people have been knocked down and Bruce is still standing. Nothing about the plot even begins to make sense, and none of the cool stuff we've been waiting for and hoping for ever happens.
Rick Norwood, sfsite