Best Batman So Far!

Rating: 9/10 (20 June 2005)

I was a DC Comics fan when I was a kid...Batman & Superman were regular purchases with me. Detective Comics started the whole Batman thing for me. IMO, "Batman Begins" got it RIGHT! This is, by far, the BEST BATMAN film so far. Dark, brooding...great action. Fine cast, too. Michael Caine is the perfect Alfred, & Gary Oldman is a superb early Detective Gordon, who will later go on to be Commissioner. Christian Bale hits it out of the park with his rendition of the Hooded Crusader. The shots of Gotham City are done very well. They can keep it going with Bale, this cast & this director, & I'll be a happy camper. Let's hope that the Superman franchise takes its cue from this film, and gets their act together.