Absolutely beyond my expectations

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2005)

No Spoilers! First I have to say that I was not a very big fan of the Batman movies so far... now I am (at least of Batman Begins).
After seeing this movie I was really impressed. I did not see Batman Returns, the other three I did see. While the first one by Tim Burton is quite enjoyable, the two attempts by Joel Schumacher are horrible enough. Batman is reduced to a ridiculous cartoon character especially in Batman & Robin which is one of the worst movies I have EVER seen.
Batman Begins is a HUGE step in the right direction. The movie is dark and sinister, the exact opposite of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, but exactly the way it should be! I even prefer it to Spiderman 2 which I thought was a very strong movie, too.
Christopher Nolan was a very good choice for directing this movie and to revitalize the Batman series and Christian Bale is the perfect Batman. Anyway, the whole cast (which really was an accumulation of top notch actors) was good especially Michael Cane as Alfred Pennyworth and Cillian Murphy as the creepy villain Dr. Crane.
After watching this movie with some friends, we agreed it would be great if all Batman movies that came up so far were filmed again with the same crew. Too bad, that this will never happen.
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