One of the greatest movies I have ever seen in my entire life!

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2008)

Let's see...first Batman movie: 1989, the director is Tim Burton. Michael Keaton is Batman, and Jack Nicholson is the Joker. Great action, funny lines, dark Gotham City, great music and theme song from Danny Elfman, everything a Batman fan would hope for. I really liked it! Now we go a bit forward to 1992: "Batman Returns". Same director, same Batman, Danny DeVito is the Penguin, and Michelle Pfeiffer is Catwoman. It was good, but not as good as the previous one. We fast forward again to 1995: "Batman Forever". The director is Joel Schumacher, Batman's Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones is Two-Face, JIm Carrey's the Riddler, and Chris O'Donnel is Robin. Now, all these years I can't understand what the HELL Warner Bros. found on this director! I mean, the movie was like there was no darkness, it was like you were watching a cartoon! But anyway, it's still watchable. 1997: Batman's worst year EVER!!!! With "Batman&Robin", I lost my faith in Batman movies! You cannot cast George Clooney as Batman, and what's worst, YOU GIVE HIM A BATSUIT WITH NIPPLES! Are you guys kidding' me?? Arnold Scwarzenegger as Mr.Freeze?? Holy Mother of Jesus! Crappy dialogues, no darkness at all. Joel Scumacher, you're an idiot! And then we wait for 8 years. we hear whispers about a new Batman movie, a reboot. We wait, and in 2005 it finally hits the big screen. The title is "Batman Begins". I walk in without having seen a trailer, just knowing the plot, who the director is, and who Batman is. I walk out of the theatre and I'm like "Holy cow! This was AMAZING! Where do they come up with this stuff??". This film is a great apology from Warner Bros. after the ridiculous "Batman&Robin"! The film takes us back to the origin of Batman, when Bruce Wayne, age 8 sees his parents get killed right in front of his eyes. Ever since, he swears that he will fight crime at any cost, making the criminals understand that the city doesn't belong to them.Years later, Wayne travels to the far side of the world to study the criminal mind. He ends up in Korea, where he is trained by a man called Henri Ducard, who is a follower of a mysterious person called Ra's Al Ghoul. When he gets back to Gotham, he realises that he can't fight the bad guys as Bruce Wayne, but as a symbol: BATMAN Christopher Nolan does a great job as a director, and he gives us a visually stunning film, with incredible music by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard, outstanding performances bu Christian Bale (Batman/Bruce Wayne), Michael Cane (Alfred Pennyworth), Liam Neeson (Henri Ducard), Gary Oldman (Gordon), Cillian Murphy (Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow), and Tom Wilkinson (Carmine Falcone), and a great script. WARNING: HUGE SPOILER AHEAD The last scene where Batman flips the card and sees that it's a joker card, it just gives me me the chills every time I see it! END OF SPOILER I recommend this movie to all superhero fans, you're gonna have a great time if you haven't seen it. I'm so looking forward to comparing this movie with "The Dark Knight"! Only 6 days to go, and we'll see who's best!