Very underwhelming

Rating: 4/10 (17 July 2005)

I found Batman Begins to be very under-whelming.
All superheroes should be more than a mere mortal. They should have some flaws, but ultimately they should be better than you and me, they should embody something we can believe in. The movie goes to great to pains to explain even the most comic-bookish facets of Bruce Wayne and Batman. In so doing, it completely demystifies the superhero: he's just a man, and a bit of a 2-dimensional one, at that.
If the characterization is off, so too was the pace of the movie. One expects a Batman movie to have a lot of action and a fast pace. Batman Begins delivers neither (satisfactorily).
And, finally, for me, the casting seemed all wrong. Not once during the movie did I find myself relating to Christian Bale as Bruce of Batman. And Katie Holmes seems to bring nothing to her character. She's just Dawson's Creek's Joey all over again.
On the lighter side: BChristian's husky threatening Batman voice isnÃ½ husky or threatening or Batman, but is funny.