A bit over-the-top, but a good story

Rating: 9/10 (7 July 2005)

Spoiler*** Don't read this if you haven't seen the movie yet*** The good guys turn out to be bad guys. This is one of the things I thought made the movie really interesting. Liam Neeson plays a really great character, but after he teaches batman everything he needs to know to be a great superhero, we find out he wants to use his "superheroness" to destroy Gotham City. The girl, Katie Holmes, makes a fairly attractive love interest, and she is as goody-goody as Batman is dark. The special effects are not over-done and don't ruin the movie as they do in some other movies. This movie has several twists and surprises, all of which fit in with the logic of the movie and are very well done. The movie is a bit long and slow-moving in some parts. There are a bunch of great actors in this film; they should have been allowed to do more acting. There are too many fight scenes and crime scenes and too much sneaking around. Batman's interest in the woman was confusing. I wasn't really sure if she was his sister or his girlfriend; you couldn't tell by how they treated each other.