11 years on and Batman Begins is the only reboot worth a damn.

Rating: 9/10 (2 November 2016)

Batman Begins was Christopher Nolan's first dip in the superhero film genre and he took it on like an absolute champ making sure that it wasn't riddled with CGI monsters or robots or anything silly like that. This time Batman used military-level equipment like the tank he uses as his Batmobile, and his kevlar-armour making fight against crime possible.
Bruce Wayne is a man with little to lose: his parents were killed at gunpoint, he felt responsible for their deaths so he vows vengeance and becomes the hero known to the world as Batman. We actually get quite a bit of the Bruce Wayne side of the story this time around, but we still get a good measure of Batman to make things nice and even.
Christopher Nolan directed this film like his own proud, bombastic and satirically realistic take on the comic book superhero which actually fits Batman quite well: Nolan never forgets to still make the movie fun and exciting, engaging and rolling still. The movie doesn't ever get to a stand-still point: it is an origin story that doesn't feel like an obligatory origin story. The story is a long and short take on the Batman mythos, though The Dark Knight captured quite a lot of Batman's career, different to how Begins did: this one captured the spirituality.
Of all the Batman films that have told the tiresome origin story, this one does it the best. It doesn't feel like boring American history you've heard for the millionth time in a row: it's a brand new interpreter's take on that history making it new and engaging again.
Chris Nolan made his multi-million dollar name with this film, and thanks to that we have seen the growth of a wonderful director making fantastic movies.