Bat is back !

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2005)

... and he's biting ! This film finally got me where I was supposed to be and where I wanted to get. Nolan saved the dark hero by revealing his psychological background. With no compromises he sets the way to direction in which we simply must forget all four "sequels" of this story. Even Burton can't match with Nolan's vision of fear-breaking, sad and lonely character. Why ? Well, maybe it is that Batman is really not a story for children.
Sceptic as always I was prepared to observe something what we usually call "weak moment" - it comes between half and three quarters of almost all Hollywood flicks and it can ruin your good feeling ultimately by inappropriate sentence or scene. (both Spidermans and both X-men had this "weak moment") Surprisingly in Batman Begins this moment didn't came. Instead of it I noticed upcoming humor and action, both perfectly implemented in the screenplay and greatly pointed in the end.
Cast does a great job, all of them. Christian Bale is great (he always is - in American Psycho he proved that he was born to play wicked freaks like Bateman and/or Batman), but the number one for me is Gary Oldman. After years and years spent playing various bad guys, he's the best and fairest cop I've ever seen on screen. Too weak to fight crime face to face, but too honest to run away. Perfect character.
Producers at WB, hurry up and book Mr. Nolan to make at least two sequels with Bale as Batman !
A must-see ! 9/10