my extremely biased opinion of this super cool movie

Rating: 8/10 (19 June 2005)

I'm stingy with my votes so 8 is really awesome.
Batman Begins is the best batman movie ever made. I'm not saying it's the best movie I've ever seen but comparing it to the other Batman's it definitely shines. Christian Bale is one of the most delicious pieces of man candy I have ever seen and this movie did so much and yet so little to hedge the addiction I'm starting to grow like mushrooms on a rotting log. Despite this there were still parts that made me go "WTF?" and I hated Katie Holmes. As a rule I've always hated anyone who's ever been on Dawson's Creek but she was particularly obnoxious in this. You'd think some one with a name like that would be a little more awesome... Anyways, she and Christian had little-to-absolutely-no chemistry. She's supposed to be this hardened district attorney but she just comes off retarded. I did like this one scene where she slaps him and tells him his father would have been ashamed but other than that... not so much. And cover up those nipples in the last scene. Far out weighing the nastiness of Katie Holmes were the smile and squeal inducing performances of Michael Caine as Alfred the Butler (fabulous), Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox the scientific mastermind behind the batman gear/gadgets (so adorable), and Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon the soon to lieutenant who is the only good cop in the whole movie (and who I am vaguely in older man crush land with). Honorable mentions to Cillian Murphy the twisted Dr. Crane/ Scarecrow (also the really hot guy from 28 days later- a badly named amazing zombie movie) and Liam Neeson as Ra's Al Ghul the oddly named evil hero, he wants to do good by doing bad (Liam's believable and better than the original choice Viggo Mortensen who is good but will never be able to shake lord of the rings for the rest of his life). On the Salsa Scale from mild to extra hot it's a really good mix of medium-to-hot darkness and mild but zingy humor, a little bit of molding romance, and a lot of extra spicy Christian Bale. Throw some eggs in a pan with Batman Begins and you'll get an almost flawless batch of cheesy eggs and salsa.