Best of the recent superheroes films

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2007)

While I also enjoyed the X-Men and Spider Man movies, this is the best recent superhero film I've seen. And I probably like Batman as a character the least. The campy style of the previous Batman movies I didn't like too much, so it was great to have a wonderful director like Christopher Nolan make a "substantial" movie. I loved Memento and his Alaska suspense movie so no wonder I liked this movie also. Christian Bale gave a great performance, and Katie Hudson was an important ingredient, underrated I think. It would have been nice to have been able to see Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) have a more prominent role. But even with the short screen time he had, he added to the weight/impact of the movie. I'm really looking forward to the series continuing and I hope Katie Hudson will also come back to play her role again.