Completely redeems the batman franchise and gets it off to a great,new start!

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2005)

I recommend this movie to everyone, not just fans of the batman franchise. You do not have to be an avid fan of the caped crusader to enjoy this movie. The writers did a great job of explaining the story and including as many aspects of Batman's life into this movie as they could in 2 hours and 20 minutes. However, the plot, just like in many other recent remakes is not the same as the books. No matter, this Batman movie made up for the previous Batman movies and then some with its great storyline and action. The actors also did a good job and I found that for the most part, Christian Bale was a great choice to play Batman. He believed in his character and therefore his acting was superb. The villains did a tremendous job playing their roles also, especially cillian murphy who plays dr.jonathan crane. Put it all together and you have a movie that is, I would say, the best movie based on a comic book hero in a number of years. This movie totally redeems the Batman franchise and creates new fan interest in this dc hero. I hope they continue this series, as it has got off to a great start.