even better than tim burton

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2005)

there are few people out there who love batman more than me. that said, i was very upset with joel schumacker for ruining the franchise. even batman returns fell short of my expectations. and if i were being truly honest, i would point out that even the original batman wasn't true to the comic book, and therefore not an accurate representation of batman. batman begins is the installment we should have seen way back in 1989. this movie has it all. it shows the origin of batman, beyond a crime in a back alley. this is what fans needed to see. the movie could not be better. i've heard that the movie failed to gross anywhere near the spiderman 2 release, and i blame a lack of aggressive advertising, and of course, 2 crappy batman movies in the last decade. this is important: ignore everything you know about batman so far. this is a whole new dark night. impressive all the way around.