Would have been better without Katie Holmes

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2006)

I, much like any other batman fan, was waiting in great anticipation for this one and I must say I love this movie. Christian Bale as a young Bruce Wayne I thought was great casting, but how would he handle the role of the dark knight? He does it just about perfect. Gary Oldman gets extra kudos for playing a young Jim Gordon. Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth may have been stretching it a bit but he as always does a great job. This was certainly a vast improvement over the Joel Shumacher travesties. The fight scenes I thought were fine but could have done without the blink-and-you-miss-it action.
My only problem with this one was Katie Holmes. She just seemed like a deer in the headlights throughout this film. Maybe the producers needed a young hot female and just sort of settled on her. Either way this was still a fantastic film and I am hoping for a sequel.