Definitely the best Batman-movie (and one of the best films of the last time)

Rating: 9/10 (9 July 2005)

I didn't know what to think of the movie when I first heard of it because I thought the last Batman-movie with George Clooney and Arnold Schwarzenegger was way too artificial and crazy, the actors looking like plastic figures right out of the supermarket's children's section. But when I decided to watch the film, after a few moments, I realized that I wouldn't be disappointed by it. The film starts off slowly but it increases in speed continually to the end, what is one of the facts why I liked the movie so much, because that is, how tension and suspense is created. The actors are great and the roles are perfectly casted. Christian Bale as Batman is excellent and also the other actors like for example Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman (which are all very good actors) take their part in making the movie as good as it is. Let me give you one good advice: if you didn't like the other Batman-movies (especially Batman & Robin from 1997) because of their colorfulness, artificiality, craziness and humor, don't think Batman Begins is comparable to them. The only films of the series that come close to it are number one and number two with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson (1989), respectively Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito (1992).
So, if you are interested in action-films which are not exclusively focused on bombastic effects and fight sequences which last for several minutes, but also on differentiated depiction of characters, Batman Begins is definitely worth being watched. I will now surely look out for other movies directed by Christopher Nolan and films with Christian Bale because these two persons and of course the other ones of the cast and crew make this movie one of the best I have seen recently.
Watch this film! You will like it!