One Big Bat Bore

Rating: 1/10 (4 October 2006)

Being a major fan of the Batman character, I was really hoping Batman Begins would present something new and original for a Batman movie but I was wrong. In some ways it seems to show the audience key background we have already seen in the previous Batman films such as Bruce Wayne falling down a hole where he has his a frightening bat encounter and then of course his parents death. Director Christopher Nolan doesn't do anything really new or better with these scenes, and for people already familiar with the other Batman movies it really is redundant. There are plenty of trivial characters in the story that are in many ways disposable such as Morgan Freeman's character and even The Scarecrow who is not the main villain and is pretty much playing second banana to Liam Neeson. All I can say about Neeson's character is wooden and uninteresting. Then of course there's the Italian mobster, Falcone, character who is like a Sopranoes knockoff. If this is any sign of whats in store with the sequel, I'll wait for that to come out on DVD at half price.