"What I do that defines me"

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2005)

The film had a lot of things going against it: The legacy of the last two Schumacher catastrophes.
The fact that it had been eight years since the last Batman film.
The general disregard and distaste of many for comic book films.
Many past directors, writers, and studios have not treated the source material well, leading to a comic book that has not lived up to expectations and have been critically panned by critics, fans, and casual movie goers as they should.
This movie is a restart of the franchise and banishes the legacy of the Schumacher films to the depths of HELL.
The director (Christopher Nolan, Memento and Insomniac), screenwriter (David Goyer, Blade, JLA/ JSA: Virtue And Vice), Warner Bros., the cast, and everyone else involved in the film should all be given a round of applause for what they have done with this film.
What we have been presented with is BATMAN BEGINS, the true Batman, straight down to the origin. The film is an action film but is more of a psychological examination of what could drive a man to become a creature of the night.
The movie is set in a realistic world with all characters being believable. A compelling origin story was weaved together with a plot that was not over the top and was well executed. The emotional arc was also played very well by all involved.
After all has been said and done, this is truly the best comic book movie of all time and one of the best movies of all time.
Besides, if you don't care about anything else that I said, this was the only comic book movie that I've ever seen that received a standing ovation as the picture cut to black and the ending credits began to roll.
Later.