Excellent!

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2006)

I have to say it. This Batman movie is by far my favorite. After the atrocity known as Batman and Robin (now let us never speak of that again), I was hoping- REALLY hoping- for a good batman flick. Man, this did not disappoint. I think what really makes this movie shine is it's cast. Christian Bale IS Bruce Wayne. He is dead on as the dark knight.
I cannot understand how Michael Caine was not cast as Alfred for the other 4 movies. If he was busy with something else, fine, if not what was the excuse? Morgan Freeman is excellent as Lucius, same goes for Tom Wilkinson as Falcone. Cillian Murphy really broke out last summer, and this movie helped significantly. He was great as the creepy scarecrow. Watanabe was great as Ra's Al Ghul. But my favorite performance was Liam Neeson as Ducard. He is the main reason I love this movie so much. I mean seriously, is there a movie where this guy sucks? He is awesome in very movie I've seen him in. I have to agree with Roger Ebert. This really is one of the best movies of 2005.