BATMAN is back!

Rating: 9/10 (25 June 2005)

Well, not bad. I saw this movie two hours ago. I cant stop thinking about it. Firstly let me just say that this movie has, I think, redeemed BATMAN. BATMAN, very good flick. BATMAN RETURNS, equally good. BATMAN FOREVER, corny title, but in many ways...interesting. Then there was BATMAN AND ROBIN, God help us. Most likely one of the WORST movies ever. Corny, cartoonish, horrible acting. The most talk this movie got was about the nipples they had decided to put on the BATMAN suit. Now there is BATMAN BEGINS. Thank you GOD! I was exstatic to see the BATMAN I know and love, return, or begin, with full force. You know, going to the theater I wasn't too worried about the quality of this movie because I had been reading the reviews and 98% of them said pay full price. It is even getting better ratings then CINDERELA MAN. But I still had some doubts in the back of my mind. They were obliterated. This movie was awesome. It is a dark movie, not filled with too much happiness. The acting is fantastic. I'm so glad they got great actors for this chapter. The special effects are perfect and, just the all around feel of the movie is good.
Now, the bad. This movie doesn't follow the story of the erlier BATMANs perfectly, like a prequel should. For instance, the man who kills Bruce's parents in this movie is not the same as it is in the first BATMAN. As most people know, the person who killed Bruce's parents was found out to be the JOKER. This kinda ruins the flow of the movies because now, the JOKER killing Bruce's parents, makes no sense. Also, we know from BATMAN FOREVER that Bruce fell into the old well were the bats were, after running in the rain from his parents funeral. In BATMAN BEGINS, Bruce falls into the well while hiding from his friend. The BATMAOBILE is also WAY different. But a BATMOBILE can only be a BATMOBILE if it is cool, and this new BATMOBILE is most definitely cool. Some actor changes have been made, no biggy. The great Micheal CAINE takes ALFRED's place(though I do like the old ALFY, CAINE is a good replacement), and GARY OLDMAN claims the part of Chief Commissioner GORDON. But the nipples are GONE! YAY!
I would have liked to see more of the SCARECROW, but I'm 100% sure there is going to be another BATMAN movie. Many doors were left open for a sequel. Perhaps a sequel to BATMAN AND ROBIN, perhaps not. Whatever sequel it is, there will be one. This movie also sets up a little boy who I think will become ROBIN. Who knows what lie ahead for the movies that are BATMAN. But whatever they are, we can be sure, that with more BATMAN movies like this, we will never see another BATMAN AND ROBIN. (9 stars out of ten because of some unanswered questions.)