the main thing is...

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2005)

I think the story and all psychological supporting tricks are not totally new and brilliant. I also applaud the taking of the risk of boredom (and working it out quite decently) which dominates almost all comic book adaptation movies opening with the "beginning" stories; just because the story is known by at least half of the audience. The rest also, I mean the action part, is good enough; especially better than the Burton/Schumacher series. All goodies, like beautiful filming work and inclusion of actioning bats aside, I think the main thing that makes this one highly enjoyable is the supreme performance of the supporting cast. Especially Caine and Oldman are perfect in their roles. Neeson has still a bit Qui-Gon Jinn scent but that is not too bad. However, I'd prefer to see more Watanabe than him. Yes, Bale is much more better than the other Batmen but the old pistols here are making all work better.