Certainly not the #4 movie of all time

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2008)

If you want a lot of excitement, lots of action, lots of explosions and killings, you will love this movie. If you desire plot, character development and insight, look elsewhere.
I really loved Batman Begins. It contained a great and engrossing plot and great character development in the Bruce Wayne/Batman character. That character development ended with the credits of the first movie. Bruce Wayne has a few cameos in this movie, but Batman just seems to appear when needed. There is no insight into what the Joker is planning. He just shows up with everything in place and is called a criminal mastermind. There is as little insight in the crime solving either by the police or Batman. They too show up, there are a bunch of explosions, the body count increases and we are on our way to the next situation.
We almost get a little character development in the Harvey Dent character, but the Two Face persona occurs too rapidly and also comes to a climax too soon. A little more Harvey and a little less Joker would have been welcomed.
Although Heath Ledger did a good job in the roll, had he not died it would not have received the hype it got. The character certainly was not the Joker I grew up reading about in the DC comics.
Batman Begins was such a good movie that I have watched it several times. I do not know if I will pop this DVD back in the player any time soon.
This movie just proves that it is a lot easier to film action than it is to write a good script.