Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 4.0
Best adaption of Batman on film to date
It is great to finally see Hollywood stay pretty close to the actual darkness and storyline of a character as he was originally written.The Batman of the 1930-1940s was not the campy characters often seen in the 1960-1970s TV series.There are a few moments of humor in this movie, but not the usual comic farse Hollywood seems to throw into everything they make these days.This Batman is about as close to authentic as we can probably ever expect from any major studio.True, there are some minor complaints and areas where the film could have been improved upon, but this would be nitpicking.The one MAJOR NEGATIVE in this film is Katie Holmes !!!Ugghhh.... what terrible casting.It is hard to imagine how the Casting Dept chose her for this role.Her screen presence is bad, she does not fit the role, her acting is below par compared to other actors on the screen and there is ZERO chemistry between her and Christian Bale.An actress like a Naomi Watts or Kate Beckinsale would have been much better in that role !