"Batman Begins" Rocks
– Entertainment, Top 10ish –
Posted by: KillJoy - June 24, 2005 03:01 PM
For those that haven't seen it, dreading another awful Batman movie, go now! Right now! It's very, very good.
Batman Begins rocks for the following reasons:
- It's true to the original Batman story, created by Bob Kane
- The atmosphere of Gotham is almost perfect, somewhere North of Burton-ville but South of Gilliam-town.
- No villain is played over the top, they are serious nogooders
- The story of how/what/why Batman began is uniquely and convincingly covered
- The Batmobile is much more than a background prop
Some low points (IMO, with no spoilers):
- Christian Bale does an awesome job as the bat, but not so well as the billionaire playboy
- Katie Holmes, recent press uproar notwithstanding, is awful
- I miss the other Alfred
- In typical movie superhero fashion, 90% of the cast knows Bruce Wayne's “secret” by the end of the movie
Definitely my favorite Batman movie to date.
