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Saw it last night, and being one of the biggest Batman fanatics around, I was actually not that excited to see it, though I don't know why. After watching it, however, I really enjoyed it.
The film, touted by producers as not being a prequel but a "new beginning" for the series, takes the Batman franchise in a whole new direction. Since Christian Bale has signed a contract to do three Batman movies, we can expect to see a lot more of this new version of Batman in the future.
Gotham City is no longer the dark metropolis we saw in Batman and Batman Returns; it now resembles any major North American city. The villains are real this time; Scarecrow is truly frightening, and doesn't make you chuckle with one-liners; those are left to the hero and the mild comedy sidekicks.
Morgan Freeman is great as usual. Katie Holmes should not be allowed to act in anything beyond Dawson's Creek TV movie adaptions, but even she cannot ruin this movie. Michael Caine is easily the best Alfred ever, though he is a bit different, which brings me to the star of the movie, Christian Bale. He naturally resembles Bruce Wayne, so playing that side of Batman is no great task for the Welsh actor. And he takes some interesting turns as the Dark Knight; Bale's Batman is full of rage, struggling to find a balance between his anger and his fear. In this movie he trains under Ra's Al-Ghoul to master his childhood fear of bats and use it against his enemies, but he must also fight to retain what little humanity, mercy and compassion he has left for the criminal underworld.
I won't ruin it for you, but suffice it to say that the stunts and action sequences are spot-on, the story is actually engrossing and at times you find yourself on the edge of your seat, and though the "Tumbler," aka the first Batmobile, looks somewhat ridiculous in the trailers, it absolutely kicks ass in the movie.
See it!
The film, touted by producers as not being a prequel but a "new beginning" for the series, takes the Batman franchise in a whole new direction. Since Christian Bale has signed a contract to do three Batman movies, we can expect to see a lot more of this new version of Batman in the future.
Gotham City is no longer the dark metropolis we saw in Batman and Batman Returns; it now resembles any major North American city. The villains are real this time; Scarecrow is truly frightening, and doesn't make you chuckle with one-liners; those are left to the hero and the mild comedy sidekicks.
Morgan Freeman is great as usual. Katie Holmes should not be allowed to act in anything beyond Dawson's Creek TV movie adaptions, but even she cannot ruin this movie. Michael Caine is easily the best Alfred ever, though he is a bit different, which brings me to the star of the movie, Christian Bale. He naturally resembles Bruce Wayne, so playing that side of Batman is no great task for the Welsh actor. And he takes some interesting turns as the Dark Knight; Bale's Batman is full of rage, struggling to find a balance between his anger and his fear. In this movie he trains under Ra's Al-Ghoul to master his childhood fear of bats and use it against his enemies, but he must also fight to retain what little humanity, mercy and compassion he has left for the criminal underworld.
I won't ruin it for you, but suffice it to say that the stunts and action sequences are spot-on, the story is actually engrossing and at times you find yourself on the edge of your seat, and though the "Tumbler," aka the first Batmobile, looks somewhat ridiculous in the trailers, it absolutely kicks ass in the movie.
See it!
Let... It... Die...
This movie might surprise you. Looks like they made few changes for this new Batman flick. New Gotham City sounds pretty exciting, from the way Anderton Prime describes it. The new cast is pretty exciting as well. 
what number are we on 
