Movie Review: Batman Begins

Okay, so I haven't had much time to watch a movie with being out of town for a month, but this is the first movie I've seen since Episode III. For me, that's a long time. Anyway, I coaxed the wife into going to see the new Batman movie with Christian Bale. I was severely disappointed in the last two Batman movies with Clooney and Kilmer. I like Clooney and Kilmer very well as actors, but neither one of them was Batman. Michael Keaton was a good Batman, but I don't think he had the script to work with that Christian Bale did. This puts any other Batman movie to shame, and I'd be willing to bet that it is the comic book movie of the summer. I don't want to doubt Fantastic Four, but it will be hard pressed to beat this movie.

A quick rundown for those that haven't followed it. This is supposed to be how Batman became Batman. It starts with his parents getting murdered just as in the comic book, but this movie goes pretty deep in to how he becomes the caped Crusader. It's cool how he gets all of his gadgets, the car, and how he gets trained. It was about two and a half hours long, but it flowed so well that there was never any downtime so you didn't even notice. The only thing I would have changed is the guy that plays the Scarecrow. The guy they had was good, but I'd heard that Marilyn Manson was up for the role and had a scheduling conflict. I think this would have been the perfect role for Marilyn Manson if he wanted to start a career as a bad guy. It's good from start to finish and it's one I know I'll be purchasing the day it comes out on DVD. Overall, I give it five out of five stars. Well worth the price of admission, and well worth the money. If you like comic book movies, you need to see this movie. It's good all the way to the end, and they left it wide open for a second one so I'd look for this to take off like the Spider-man movies did. Hopefully it won't follow the path of the first series of Batman movies, but no one will leave this movie disappointed.