Batman Begins
I first saw Christian Bale in Shaft and well the whole movie was horrible. Besides a murdering racist is not exactly something impressive, no matter how well played.
After that Mr. Bale was completely forgotten and though he received much praise for The Machinist, I skipped the movie.
When the first trailer for Batman Begins appeared on Apple.com I was like, "What? Another Batman movie?" I was terrified of another Batman & Robin type fiasco.
That is why I approached Christopher Nolan's version of Batman with my hopes pretty much scraping the ocean floor, in a manner of speaking. But then I am a sucker for these comic book superhero movies :)
Batman Begins drags in the early half, focusing so strongly on how exactly a Bruce Wayne full of impotent vengeance and guilt is made powerful and set free by the very organization that is indirectly responsible for the death of his parents and the conversion from Bruce Wayne to Batman.
There are some plot-holes like Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) apparently never figuring out that Bruce Wayne and Batman drive the same Batmobile (tumbler) and Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes) recovering from a concentrated dose of poison much faster than Batman but I guess I am nitpicking.
Despite getting boring at times and not having a flashy villain Batman Begins is a pleasure to watch.
Liam Neeson seems cursed ever since the played Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. All the characters he portrays end up as wash-outs.
Batman Begins is a good Batman movie in the end and all minor complaints notwithstanding it is a definitely a keeper, especially if you are a comic book junkie or superhero crazy like me.
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