I wasn't planning on seeing Batman Begins on opening night, but there we were playing pool and having a beer, and one of my friends said he was going to get tickets. It was a late showing, but that's good because just like Revenge of the Sith, that means I could sacrifice a little sleep for a showing that wasn't full of talkers and kids. The movie was good, with lots of action, no "comicy" type superhuman strength and unbelievable plots. And especially no batsuits with nipples. (Although, they did a good job of making sure that Katie Holmes was caught in a breezy wind a time or too...) You see that Batman is not superman and really relies on his training and gadgets in order to survive. This movie is way more like the first Batman movie then any of the other sequels.

The movie didn't quite follow the path of the other movies, but since this was supposed to be before all the other movies, it didn't seem like they changed anything without some kind of benefit from the change. They do some explaining about the batcave and Bruce's double life, about alfred, about all the bat-gadgets, as well as some really good action scenes between Christian Bale and Liam Neeson, who trained Bruce Wayne. There are also 2 villians in the movie, as well as a mob boss and numerous thugs, and a nice surprise at the end. I heard some talk before the movie about the acting not being that good, but overall I wasn't disgusted by anyones acting job, and with a huge cast, there has to got to be at least one or two actors that everyone would like. Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Rutger Hauer, Cillian Murphy, Micheal Kaine, Tom Wilkenson, and others on top of the main characters I mentioned above. There are also a lot of scenes with actual bats, which they make look pretty cool. Overall, great summer movie, and probably one of the best I will see all year.