Shaunmathc

I really love these old school type fantasy / action films with good vs evil etc.

The only thing that's lets it down is the budget, some special effects seem cheap but everything else is solid, the acting, action and story.

I don't really understand the bad reviews, they clearly went to some effort to make a solid film here, which in my opinion doesn't fall on deaf ears.

Similar vein to the film Solomon Kane, and if you haven't seen that one then I highly recommend it also.

Give it a shot, not bad at all, not going to give away any story elements here but it also reminded me of computer games like The Witcher or something.

Knights verses witches and demons, what's not to love?

We have had so many iterations since, from animated movies to live action with Affleck and Pattinson but nothing since has really established Batman like Batman Begins. We see a true origin here and not something rushed over in the first 20 mins, Christian Bale is playing Bruce Wayne for roughly the first half of the story.

I remember initially having a problem with the fight scenes as they were all shot so close up but Nolan said that this was done intentionally to make Batman seem like an unstoppable threat or something like that. Everyone is perfectly cast from Michael Cane as Alfred, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Liam Neeson and Cillian Murphy.

Still holds up as a great Batman story start to finish complimented by a soundtrack from James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer. Even if you are not into superhero movies I would say give this one a shot.