Batman Begins (2 discs)

Directed by Christiopher Nolan, this epic adventure takes the boundaries of superhero to the next level. It combines great performances from Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Katie Holmes, Micheal Caine and many more. Unlike any of the previous Batman movies, Batman Begins shows the full transformation from begginer, to pro. With a script to die for written by David. S. Goyer (director of Blade: Trinity), this movie keeps you entertained for every second. In my and many other opinions, this movie could not have been made any better.

Great stuff!! You always want more from this kind of film, but when your fingers have been burnt by Batman Forever and put through the mincing machine by Batman & Robin, then you are just happy to be smiling when all said and done.
In a summer of 'dark' summer blockbusters, this film stands above it's counterparts even through it is obviously just a primer as all comic adaptations must be initially (forget the previous 4, this is a new vision).
Three things - characters, acting & story. Three little words but so vitally important to any film and especially one trying to shrug off the memory of past glories (and atrocities).
The story is great: stuff the MTV generation & their 5 second attention span! I think it is great that you are made to wait for your hero to arrive and the back story is a fine set up to the 2nd half of the film which is much more full-on.
Most of us are already familiar with the characters but it is still interesting to see them in their younger incarnations - I wasn't looking forward to Caine mugging it as Alfred, but he is one of the best points in the film and has very good chemistry with Bale.
The acting (with a couple of exceptions) is very good and at last you want to know more about Bruce Wayne and to a certain extent Batman takes a backseat.
Why have Katie Holmes in there though? She has nothing to do other than be villain fodder - a waste of her time and ours.
I'm never comfotable with Liam Neeson either - he seems to either be a little bit tired or a little bit disinterested all the time - I'm here but I'm not going to try very hard!!
All in all, I think this is a great start to a new franchise and I hope Bale returns (please sort out the 'scary' batvoice though) and would love to see more of Cillian Murphy who make a genuinely creepy & unnerving villain.
Almost good enough to banish the memory of Joel forever. Almost (damn you Arnie...)