Movie Review: Batman Begins

i've decided that since reviewers know nothing, i should start reviewing movies. so, here goes.

monday night i watched 'batman begins.' it's a good movie. it's definitely a boy movie, but it's nice to have a change from chick flicks once in awhile. it's a little long, but not too bad. it's more like how sometimes days are long, but months are fast - some scenes are long, but overall the movie doesn't seem to be. i like that it's darker than the other batmans. it has more of a plot, too.

the casting is great: michael caine is the perfect alfred, morgan freeman is wonderful as the nice friendly helper guy (i've never really noticed before but he has a great smile), liam neeson is good as the mentor guy, gary oldman is a good good cop, katie holmes does well as 'the girl' (i want to be 'the girl' in a boy movie some day), and then, of course, you've got christian bale as batman. what more could you want? oh, but i'm not sold on cillian murphy as the bad guy. there's something about him that just bugs me. maybe it's his lips. i was thinking he looks a bit like a vantriliquist dummy. (no offense, sir.)

christian bale is great. and he looks so good. :) this movie also shows again how great he is at accents. oh, and totally off topic, i forgot to mention when he was my boyfriend that he has a very distinct walk - he swaggers. it's kind of a sexy confidence. anyway.

i don't think i have anything more profound to say. i think the film's greatest asset is the casting. oh, and the batmobile is pretty cool - different, but cool.

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