Batman Begins

As I used to say, a superhero movie is only as good as its villains. "Batman Begins" proves me wrong. I don't mean that its main villain doesn't hold his own; Ra's Al Ghul is magnificent. I simply mean we finally get to focus on Batman.

I was worried that a movie that had to show Batman's origins and his current enemies & their machinations would leave insufficient time for either. However, "Batman Begins" weaves all these stories together in a way that makes it a more cohesive movie than any of the previous installments.

Though I approved of Christopher Nolan as director, I was wary of "Blade" scribe and "Blade: Trinity" director David S. Goyer as the writer. Thankfully, he didn't disappoint, and finally, I got to meet the Batman I always knew was out there.