Christian Bale makes a very good Bruce Wayne and a reasonable Batman (who can tell under all that costume?). Supporting actors do their job, with a few good lines to Micheal Caine. Suzy liked Katie Holmes more than I did; I felt she was pretty flat. Morgan Freeman is always Morgan Freeman. Gary Oldman was, as usual, unrecognizable as the lone, uncorruptable Gordon (long before being Commissioner Gordon).
I felt the action sequences were too jumpy, too hard to follow; we still seem to be living in the shadow of Gladiator (which I found laughable). You can do complex action without it turning into The Matrix, and I'd like to seem more effort there ... we're supposed to identify with Batman, and his whole shtick is being cool and controlled in a crisis.
This one is certainly up there with Spiderman and X-Men 2, and I honestly can't wait for a sequel.
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