Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Ken Watanabe, Cilian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer |
Director |
Christopher Nolan |
Screenplay | Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, from the comics by Bob Kane |
Music | James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi, Mel Wesson |
Cinematography | Wally Pfister |
Sound formats | Dolby EX 6.1, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Made in | 2005 |
Produced by | Warner Bros., Di Bonaventura Pictures, Syncopy |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
The Moviesite Ian Douglas | 14 | |
Cape Argus Yunus Kemp | 15 | |
The Cape Times Dennis Cavernelis | 15 | |
The Star Jeremy Lawrence | 18 | |
Die Burger Jeanne Hugo | 15 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 15 | |
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden | 15 | |
eye Weekly Kim Linekin | 15 | |
Box Office Wade Major | 18 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli | 18 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 20 | |
BBC Nev Pierce | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 2923 Netizens | 17 | |
Average .. 83% | 17 |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
Philip van Rooyen | 16 | |
Average .. 80% | 16 |
And yeah, that Batmobile sucks compared to original comic-book version... :-) The reason I didn't give this film a higher
rating was because I felt something was missing, but I don't know what. The general ''guideline for when you don't
know what rating to give a movie'' is to give it an Average Rating, but Batman is way better than that.
Philip van Rooyen: The best Batman movie by far. Excellent storyline and phenomenal dialogue.
Best Batman actor ever. Definitely a must-see movie. I didn't give it more than 8/10 because of four negligible reasons. Firstly,
the change in time (around 20 years) is not properly illustrated. Secondly, although Batman is proficient in many fighting
techniques, he mainly attacks people with his fists. This somewhat reminds me of the futuristic Riddick, who only fights with a
knife.Thirdly, in some of the fighting scenes you can't clearly see what is going on. Finally Batman doesn't injure people, he just
knocks people unconscious. Although noble, it does take away some of the realism. Batman and the bad guys are mainly active at night time,
and he has a tendency to show up at just the right time without being seen. Except for these few minor flaws, it is
an overall exceptionally good movie.