Last night Lisa and I broke from the plan of seeing movies we could see for free and paid to see Batman Begins at the nicer "stadium seating" theather in town. Batman Begins tells the story of Batman from his youth and into his early adulthood explaining how he became Batman and what his motivations for doing so are. This movie is substantially darker in nature than the older Batman movies and isn't silly at all (the way the TV series was). In fact, this movie does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the Dark Knight from the comics.
I had never seen the guy (Christian Bale) who plays Bruce Wayne (Batman) before but he did an excellent job of taking on the role of brooding billionaire turned vigalante. Lisa and I both enjoyed the movie. I think it is best if you just forget the earlier Batman movies, I'm sure the makers of this installment hope you do. It also appears that there will be a sequel based on the closing scenes of this movie. If that is the case then make sure you keep an eye out for characters you think will return in larger roles in the future (villans, allys, etc).
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