Christian Bale is perfect for Batman and Bruce Wayne. Going into the movie there's always a bit of skepticism over the hype, but Bale is Batman. The anger and torment of his character are right on the mark. The Batman scenes where he's beating the bad guys and trying to get information are right out of a comic book. If Batman was a real person this would be him.

The supporting characters the villains included were excellent. We get to see Commissioner Gordon back when he was only a sergeant. Liam Neeson is great. The Scare Crow played by Cillian Murphy is the perfect Batman movie villain. You have to love it when he says "The Batman". Michael Caine's Alfred is perfect. You get a great sense of the character's love for Bruce Wayne as perhaps almost a son or grandson, and his loyalty to Wayne's father.

Most comic movie fans point to the first Batman with Michael Keaton as the definitive movie Batman, but I think that will change after seeing this movie. It's very likely Bale will be identified with this character as much as Adam West after a couple more movies. 

The biggest difference in this movie is the feeling you get from it. The other Batman movies at best were enjoyable and exciting with great special effects, but this one hits the kid inside. It makes you remember why you liked the character in the first place and hits an emotional cord much the same way Spiderman did.

The Batmobile is awesome! It's more like a tank than anything. I'll admit I was a little wary of it at first because I still like the classic Batmobile of the 1960's, but it makes perfect sense that a guy taking on an entire city of corruption would need something that can slam through walls and keep going. Which brings me to another point of the movie. The car, tools, story etc are such that you could see this actually existing in the real world. You can tell that from start to finish that it was well thought out. This is one you'll want to eventually own on dvd when it's released!

What did you think of Batman Begins?