I saw Batman Begins with Mel last night. We went to see it in IMAX and I made the mistake of sitting us too close to the screen. The images were distractingly far away, and the fight scenes, which looked to be great, were impossible to follow.
That being said, wow. This is a far better Batman movie than anything previously. They went out of their way to make the character more realistic and accesible. Though I still found myself out on a believability limb a few times late in the film.
Morgan Freeman was good in a supporting role as the new Q type character. Michael Caine was excellent as Alfred. Gary Oldman was underused completely as Gordon. Liam Neeson did a very good job in his dual purpose role.
Definitely worth the view. Even if you aren't the big comic book movie fan. Like Spider Man I think this movie is accessible to the average person. But with this movie in particular I would recommend that very young kids stay away. Some of the images are just far too scary and graphic for little ones. Though, as with almost every picture I see nowadays, there were several very young kids in the audience.
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