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Movie Review: Batman Begins

You gotta love Christopher Nolan. He does with the Batman franchise, what Tim Burton started lo' those many years ago. And he did it really well. This movie is where the series should have gone instead of the last couple of attempts.

This is the king of Bat-lore flick with back story and the early versions of the tortured soul, Bruce Wayne, and how he found his voice in the man they call Bat. This movie was fun and a fresh view of a secret identity hero - and how the Bat came to be (why a Bat and why the need to clean up Gotham?).

Wayne is ear-marked for training by Liam Neeson (clearly trying to right his Anakin wrongs by exercising his old Jedi Master ways). The fourth iteration of Master Wayne is deftly played as a smoldering and somewhat reluctant hero by Christian Bale. This movie always shows how Commissioner Gordon worked his way up and how Alfred cam to look after young Wayne and be looped into the Bat-circle. Also, where did Bruce get all those handy gadgets and the suit (nippleless this time, thank god!). Not to mention the tank that soon is to become the coolest hero-ride ever (okay, someone still has some explaining to do about Wonder Woman's invisible plane - too many problems with that vehicle).

So if you are an avid comic-book version of Batman fan - I'm not sure how happy this flick will make you, but I think it is worth a shot. Personally, I think this is the ticket to buy this summer...so far!