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Batman Begins

Batman Begins -- imdb

Most promising thing to hit during the Super Bowl. With American Psycho in mind, Bale is an ideal casting choice for Bruce Wayne. Christopher Nolan clearly has directorial and storytelling chops, plus Scarecrow is a great villan. Throw in Michael Cane, Liam Nesan, Morgan Friedman, Gary Oldman and Kaie Holms (often underrated as an actress because of Dawson's Creek) and you have the makings for something that could outshine Tim Burton's original.

Batman Returns was good, but marred by Tim Burton going too far, and the last three were abbysmal examples of hollywood shitting all over what could have been good character and actor combinations. Cloony and Kilmer deserved better, and the absolute butchery of potential with Tommy Lee Jones cast as Two-Face (see the animated series and imaging what might have been) and the horror of blowing a great role like Mr. Freeze on Shwartzegnegger are unconscionable. Hopefully enough people will give this new edition a chance and Nolan has the skills to pull it together. He had a hand in the script, and Bruckheimer is no where on the bill, so that bodes well. We shall see, but I'm hopeful for a good piece of cinema.

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