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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 2360196" data-attributes="member: 4779">Gave it a solid 9.Great cast.  The supporting characters really made it click.  The origin story and the villains were compelling and worked as different types of adversaries.  All the acting was quite good, even Holmes.  I know it's not just me but the way she talks out of the side of her mouth reminds me too much of her Joey character from da' Creek.  If she could lose that distinguishing facial movement it would be easier to buy her as other characters.Loved the cave.  Loved the car.  Loved the Bat-shuriken.  Loved the cape.Didn't love the Bat-voice but it didn't lessen the film.The fight scenes didn't really bother me.  Would I have liked to see more of the fighting?  Yes, but the artistic choice to have the fights not go smoothly works for me.  Bats is screwing up as he goes and taking some bad shots and risks and there is tons of chaos.  The rest of the movie is shot in a similar fashion so to have Matrix/Star Wars-like fight scenes would have been a bit jarring.  However, I would expect the next Batman to have cleaner fight scenes to follow Bats better understanding of his unique fighting style.Others have mentioned this but the whole film certainly felt like a prequel or at the least a chapter one.  That is a compliment.  I especially liked how the title didn't appear until the very end.  We get Gordon and Bats final exchange, fade to black and the BATMAN BEGINS.It does work as a singular film, too.</blockquote>

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