Am a big movie fan, never a huge Batman fan. None of the old ones did much for me, except perhaps parts of the first one. Batman Begins was solid, especially the first half. The film is extremely well written and each character has a lot of depth and intelligence. The love triangle between Rachel, Dent and Wayne/Batman is great. The action scenes are thrilling, Eckhardt is very good as Dent, Maggie G. is an improvement as Rachel, and Bale makes a great Wayne/Batman. Gary Oldman makes for a wonderfully humble Gordon, with the glasses and the moustache. Ledger as the Joker is a classic villain, really sick with the way he plays with the knife, the chilling ventriloquist voice, the lip thing, similar to TBag in Prison Break, and the freaky way he's always a step ahead. It's a fearless performance and worth seeing for that alone. Don't forget Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, who each bring plenty of depth to their parts. Fantastic film.