Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:29:54 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Batman Begins

Saw it Saturday.

Well worth seeing.

If you haven't seen the 4 previous movies, not to worry, no need.

If you have seen the previous ones, then this will seem like a big
improvement, IMHO.

Opinion of one gafiated fan:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050613/REVIEWS/50525003/1023

"I said this is the Batman movie I've been waiting for; more correctly,
this is the movie I did not realize I was waiting for, because I didn't
realize that more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on
high-tech action was just what was needed. The movie works dramatically
in addition to being an entertainment. There's something to it."

Christopher Nolan directed the film and his next project is "The
Prestige" based on the Christopher Priest novel of the same name (which
won the World fantasy Award in 1996)

mjw