Leggo my heartstrings, Christopher Nolan

I saw the new Batman movie, Batman Begins, last night. Truth be told, I was not expecting very much, considering the last Batman movie, with George Clooney, and the cheesy as hell plot.

Batman Begins is, far and away, the best movie of the Batman series. It is on par with Spiderman in its quality. The story was good; it was well-told, and it was well-acted. I think the casting department deserves a big thanks for putting this stellar cast together. Aside from the relative unknown playing Batman, Christian Bale (who, by the way, did an excellent job) there was Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Katie Holmes, and, my personal favorite, Liam Neeson as a ninja British guy. This movie was everything Batman should be; it was dark, gritty, and rough; it was not silly at all. It didn't quite have the comic book feel of the other Batman movies, or Spiderman, honestly, I think that made it better. Honestly, I think the reason this movie was so good has a lot to do with Christopher Nolan's direction. He proved he still knows how to convey and play with people's emotions, and put out a high quality product, even in the format of a comic book movie. He even gets one of his twists in near the end.

So, in conclusion, see this movie soon, because it's high quality, a good portrayal of Batman, and does not include the Governator trying to turn any major cities into the next ice age.

In other news, while I must admire the effort at background information, I'm afraid the game mentioned was two days ago. Yesterday's game was a victory for my Braves, who snapped a 5 game losing streak with a sound pummelling of the hometown Rangers, complete with a homerun by old man Julio Franco, my favorite non-Chipper Jones player. In my humble opinion, the player to watch in this afternoon's game will be rookie Braves pitcher Kyle Davies, who appears to be the next big thing in Atlanta pitching. Anyway, it should be fun either way. I'm going to go get ready to root root root for the visiting team.