I just got in from seeing Batman. I'm all jazzed up and I'll never sleep now.

It was amazing. Christian Bale kicked ass. They all kicked ass, except Katie Holmes.

But I kept getting excited and leaning forward in my seat and then laughing (people CLAPPED at the end of the movie -- really doesn't happen around here much AT ALL).

It rocked. Totally. The IMAX here won't have it for about a month and half.

My only real complaint is one I have about most action movies -- too many close ups during the fight scenes. If it's a good scene pull away so people can figure out what's going on!

To balance my fight scene bitching -- I think the one with the ninja ranks was amazing. Just fascinating and scary and electric. Which may be Nolan's strength -- the psychological tension, sure, but he never properly integrated it into a sustained fight.

We had a lot of applause -- at the iconic moments, plus the reveal that Bruce had two girls in the front seat of his sports car got a smattering of claps from front left.

That fight scene was amazing. all the precise movements, etc.

Actually I was checking out my glasses and the lenses are really scratched up I need to find out about getting replacements. I'll do that tomorrow.

There was lots of laughter in the theater. I think the two women in the pool got a laugh.

I haven't been paying too close attention to the spoilery talk so was disappointed when I realized how many people knew who Batman was. Plus Rachel was useless and stupid and needed to go away.

Also I was a complete dork and gasped and flinched when his parents were killed. I couldn't help it though.

My only real complaint is one I have about most action movies -- too many close ups during the fight scenes. If it's a good scene pull away so people can figure out what's going on!

I complained about that at first (in my head), but then I decided I liked it because it gave it all a frenetic feel, like the maneuvers were so fast as to be impossible to follow by a casual observer. It made Batman into a scarier figure.

All the effects were amazing.

Like when we got a view of Batman from the dr's drugged out point of view. And when the people were after him in the Narrows. And the boy's hallucination of the Scarecrow and the horse.

Bale was fantastic. As Bruce as Batman. And the scene where he's using the bad cop as a yo yo. Changing his voice for Batman was great and he sounded so growly and angry and damn scary. "Swear to me!"

I really need to see this again.

There was applause at the end when I saw it, too. I love it when that happens!

We had applause too! It's nice to hear.

My best friend hates applause at movies. His reasoning is that no-one involved in the process is there to receive it, so it's pointless. I agree with him, but it still doesn't irritate me.

I applaud because I'm very happy with what I saw. It's like how I can laugh when the person making me laugh isn't there to receive it. It is primarily about me.

Broom has a point.

ita has a point.

ita's point is happier and less cynical.

Broom is dumb. The end.