Now I'm really switching gears, onto the subject of movies. I saw Batman Begins. It's the best Batman movie of all. In fact, I'll go as far as saying it's the best Superhero movie of all time. In fact, I may go as far as saying it's the best movie ever, period. Okay, maybe not that last one...

What I really liked about it though, especially more than the last three Batman movies, was that while the previous ones seemed to be plot-driven, this one was character-driven, and that added a great depth and dimension to it. You really sensed Bruce Wayne's journey to becoming Batman and how he was motivated in doing everthing he did. It also had some great themes: Justice vs. Revenge, Compassion vs. Brutality, Inner being vs. Outer actions. And of course, it had great action and cool Bat-gizmos!

Written and directed by Christopher Nolan (who wrote and directed Memento), you can certainly see his style in it, with the use of flashbacks and "twists". I was really looking forward to this movie (in addition to always being a big Dark Knight fan) when I heard that Nolan was directing it, because he did such a good job with Memento (as well as with his previous film, "Following" - if you haven't seen that, then do!) It did not disappoint. Let's hope this is just the Beginning of a whole new series of Batman films.