User blog comment:Night Watch the revenger/Miss worded last blog/@comment-5190500-20120625233359

For me, Christopher Nolan is definitely one of the better directors of today's era. If you don't know him he is the same guy that directed Memento, The Prestige, The current Batman saga, etc. One of the more underwhelming aspects of the current Batman franchise is Christian Bale's acting. Personally I don't feel like Bale is the right guy for the cowl. He doesn't have a strong enough presence to be a convincing Batman, and comes off as more creepy than intimidating when in the suit. It places an unfair burden on Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman as supporting characters. Thus, it falls upon the shoulders of the actors who portray the villains to carry the rest of the plot. This is why Batman Begins is often forgotten and The Dark Knight is remembered. Besides Liam Nesson, there really wasn't anyone one the opposing side to carry the movie in Batman Begins and all the success of the Dark Knight Rises can be attributed to Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart.