The first four Batman moviesTim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns and Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever and Batman and Robin never bothered to answer that question. Even Burton's Batman, which captured Gotham City's twisted, dark atmosphere as perfectly as this movie does, didn't seem to care about Bruce Wayne's motivations, his inner demons, or even his personality, really. In all four movies, Batman was portrayed as a hollow crime fighter, a mysterious masked man who thwarted villains because the screenwriters told him to. Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins is different it is the story of the man behind the mask. We emerge from this movie as we would from any other movie like it, thrilled by exciting action sequences and tickled by grim fantasy, but more importantly, we emerge with an understanding of why Bruce Wayne chose his path. Through a surprising depth of character, terrific performances, and a inspiring sense that the director is redefining an icon, Batman Begins becomes the first in the series to absorb us and to capture what the Dark Knight is really fighting for.