Jess and I joined her sister and brother-in-law in Marion for “Batman Begins” yesterday afternoon in Marion’s nice theater.

The movie was, in a word, “dark”. Seriously, that’s how I would describe it in one word. The fight scenes were so “dark” that we couldn’t even tell who was beating up who! Lot’s of the scenes were that way – where things were so dark that I found myself squinting just to see what all was taking up the screen.

Rich – my brother-in-law pointed out an obvious flaw in the plot: [SPOILER WARNING] In the plot, the “bad guys” are trying to use a water-vaporizer to send Gotham’s water supply into the air – after the water had been polluted with drugs. The machine they were using, designed by Wayne Ent., was designed to vaporize any water that was in close proximity. Rich pointed out that if this machine REALLY did work, why then didn’t everyone around this machine get “vaporized” if our bodies are approximately 98% water?! I told him that obviously the 2% of other-stuff is more important than we thought!

We left the movie VERY entertained! We were disappointed in the “romantic” storyline – in that Miss Holmes decided that she like the Bruce Wayne character more than the Batman he had become and said “maybe when you’re done saving Gotham we could hook up.” Seriously, what woman would turn down Batman?

Great movie – a must see for anyone who’s even thinking about seeing it!