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Michael Keaton is Batman. Tim Burton is the only person who can best direct a Batman movie. This is just the way it has been since 1992. Anyone who would be Batman; anyone who would dare direct a Batman movie would have a high standard to be judged by. For over a decade Batman fans have been scorned by AOL/Time-Warner. Batman fans have had to endure Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, many start and stop Batman movies; rumors of new Batman movies; rumors of directors, actors, plots. The latest was Batman Vs Superman, Batman Year One & Batman Beyond. Finally, after many years of waiting, a rumor spread that Memento director Chris Nolan had been given the nod, while Christian Bale of American Psycho fame would be Batman. The trailers were awesome. Could this be the Batman movie fans had waited for? Then came pictures of the new Batmobile. AOL/Time-Warner was attempting to sabotage the Batman franchise forever. But, could Nolan/Bale overcome the obstacles? Would Nolan measure up to Burton? Would Bale do the Dark Knight justice? The answer would come sooner than we had hoped. 48 hours, to be exact. Weds. May 15th, 2005, Batman Begins began. Fans would be treated to what I personally had hoped they would do: a very intensive look at the man who would be the Bat, leading up to how he became the dark legend. A risky move, as The Hulk spent an eternity explaining the origin; certainly a recipe for disaster. But Nolan & the screenwriters handled the situation perfectly, mixing in training, prequel, and drama to bring us a perfect balance of Bruce Wayne's history & his qwest to become Batman. Not everyone can don the cape and cowl. The mismatched Keaton worked. The perfect choice of Clooney fell flat. While Kilmer was not the perfect choice, many agree he was good. Enter Bale. With huge boots to fill high expectations from fans, hoping Bale would fly high, much was riding on the success of this barely known actor. Bale's portrayal of the Batman would leave many to ask, "Keaton who?" His unrelenting performance gives Batman Begins a new hope for the citizens of Gotham City, and, Bat-fans everywhere. The dark portrayal of the dark knight is well scripted, well directed, and comes with great performances from an all-star cast. All of whom give an awesome performance. The great thing about Begins is one does not have to be a Batman fan to enjoy this movie. There's action, drama, and lots of edge of your seat suspense, to keep virtually anyone's attention. Oh, and the new Batmobile? Yeah, it's cool. Takes getting used to, but the nicknamed "The Tumbler" is awesome. It can do virtually everything seen in the movie. The DVD: Unfortunately, there are no deleted scenes. But, there is a good reason. Chris Nolan states that because they did what they set out to do, filmed exactly what they set out to film, they used every scene they filmed. There were no deleted scenes to delete, or, add to the DVD. Not to worry, the DVd is still packed with plenty of extras, to keep "Special Features" fanatics happy. There are two big downsides to Batman Begins. 1. It is so well done, that it will be hard to make an equally great sequel. 2. It so surpasses the previous four movies, it makes Batman 89, Batman Returns (and for those who liked Forever) look like second rate movies. Yes, this is indeed the movie Batman fans have been waiting for. On a scale of 1-100, Batman Begins receives an outstanging 95.Read full review
e never been a big comic book fiend and I haven't been overly excited by recent comic-to-theater films like Spiderman, the Incredible Hukl, etc. But without a doubt - Batman Begins is the best of this recent phenomenon and is a fantastic movie if if you aren't a comic fan or even a batman fan - Batman Begins is done so well, that it really is an excellent movie. Christian Bale is outstanding (as always) as Bruce Wayne and Batman and the rest of the cast is, for the most part, stellar: Michael Caine as Alred is great, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman are always excellent. My only criticism of the acting - and really of the film - is Katie Holmes as love interest Rachel Dawes... she is awful - has no emotion, is a painfully poor actress, and of course this movie arrived during her Tom Cruise escapade... But enough about Katie and more about Batman: Batman Begins is more like an epic and a novel than a regular action film - it follows certain themes very nicely throughout the entire plot and does so under a very dark setting. The action scenes are filmed beautifully and the movie is general is a pleasure for the eyes - the DVD is an excellent addition for any big screen TV! Batman Begins Cast: Christian Bale .... Bruce Wayne/Batman Michael Caine .... Alfred Liam Neeson .... Henri Ducard Katie Holmes .... Rachel Dawes Gary Oldman .... Jim Gordon Cillian Murphy .... Dr. Jonathan Crane Tom Wilkinson .... Carmine Falcone Rutger Hauer .... Earle Ken Watanabe .... Ra's Al Ghul Mark Boone Junior .... Flass Linus Roache .... Thomas Wayne Morgan Freeman .... Lucius FoxRead full review
We give Batman Begins a Rating of Good. We were not sure if we would like it or not but we ran out and bought it when it came out. At that time, we lost interests at the beginning, and never really watched it. So.. we watched it again recently(Jan 09) after watching The Dark Knight, and enjoyed it much more. If you see The Dark Knight, you should really watch Batman Begins. It explains a lot. We're not big Batman fans, but now that we have seen it "again", we're PLEASED! You have to watch the WHOLE movie to get the full effect, as the beginning is somewhat on the boring side, with no action and no suspense. The action and suspense kicks in about halfway through and lasts throughout the rest of the movie. If you see The Dark Knight, you really should see Batman Begins. It shows exactly that, how Batman began. A lot of the acting cast is the same cast in The Dark Knight. Good Movie! Our Overall Rating: B- Rent It or Buy It? Rent It first. If you already own The Dark Knight, Buy It! We hope that you found this Movie Review HELPFUL. If you did, please let us know and CLICK YES below! We write all of our Movie Reviews for those that havent yet seen the movie to know what theyre in for, and if the movie is worth watching/buying. THANKS FOR READING OUR REVIEW!!Read full review
The only reason I didn't give this an excellent is because it's not a movie I could see, over and over. However, that's doesn't take away from a film that answers many questions about and shows the guiness of this crime fighter, that was never shown on Tv or in the previous films. The powerful displays he uses his "bat" image to bring fear into these "fearless" crime bosses and thugs is just amazing. Any sequels to this should be beyond amazing, since much of this movie had to deal with his past upto his first wins and losses as Batman. A must see for anyone even remotely interested in Batman. Lots of action and drama.
For many cases of something big in the movie business, they will either depend on the franchise or the continuation of the best selling movie. It's been barely ten years since we've seen Batman on the big screen, so why aren't we waiting longer to put this one out??? With the new hipe of comic book-based movies, it was already planned to follow the comic books written by Bob Kane with the DC Comic printers. Warner Bros. has had the rights to the comic since the original release back in 1963, Batman The Movie. Christopher Nolan had already been doing the latest cartoon series, Batman Beyond. In doing so, he took the next step. Nolan did a good job in the craftmanship of the film both emotionally and physically. The heavy Halloweenish type images especially bring out much of the action sequences for both Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy.Read full review
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