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| Batman Begins | 
| Category: Movie
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1245 reviews
Sales Rank: 4362
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 141 minutes
ASIN: B0014D6PCO
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 2005
Release Date: November 7, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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| Customer Reviews:
 Much improved... June 20, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Batman Begins takes the series back to where it should be; following the comic. The previous two deviated way too much from the atmosphere of the comic, relying instead on the camp of the 1965 series. Christian Bale is the best Bruce Wayne since Michael Keaton. The plot is a little convoluted, but ties together neatly at the end. This is likely a little long for non-Batmanites to sit through, but I've been a fan since 1988 and found this to be the most enjoyable Batman film since the first.
Battastic!!!!!!! June 20, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is by far the way Batman should be portrayed in the movies. I have been waiting to see a movie that shows Batman(Bruce Wayne) the way he should be; dark, mysterious, and real. This is that movie. This movie is so real; you can just see this really happening in real life. Christian Bale has the look, feal, and acting ability to be Batman and Bruce Wayne. He plays the part with such dedication and strength. The villains in the film are realistic as well. No cheesy villains like in the Spider-Man movies. The Scarecrow is frightening and well done. Even though he is a little underdeveloped, but it still works, because it is a movie about Bruce Wayne!!
Even the Tim Burton films lack what Batman is really about. If you watch the first Batman movie now you will see that it is cheesy, like the corny Joker. They have their moments but are mostly cheesy, campy, and unrealistic. Not this new film. I just hope they (Nolan, Goyer, Bale) make many many more.
A Movie Done Well... June 20, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Perhaps I'm too much of Ra's -a- Gouhl fan, but this movie was about as close to what I think the Batman should be that I have no complaints about it. Yo-Yo'ing the goon was just too good. Highest movie rating from me.
Summer of the Bat June 20, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have not been so wowed by a movie in decades! Just about everything was right -- plot, script, dialog, tone, characters, acting, special effects, you name it. Christian Bale was completely convincing as a young man struggling with the inner demons acquired when his parents were gunned down by a thug. He was perfectly played Bruce Wayne's cover story as a spoiled and shallow boy billionaire. Gary Oldman's Jim Gordon of the Gotham PD was also spot on -- making Gordon a believable and sympathetic figure as opposed to the buffoonish one we might have expected. Even Michael Caine, as Alfred, pulled more out of himself as an actor than in his last 5 films.
"Batman Begins" gives us a new take on the genesis of the Caped Crusader -- from Bruce Wayne's childhood (when after a well into a well, he was attacked by frightened bats), to "the missing years" when he salved the guilt and rage over his parents' murders by hanging with criminals, to his return to Gotham, his discovery of the Batcave, and the development of his costume and Batmobile (thankfully never called such in the movie). It was genius not to lay the development of Wayne's martial arts skills AND incredible gizmo invention on one man. Morgan Freeman, as science guru Lucius Fox handled that task flawlessly. And the scriptwriters came up with some truly frightening bad guys whose evil plot (a weapon of mass psychosis) was truly inspired and frightening. Gotham -- a twisted take on NYC -- never looked so seedy, corrupt or hopeless.
This was an incredibly well-crafted movie -- with special effects always in the service of the story. The scriptwriters tied up every loose know and left no details hanging. The plot spun around like a cave full of bats, turning back onto itself in delicious spirals. An incredible achievement!
 Good concept, good lead, poor movie overall June 20, 2005
4 out of 40 found this review helpful
It's no Spiderman.
But Christopher Nolan finally got the feeling of a Batman movie right. And Christian Bale was very good as Bruce Wayne. We didn't get to see much of Batman after all.
But the movie was too predictable and the storyline boring, and just a little too star-studded which came off as pompous. I can only imagine where all these 5-star reviews are coming from: the 15 - 23 age group.
It was not a great movie. The evil bad guy was obvious since they wouldn't knock out a big star from the plot like that so early. Katie Holmes was so boring and lackluster as the girlfriend, truly whiny and dull. She's no Kirsten Dunst in Spiderman that's for sure.
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