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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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 The bat came back to start cleanning up his town June 18, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
After experimenting with imagery/scripting inconsistencies that had actually made the 1960's TV series look sophisticated by comparison (Batman and Robin, Batman Forever), the Batman movie series returns to the brooding and tortured millionare which we adore.
In this film, we see how a young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) copes with his parents murder. Because he has the money and resources, Wayne ultimately decides to become Batman--a vigilante 'anti-hero' hero who takes the law into his own hands when the police cannot stop evil from overrunning Gotham City. Bruce ultimately wants to ensure that other people will not experience the tragedy which he has known. He subsequently walks a very fine line between administering justice and exacting revenge.
There are some bumps along the way to Bruce's infamous 'reincarnation'. The begining of the film shows young "Master Wayne" recieving abuse in a generic prison camp for 'research' but ultimately concluding that even he cannot join in his rescuer's idea of justice, killing another person. Already traumatized as he is, Bruce is still a good guy due to his all-critical remaining shred of humanity. Yet, this scene also hints that he theoretically could have snapped under other conditions.
Immediately following an overseas trip, Bruce finds that Gotham is now in shambles. Adding insult to this injury, he also learns that his own company is now convieniently on the verge of being taken away from him.
Bob Kane's Dark Knight Detective was never supposed to be a camp icon(ala West and Clooney's portrayals); he was supposed to be THE thing which lurks in the shadows against injustice. Batman is a mystery precisely because he worked with the police, but was explicitly not one of them. This film also explains how Gotham PD ultimately came to trust Batman.
We see a young Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) who is destined to become Gotham City's police commissioner in the future. The city is SO corrupt at this point that he is the only honest cop left. Gordon desperately wants help maintaining law and order so turning to an outsider who can deliver this is his logical conclusion. Their early partnership thus lays critical foundation for why Gordon and Batman work together in subsequent years; Gordon knows that Batman also wants to clean up Gotham--and can deliver on it. Gordon recognizes that the Batman is an effective if wholly unorthodox crime control resource.
Morgan Freeman also stars as Lucius Fox, a family friend who helps Bruce create the Batman personna. He is a scientist in the then-taken over Wayne Enterprises who somehow managed to escape the scrutiny of a devilsh Rutger Hauer. Fox ultimately helps to devise all of Batman's awesome crime-fighting gadgets in the tradition of James Bond's 'Q'. I don't think there is a single film which Morgan Freeman has been involved with that I did not like. This man's name simply oozes talent.
We also meet Jonathan 'Scarecrow' Crane (Cillian Murphy), who is a really unethical psychatrist. According to this screenplay, he is Batman's first 'big villan'. The Scarecrow wants to control the City of Gotham by drugging the water supply with psychedelic mind controls. The special effects department did a wonderful job with the character, I definently was terrified after seeing this character throughout the screen play. I also could not find anything laughable about him.
Christian Bale is handsome as Bruce Wayne/Batman, and I feel guilty because I had never previously cared to see something which he was playing in before now. Bale brings the perfect match of sensitivity and unbalancw that is essentially needed for this part (Batman IS fundamentally a vengange gig from a disturbed milionare) and I know this film is going to be a blockbuster of the summer, if not the year.
I have not been this enthusiastic about a Batman movie since 1992's Batman Returns (with Michael Keaton then in the lead role). I am seeing this one release several times, something which I honestly have not done with any film since I was a little girl.
I am also willing to predict Batman Begins generates renewed interest in the Batman concept. The design people for this film have obviously taken considerable care to give depth and credibility to the 'begins' concept, the Bat signal is not as it would look in most other movies. There is a sense that Batman really is starting but is serious about wanting to do a good job of eliminating crime.
Hopefully, the studios ultimately now understand that turning Batman into a comedian was a recipe for disaster and thus will not be inclined to tinker with a masterpiece creation. I expect Bale and this scripting sophistication to hold up in subsequent movies, if nothing else because of the ending to this film itself .
Batman has begun a long-awaited period of revival both as a crime fighting force to be recokned with and a box office blockbuster to see.
"Awesome!" June 18, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
You're gonna see it, so...
Michael Caine is superb as Alfred, Morgan Freeman is a perfect Lucius Fox. & Christian Bale: Incredible. Go see it, you'll be thunderstruck.
Some scenes are a bit nightare-inducing for under 13's,. but that's why it's PG13.
 im sure i will up my rating...... June 18, 2005
0 out of 16 found this review helpful
......because i have yet to see this.so far,every newspaper review and tv critic seemed to feel the same...a sure blockbuster.now let me start first by saying keaton,while is a fine actor,was TOO DAMNED OLD AND WHIMPY looking to be a batman.he had an ok bruce wayne persona but give me a batbreak!!!!bald AND skinny?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?was he too pridefull for a wig?!??!?!?!?!going to a gym?!?!?!?!?!?!?and the complaints that now surface of the villians overshadowing the hero should have been a problem at day 1.i wont even mention the laughing stocks of val and george.and why exactly does batman need a boyblunder?!?!?!?!?!?just for another ass to save?!?!?!?FINALLY A BATMAN MOVIE THAT FOCUSES MORE ON,GUESS WHAT,BATMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!if its true,that this is a dark version....the darker the better!!!!!a reviewer here mentioned if you want shakespare,go see a play,if you want slapstick in tights,go see a play.not every comic is supposed to be self mocking and in your face haha.i dont fault burton for his versions.that is the kind of director he is.over the top.the others(if there werent more than 2 directors,forgive me.i didnt see any past the 1st)just didnt belong near this.as for bale....he is an intense actor whose on a roll.hes done pyscho,racist,self mutilator to crime fighter.those who are loyal to tim shouldnt be batslapped.but we all know a movies level of realism is the make or break.outrageousness is one form(burton)realism is another.take your pick.i prefer realism.side note that may get me batslapped....i loved spiderman 1.i didnt hate the hulk.i did hate spidy 2.xmen 1 was soso and part 2 i also hated.daredevil was the worst(i didnt see catwoman or elctra...female superheroes are pretty lame-just look at the lack of audiences).the 1st spawn was soso and the 1st blade was awesome.although i did like the 1st superman,i dont like the charactor.the more real a movie is to me the better experience i am going to have.imho.
Batman as the Dark Knight should be!! June 18, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been a fan of Batman for as long as I can remember and ever since the comic book movie renisannce began I was hoping that Warner Brothers would take another shot at a Batman movie. This movie outside of the original Batman is probably the best Batman flick ever. I have to qualify this performance as 2nd to the original Tim Burton film for 2 reasons. The first being that this movie, like it or not, borrows heavily from the style of the first film (fans had never seen Batman's signature Grapple Gun or black Batsuit until Burton's film realized them, for example) and second because without the first film this film may never have been created. HOWEVER, this is the first live-action Batman film to actually focus on....Batman. While the other films recognized the importance of developing the villian, Batman Begins realizes the importance of developing the hero.
the best comic movie after superman June 18, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
ignore all the bad critics (luckily a few), they don't know what they're talking about. this one is perfect better than spider-man 2, and arguably as good as superman. why is it better than spider-man 2 ? well in general, spider-man feels a bit comical -some would say that's how it's supposed to be done, but given that's true, it's still a bit melancholic. i think in reality even a poor hi-school student don't look that "sorry". Batman feels real all the way, it's more complex emotionally. go watch it.....another strike from chris nolan.
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