Batman Begins.

Rating: Null/10 (21 April 2016)

Batman Begins starts out with the classic Batman story. Bruce and his beloved parents are on their way home from a play when the worst thing happens. His parents are both killed by a mugger; however this is where Nolan changes things up from the "classic" Batman. In Nolan's film, Bruce Wayne is an angry disgruntled man with a vendetta against society. He runs away and finds himself inside a Chinese prison where he takes out his anger on his fellow inmates. This is quite a different Batman than old Batman fans had. The original Bruce is a sophisticated scientist who vows to fight crime in honor of his lost parents! This is not the case with Nolan's new and improved Batman, but It totally works! We see Bruce Wayne become very motivated, by his parents death, to do good and right the wrongs. He trains with The League of Shadows and becomes the protector of Gotham. Christian Bale does an amazing job of showing the Batman we all secretly wanted deep down, a hero with a chip on his shoulder and enmity against the evils of the world. That's enough about this new Batman. He's only one part of this Nolan's masterpiece.
Nolan didn't just create a simple prefaced villain who Batman would fight and throw in jail. He created the League of Shadows, a highly skilled team who fights the evil in the world. The leader, Ra's Al Ghul, trains Bruce Wayne to become part of his elite team. As he trains Bruce, Ra's Al Ghul tells Bruce Wayne, "If you can become more than a man, devote yourself to ideal, then you become something else entirely." But was that ideal? In the end, you find out the hard way. The League of Shadows sees Gotham City as a lost cause, a city so evil it can't be saved. Their idea of cleaning up the streets of Gotham is destroying it all together. They are the perfect villain. Your cheering them on in the beginning as they train the hero and have you booing in the end as they fight Batman, the man they trained to join them.
Lastley Nolan puts you on a roller-coaster as he sets you up for deep investigation to put an end to The League of Shadows. Batman investigates what seems to be a petty crime of drug dealing and it turns into a plan to completely wipe Gotham off the face of the earth. Scarecrow, the seemingly low level drug dealer, turns out to be the initiator of the scheme to destroy Gotham. The drug Scarecrow is peddling is a hallucinogen that is designed to strike fear and panic in people of Gotham. Batman does his thing and takes out Scarecrow. There is no time to celebrate because out of nowhere, Batman's trainer Ra's Al Ghul comes in and reveals the true plan behind the hallucinogen. Now this is where Nolan does an amazing job of bringing everything together. Ra's Al Ghul comes back to finish the job and destroy his old apprentice. When all is said and done Gotham is saved , but Nolan's multiple villains created in the movie leading up to the final climax is one of the biggest reasons this new Batman works so well. He brings back every character not one role forgotten and wraps is up for is audience to dissect. Batman Begins is the Batman for our times. A dark realistic story that meets the needs of every Batman fan. From the Classic comic strips to the cheesy Batman television show made in the 60s, Batman Begins is a must see for every Batman fan, especially with the promising sequels to this amazing movie.