Probably the Best Reboot of all Time, Intro to the Best Trilogy Ever Made

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2015)

"It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you." Did we seriously just hear that in a "Batman" movie? You're kidding, right?
The last depictions of this comic book character on screen before Cristopher Nolan put his hands on him in 2005, had ripped apart every detail of the true origins of his greatness. It was so sad. Thank God I was only 10 when things got reinvented and re-imagined in the right places; or better put, in the perfect places.
Batman is comics. So what needed to happen was complicated and needed good imagination. Someone should read the comics, evaluate the development of the characters and bring it on-screen righteously. Not treating it completely like comics (with the fear of making it hilarious), nor take it way too seriously and lose the fun out of it. And who better to do that than Nolan? This movie is in total difference with all previous attempts of the Dark Knight's depiction. And that is the main reason it worked.
The first hour we get to know Bruce Wayne. We see in great depths the sorrow and the motives of Bruce. He is hurt and devastated on the inside. At first, after witnessing his parent's death, he tries to find justice by revenge. Failing to find comfort in that, he seeks an anonymous life just so that he can feel true despair, away from his wealth and name. In the end of his journey, he meets Ra's Al Ghoul, a man who makes him an offer to "find what he's looking for". Training hardly, he finds a way to use his pain and fears to scare and intimidate the outright. All that achieved with the boost and assistance of Ducard, a mentor who helps him find his purpose. After a series of events that strike him, he returns to his city determined to find a way to end corruption in his city, creating a symbol for hope and justice.
Nolan's voice is silently transparent. The end of the film suggests escalation as a main point but this film extracts so many lessons and hidden hints. For instance, the villain proving to be just the person who helped him find himself; which means now having to stop the very person who was your mentor. Also, we get to see the difference between justice and revenge. And those are just a part of overall brilliant issues this film carries along.
This is the first film in the Dark Knight saga. After so long, it still remains for many as their favorite. I may disagree but it's enough for me not to trash this type of film just because its comics. Nolan opened the door for great reboots and serious takes on otherwise forgotten concepts. Watching this again recently I have to speak my mind: "Batman Begins" is Nolan's first masterpiece.