Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Batman Begins, FINALLY!
I hated the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher versions of Batman so my expectations were very low that anyone in Hollywood could make a good Batman flick. So imagine my surprise when I finally watched Batman Begins and found a movie version of the Dark Knight that could have been taken from the comics.Christian Bale gives the definitive Batman portrayal in this excellent film and he is joined by an entire cast of amazing actors that give life to characters of the comic mythology; Michael Caine as Alfred, Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard, Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon, Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathan Crane, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, and the list goes on...At its core this movie is about fear and how it is dealt with (and dealt out) and director Christopher Nolan has captured that theme and embedded into every scene and nuance, and the actors, Bale in particular, keep a veneer of fear over their performances that adds to their realism.Christopher Nolen has rebooted the Batman franchise and turned it into what it should have been all along. Now let's hope that the movie moguls don't screw it up again!