Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Top Notch!
Finally! We get a Batman movie that is worth the typeinstead of a run of the mill action film with a boatload of well known (and popular at the time) actors.The movie starts with Bruce Wayne as a little boy andspends a great deal of the first half of the moviegoing in detail about how and why Bruce Wayne becameBatman. It really is a nice change from what the serieshas been doing the last two sequels.Christian Bale is very convicing as Bruce Wayne and Ihad a great feeling that he would fit the part. Hebrought seriousness, but yet fun back to a Batmancharacter that had become a stiff and lame "superhero" and he wasn't the only one. I thought MichaelCane was very underrated and brought good humor tothe Alfred character. It's actually ashame he didn'tget more airtime.This movie won me over when it put character develop-ment and thinking over run of the mill action thatseems take the lead in movies such as this. Couldsome of the fight scenes brought alittle more? Yes,but it's forgiven since that's not what this isreally about. Another great thing is not one guytotally took the show. It it was pretty much a teameffort with the exception of Katie Holmes who justdidn't have enough charisma and presence to themovie.But it wasn't all her fault... She simply wasn't agood fit and was a girl among men in this movie.The rest of the cast was just too notch and itshows that a good balance of acting can make a moviework more than a movie with one great proformer or twocan.Another thing is that the movie was light on the cheeseand B movie type of lines for most of the movie and mostof the humor felt refreashing and real. Nothing was allthat forced here... Just GREAT team acting and a darkfeel that hasn't been seen since the first film back in1989.5 stars