Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 4.0
Good but flawed
The longer the movie goes, the worse it gets. Don't misunderstand me, I liked this movie. It starts out great and slowly goes down to good, but the whole thing runs out of steam at the end (despite the large amounts of aerosol fear gas at the end, heh heh) and it feels a bit inconsistent. Bruce Wayne talks about how it's never too late to save someone (or in his case save Gotham City) but Batman ignores an opportunity to save Ra's al Ghul's life. The ninja initiation is cool, intense and atmospheric, but the fight scenes as Batman are a jumble of cuts that come too quick to make any sense. That's really the problem right there: the Bruce Wayne sections of the movie are better than the Batman sections. I don't want Bruce Wayne! I want Batman!