Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
almost realistic enough
I usually laugh at these types of movies given their lack of true credibility when it comes to believing that a super hero really exists. Superman for example, required a man from another planet - unlikely. However, this batman shows from scratch how it is possible. I always wondered where a guy like Michael Keaton had the time to build all the toys -the cave, the fancy equipement, planes, boats, etc. etc. Not too realistic.The rediculous evolution of fancier, blingier, more hollywoodistic toys, like the spinning light show that brings the batmobile up and ready to drive off. Where does a guy who is busy fighting crime come up with time for that? And for what purpose? It's all hollywood, and it kills the reality of the character. Arnold and Clooney pretty much put the nail on the coffin for that crap.But thank god for this episode. Not to say the toys were not unrealistic, but they were explained. And they were tested, and modified, and of course already developed by real scientists who had no clue what they would end up being used for.Really, the only unrealistic things I found were that a stone mansion would burn down so easily. Does a billionaire not have a sprinker system? Or the rediculous subway system that seemed to soar right to wayne enterprises, and how simply it all came down with a few shots in one of the support beams.Never mind just finding the raw strength to pull a huge man like Liam with one hand up the side of a mountain, only holding on by the glove with spikes in the other hand - that was simply not possible for a man his size who had just exerted all of his enery escaping an exploding building.Or the "feature" boy that always seems to spot batman and be saved by batman. There are probably thousands of kids running in the city, but of course our feature kid always gets to see batman.But still, I loved the details. By the time he became batman, you knew how and why, and were right there with him ready to kick some ass. The story line is not consistent with the past versions, for example, Commissioner Gordon spots batman for the first time in the original, but in this episode, he is still just a grunt working along side a developing batman. And the story of Jack (the Joker) killing his parents is no longer possible, given he was shot in court (at least that's what we think happened). The Joker was previewed, so I hope that the genuiness carries on for the next episode. If you listen carefully to the last line of the movie, "robbery, double homicide", you realize that he was in fact not killed in the courthouse - it just occurred to me.And major kudos to Morgan Freeman - he is truely the light in every movie he stars in - he is the hope and inspiration that makes us all believe anything is possible. Gary Oldman was ok, he's getting pumped up as a great actor, but really I saw nothing exciting about his role here - anyone could have done it.But the director was very careful here with the details. For example, batman wears the black makup around the eyes, obviously, but in the scene where he takes his mask off, you think, hmm, will that black makeup be there? Well, let's just take a shot from the back and we don't have to address that issue.