Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
A well crafted, suspenseful Batman movie (for a change)
I just saw this movie and I came out of the theater really satisfied that it wasn't another Bat-astrophy. Even more than that, it's a well plotted, intense action movie. The best so far this summer. They should bury those other four Bat-movies. Well, maybe that's not fair. This movie does owe a little to Tim Burton's original, but it has so much more substance to it. For the first time Bruce Wayne is a three dimensional character I sympathized with. His early years of training and the characters he encounters have far reaching effects on him, as do his parents. And boy, does the suspense really build as the clock ticks down on Gotham City's fate.Something kind of interesting is, there aren't any big superhero fight scenes like we've seen in movies like Spider-man or X-men. The fighting is gritty, camera-shaking action, usually shown in glimpses. And there are trippy hallucinations that amp up the scary factor a bit. It is intense...and just a great movie. I want to see it again.