Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 3.0
New Batman,New Alfred,New Gordon,Even A Brand New Villian
When Bruce Wayne Is Uncomfortable Watching A Movie He Begs To Leave The Theater.(He Had Recently Fallen Down A Well Infested With Bats And Just Couldn't Shake The Images The Event Conjured).When His Family Leaves The Theater The Parents Are Gunned Down.So Begins The Life And The Cult Phenomenon That Was Batman.In This One He Gets To Fight Three Villians-Ra's Al-Ghoul,The Scarecrow (My Favorite),And A Crime Boss Named Falcone.And Does A Fair Job At It.This Movie Takes Bruce Wayne Back To The Beginnings Batman Forever Hinted At.Raised And Guided By His Faithful Domestic Alfred,He Rises To Power-Twice.His Childhood Girlfreind Comes Back Into His Life As His Parent's Killer Is Released To Testify Against Falcone.She Tells Bruce Gotham City Needs A Hero And Persuades Bruce To Become That Hero.The Film Boasts A Wonderful Cast.Cristian Bale Is The Dark Knight This Time Around.And He Is Aptly Supported By Michael Caine,Katie Holmes,Rutger Hauer,A More Restrained Than Usual Gary Oldman,Morgan Freeman,Tom Wilkinson,And Liam Neeson.So What Is The Problem? First Of All Too Many Characters In A Movie Usually Makes For Very Thin Storylines,Tho These Are Pretty Well Fleshed Out.But There Is WAY Too Much Back Story That Just Seems To Jump Around All Over The Place.Too Many Flashbacks.And Not Only That,You Can't Tell If It's Recent History,Older History,Are The Flashbacks Given In Order,And Finally At The End Of The Day Is All The Back Story Really Necessary? It's Like M Knight Shamalan's Signs.Another Excellently Well Done Story.But In The Case Of Gibson's Wife,The Flashback Is Restarted Over And Over And Over And Becomes Hard To Follow.This Is The First Of My Reviews I Would Have To Give A C+(C-?-And Actually Batman Was ALWAYS My Favorite Superhero Growing Up),But Don't Let That Put You Off The Movie If This Is Your Cup Of Tea.It's Just That This And The First Batman Movie (With Nicholson) Is Extremely Dark,Like The Latter Batman Comics.I Prefer My Batman With A Little Tongue In Cheek Humor.