Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
This is not another superhero movie
Batman Begins isn't another superhero movie in the line of Spider- Man,the X- Men or the Hulk. In fact, even if you don't care for Batman orany of his costumed colleagues, you can still enjoy this film as a goodaction- thriller. It doesn't thrive on special effects and big actionscenes but offers a decent story with lots of attention to characterdevelopment. The movie is fairly low tech and because it doesn't relyon computer technology in the way other recent superhero movies do, ithas an old school feel to it, kind of like an early 80s fantastic filmor even Superman: The Movie. Of course, Batman Begins is much darkerthan Richard Donner's beauty, but the evolution of both main charactersfrom youths, coming to terms with who they are, to caped crusaders isdepicted in a similar way. As far as the actual crime fighting goes,this movie puts right everything that was done wrong in Batman Foreverand Batman and Robin. Our hero's weapons are not covered with blinkinglights, but sober and practical: no computer controlled Batarangs, butninja stars shaped as a bat. No design costume, but military armor,decorated with a cape and mask. The Batmobile is no skyscraper climbingsuper car, but a rejected army vehicle put to new use that befits thegeneral atmosphere of this movie. Batman doesn't fight villains inshiny outfits who fly around on supersonic gliders or have tentacles asarms. The bad guys in this film are real people: gangsters, a corruptwarden of a psychiatric ward, a martial arts specialist and lots ofcrooked cops. If you take into consideration that Batman Begins isbased on the Year One comics, written by Sin City's Frank Miller, onecannot help noticing the similarity between Robert Rodriguez' newlycreated world and the one depicted in this movie. In fact, Sin Citycould just as well be Gotham City without Batman. So forget JoelSchumacher's monstrosities. In fact, Christopher Nolan has even goneone better than Tim Burton and created a credible movie with a goodstory, realistic characters and the filthiest setting the world'sDarkest Knight has ever called home.