Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 3.0
Worthless Collectibles
The movie is excellent, the High-Def transfer is great, and while the extras aren't new, getting to watch them in a picture-and-picture commentary mode is very nice, presentation-wise.However, the collectibles are lame promotional items for the new movie "The Dark Knight". The packaging says a "16-page comic book prologue" is included, but this is simply a poor adaptation of the first six minutes of new "The Dark Knight" movie.But, the packaging also says there is a "32-page booklet", but this, again, is another adaptation of the SAME six minutes of the new movie, only with excerpts from the screenplay, side-by-side with photos.And the only NEW feature (as compared to the SD DVD release) on the Disc itself is the SAME SIX MINUTES OF THE DARK KNIGHT from the comic and the booklet, admittedly in gorgeous 1080p and full 16x9 aspect ratio.A 32-page booklet would have been better used to show stills from the behind-the-scenes of the FIRST Batman movie, or showing promotional posters, or re-printing the original marketing info, like I've seen on many other DVDs. And a comic book is useless if it is an adaptation of the movie, since the movie will always be a better experience. Better to reprint comics that inspired the movies, like the ones that were re-printed for the SD DVD edition of "Batman Begins".Also, you get a movie pass for the new Batman film, but it is only worth $7.50! That's not even half the cost of a non-matinee ticket! And I bought the special edition thinking the cost of the movie ticket would reduce the added cost of the Limited Edition versus the standard Blu-Ray, but with these paltry collectibles, it was not worth the extra money.My honest opinion is that you should buy the other Blu-Ray edition, with just the movie, and save your money.