Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
best superhero movie adaptation ever!!!!
I have always been a big batman fan since I was a kid. As a teenager, I was thrilled to see that finally somebody (Tim Burton) decided to make a big movie about him. I liked the movie really much, but still... I was left with the feeling that there was something missing. When the second production came out...wow!!! I was impressed!!! It finally got it!! Still, there was a lot of Burtonesque cartoonish flavor about it but it was the best of the first 4 movies (of course, before this one). Then, Schuhmacher came to the director chair and it all went down from that point... very dissappointing. I sadly came to the conclusion that my best childhood superhero was dead.I was very happy to see that superhero movies could have some substance and depth to them when the Spidey series came out (Two thumbs up still for Spidey 2, which for me, was the best superhero adaptation from Hollywood, until this one came out). Xmen 2 was incredibly awesome too. But this one really blows them all away!!!First of all, the great story behind Bruce Wayne and all of his motivations which led him to become his alter ego. Then, the actors: Christian Bale was born to be Batman!!! I have to admit that I hadn't seen him acting before, I came to know him as an actor with this movie. He's a really good actor with a very promising career and a promising franchise; at this point, I can't think of anyone else who could put up with the Bruce Wayne/Batman role better than him. Not to mention the more known actors such as Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman (love his roles as the "badguy", and was stunningly surprised to see him as Comm. Gordon, but did a very good job with it). I even think that Katie Holmes did a nice job. Although her acting is not extraordinary here, but I think it was decent and did not affect the movie in its storytelling or quality, as opposite as other reviewers think.Now, regarding the Deluxe Double DVD edition... its features are awesome. I was a little afraid at first when I read a lot of complaint from some reviewers about the second disc menu, but I found it to be fun. Of course, if you did not have the patience to go all the way through the story, you did not find that at the very end of it, there is a little "document" icon. If you click on it, you finally see the whole menu in a "regular" or "decent" layout, as other reviewers may put it asking for something more "standard". It has all the featurettes included in the interactive comic book and even a couple of them, which I was not able to find in my first interactive "trip" through it. So, to all of the reviewers that state that it was a "challenge" for your DVD players and got frustrated about it, thinking that it was the only way of getting into the different features, never mind the comic book, go all the way to the end with the cursor arrows, click on the "document" arrow at the end of it, and there you go... good old standard menu for all of you. Hope this tip helps.Enjoy