Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
THE LEGEND BEGINS
BATMAN BEGINS (2005)Warner Bros. PicturesRelease Date: June 15, 2005Runtime: 140 minutesDirected by:Christopher NolanProduced by:Larry J. Franco....producerBenjamin Melniker....executive producerMichael E. Uslan....executive producerCAST:Christian Bale....Bruce Wayne/BatmanMichael Caine....Alfred PennyworthKatie Holmes....Rachel DawesGary Oldman....James GordonMorgan Freeman....Lucius FoxLiam Neeson....Henri Ducard/Ra's al GhulSUMMARY:"BATMAN BEGINS" is the seventh live-action film to take on the comic book legend and the first to usher it into the kingdom of movie myth. Concieved in the shadow of American pop rather than in its bright light, this tense, effective iteration of Bob Kane's orginal comic book owes itspower and pleasures to Christopher Nolan, a director who takes his material seriously, and to Christian Bale, a star who shoulders that seriousness with ease. What Nolan understands better than any other previous director that without Bruce Wayne, Batman is just a rich wacko with illusions of grandeur and a terrific pair of support hose. Without his suave alter ego, this weird bat man is a superhero without humanity, an avenger without a conscience, an id without a superego. Which is why, working from his and David S. Goyer's very fine screenplay, Nolan more or less begins at the beginning, taking Batman back to his original trauma and death of his parents. It's amazing what an excellent cast, a solid screenplay, and a regard for the source material can do for a comic book movie.