Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Still the best superhero film......
I keep forgetting that before the Dark ('DORK') Knight and after the Keaton/Kilmer/Clooney crap there actually WAS a good Batman film made. Not only that, but it's one of the best movies centered around a superhero I've ever seen.Batman Begins takes the usual trademark elements of the Batman mythos (cape/cowl etc) and gives everything an origin that to this point had never been done before. The story involves two underknown Batman villains, retells the origin of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman and knows how to balance seriousness and fun (something the second film FORGOT to do...).The acting in this film is top-notch with Christian Bale making a terrific Bruce Wayne (and a fun over-the-top Batman). Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Gary Oldman take on the iconic roles of Alfred, Lucius Fox and Commissioner Gordan while adding a certain class to the movie that was severly missing in the other Batman films.The special effects are great and includes some exciting action sequences (most memorably involving the tummbler through the streets of Gotham).The DVD has the standard bells-and-whistles but nothing seemsto be able to over-shadow the movie itself. Again, to me this film is superhero perfection and more than worth the now cheap price on DVD.