Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Love that editing!
You'll find many concise summaries of the film's details on this site, so I won't repeat them; what I will say is, FIVE STARS JUST FOR THE EDITING! Director Nolan and his team have adopted a swift-as-thought, "through-composed" style of editing that skips and leaps like a mountain goat, in quick lightning-flashes from one thought to another, often as if in a dream... which is highly appropriate to the tone of the film they made. It's a joy to watch. Bravo.The movie has tons of things to recommend it (and it's got a superb turn from the always-welcome MICHAEL CAINE!). The filmmakers have made many sharp choices that cause it to stand out boldly from the normal run of big-budget concept/action movies (their story structuring, production design, casting choices: all are admirably unusual, but not weird -- which when taken all-together creates an environment of freshness and unpredictability: a tough feat when you consider how well-worn the story is!) By the last reel, the movie starts to sag under the sheer weight of all the plot points that need resolution, and this is when it's at its least fresh; but no matter. It's a wonder anybody could take a hot, high-stakes property like this, and manage to make it new. (Personally I think it's the only truly good Batman movie -- never really thought even the Tim Burton original mined the richness of the material properly.)But at the end of the day, it's all about the editing, man. Check out that amazing editing. Study it. Live it. Love it.