Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
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I'm a huge fan of the first Tim Burton Batman movie of the 90s....but the rest of them were kind of garbage. The final straw was when Joel Schumacher decided it was best to include nipples on the bat-suit, and light up gotham city with flourescent lights. I honestly don't see how that movie made it past test audiences.anyway, Batman Begins completely takes away the cheese of the other batman sequels and starts anew with an amazing cast, director, and story. Christopher Nolan deserves the most praise here, weaving together a movie that flat out makes you believe a 6'2" billionaire playboy can run amok in the streets in a halloween costume, beating up bad guys. Christian Bale has always been one of my favorite actors, ever since seeing him in the criminally underated Equilibrium (see it!). His performance as both batman and Bruce Wayne is spot on.The villains in this movie were great as well. the Scarecrow has never been more terrifying, and Ra's (batman's oldest enemy, and teacher) offered more than enough trouble for batman to deal with.I hold high expectations for this summer's sequel The Dark Knight, which by the way, is a great graphic novel (but not what the movie is based on, unfortunately).