Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 4.0
Batman at its best!
I thought that this was a very good adaptation of Batman. It is definitely the best of the ones that have been done. The cast was excellent and Christian Bale does and outstanding job. Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Liam Neeson are all solid as usual. The only glaring weekness in the cast is Katie (oops sorry Tom! I meant KATE) Holmes. She is totally miscast and like in Thank You For Smoking I believe she got the part because of her relationship with the ambiguous sudo husband Tom Cruise because she is not a great or good actress and she certainly is not attractive enough to be playing the fem fatale or sexy leading lady. But enough of the bashing of TomCAT. One of the reasons I like this movie is that it started out digging deap into the character and how he became Batman without waisting too much time rehashing the whole story of when he was a kid that we saw in the Michael Keaton Batman. This tells of the teenage Bruce Wayne and how he learns his fighting skills. Also, you have the whole development of the character and all his weapons and gear. The Batmobile just plain ROCKS! Like other Batman movies they seem to think you can't just have one villiam so you get The Scarecrow who was good and plaid by a really creepy guy that was in the movei about the really creepy guy on the airplane. And Ra Sa Ghul who is done just perfectly. But why they can't just have one villian in these movies just amazes me.All in all this movie was just awesome and if you love Batman or have never seen it or read it before you will like this adaptation.