Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 4.0
Makes you (almost) forget about Schumacher
With a new cast, a new director and a new Batman movie, things could only go up for this, at the time, crumbling franchise. In 1989, Tim Burton brought a new face and look to what people remembered Batman as being in the 60s. Sad to say, that new look lasted six years and before you know it, Batman was as campy as ever, and with nipples.Well let me tell you there is no Shark Repellant Spray around the Dark Knight's belt, as this time he IS the Dark Knight. Batman is as scary and ruthless as ever, to the point where I expected Michael Keaton to be under that mask.Batman Begins has one of the best ensemble casts in comic book movie history, with Christian Bale, Michael Caine , Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman (the bad guy from Air Force One for the kids who don't know)and Morgan Freeman amongst others. They all deliver great performances, and made me wonder, what has Chris O'Donnell and Alicia Silverstone done lately?What made this movie so satisfying to me was how much time Batman/Bruce Wayne's background was explained. From Wayne's training to the creation of the Batcave and Batsuit, his almost entire history is explained, something 5 other movies and a handful of TV series forgot to mention.Overall, this movie was very well done, and I applaud the filmmakers for daunting a hard task; make a Batman movie, and make it GOOD! And they did just that and more. The villains are as evil as Gotham City's worst, and they are involved in some scenes that should I say are...scary? All that I can say is that I eagerly await a possible sequel, but with all the fans this movie has, it would be hard not to make one.