Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
You just gotta see it.
At first I was not very appreciative of the trailers. I was uncertain that this movie was any good. I heard from others that it was, so I saw it once and became hooked. I have seen this film three times already. Twice at a theatre down the road, and once at the Boeing Imax theatre in Seattle. I have to say that I believe this film is far superior to the previous films including the Tim Burton films.With the introduction of CGI vs. the scale models for Burton Batman, the bar is raised considerably higher. The production design was breathtaking. I loved how Gotham is a huge metropolis( kind of a mix between New York and Chicago. Daylight does exsist in Gotham and it is not always raining.The sound design was suberb yet a little loud. I loved the music. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard did a fantastic job potraying the emotion of the film. Take for example, Batman encounters the Scarecrow in one scene and one would think he has the upper hand. And when Batman fails, you really do feel for him and the man under the mask.I enjoyed the fact that the filmmakers decided to make everything in Batman's arsenal plausibe, and everything serves a purpose. Some of the characters/actors that never signed on board for another film have been given an excellent way out. I suspect we will definetely see Michael Caine and Gary Oldman again.The actors all hit their marks right on the money. I don't know what the big deal with Katie Holmes is, but eh, whatever floats your boat. I look forward to buying the DVD on the one of the best websites around.Of course it is Amazon.