Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Finally they get it
DC is doing it again. Let's face it, when one pictured the "Dark Knight" of Frank Miller, did they expect a Cesar Romero Joker in Burton's Batman? No. Did they expect pop music and "chick's dig the car"? No. And who didn't think of "Scooby Doo Meets Batman" when Clooney pulled out the Batman Credit Card?Honstly I was expecting Batman V to have Alfred serving bat cookies.Finally they get it right! Batman is above all a drama. It is about the humanity behind these characters, not the joke cracking Webhead.DC realises that Batman is an intelligent comic. While certainly some of the character over the years were over the top, my generation found a Batman and his archvillians who were DANGEROUS. They were characters who were three dimensional. They were flesh and blood and could be coming to a city near you.Who doesn't laugh with the line, "love that Joker"? This time, Batman's enemy Scarecrow was a freaky character with an actor who, no offense, looked like Joan Rivers in cosmetic surgery heaven. If that isn't scary, I don't know what is.Batman needed to be fleshed out and in this film he was. Yes, it was more about Bruce Wayne. And Smallville is about Clark Kent. But this is what makes Batman interesting, in that he is an alter-ego, not the person himself. By coming to gripes with people we reach an emotional attachment, an in depth analysis of how they tick. We care for them. And this is the purpose of drama, which Batman is.I honestly have no desire to contrast Keaton with Bale,because they are two different versions of Batman. Keaton was good at what he did. In fact, when comparing to Kilmer and Clooney, give me Keaton all day and all night. However, Bale's Batman is what we have all been dreaming about, namely a Batman that showed true purpose and that became real.My apologies because I think most here have been much more eloquent and detailed in their reviews.Looking forward to the next one.