Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 4.0
Good movie, mediocre blu ray
This is the second best super-hero movie of all time (#1 goes to Dark Knight) and it definitely is more interesting in the realistic take on a fantasy genre, which is plausibly in the real gritty world. I especially liked them addressing what is IMO a plausible critique of Bruce Wayne: that he by way of his pornographic wealth creates the crime that he fights.And since this is a 2005 release, I won't spend anymore time on the story and themes.I just want to comment on the video quality. It isn't very good! There is noticeable artifacting in many scenes. I viewed this on a PS3 on a 1080p plasma. I have viewed a number of blu-rays and they were encoded better. Heat for instance has probably an equal number of dark scenes to it and there was not as much artifacting. Of course a lot is a result of the movie itself, which has many dark scenes, which is how the codecs work and so forth, but is was a little disappointing.