Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Psychological thriller
While Batman Forever focused on the psychology of destruction and human emotion's justification power, the psychology, or rather, mental illness, of Batman Begins shows the power of mental thought in healthy individuals (no body problems or mental disorders that prevent ordinary function with humans or travel) and also recorded that feeling when applied to the sense of the unknown.Hence Batman is a rogue warrior trying to be different from all other fighters. The movie portrays him as a man trapped in China trying to find his way to his soul. He will do anything to mess up his mind and life to get to the ultimate form of combat. He trains with a group known as the League of Shadows (with the excellent Liam Neeson) and even learns how to get along with them. At the end, in a surprise, he breaks free of them and kills them all (by accident or by skill) in an explosion, saving Neeson, who is his trainer. The skill of teaching must be respected in this case.However, that is the most (or least) Batman, played by the excellent Christian Bale, will allow. He will preserve the art and skill of a fighting technique, but otherwise trusts entirely to gadgets, and of course, Wayne Enterprises and his luxurious outfit. However, his fearless devotion to being seen as mentally unstable yet accomplishing his goal is something to be lauded for sure.The film's main antagonist is an insane lawyer who locks people up in Arkham Asylum, scene of most of the villains' demise in the cartoons, if you're a fan of those. While I've not read the comics, I do know that the movies are gently entertaining, and don't dispute with them, nor conceive of something better or worse. What's interesting is his use of a spray that makes all those who breathe it fearful of everyone around them. Then a fight ensues of a different kind on the island where the asylum is located. Batman has trained himself for this moment and has an antidote, and it's here where the fighter's skills show up.Trained to be aware of the fear, not just merely know it, and capable of making his enemies ten times better at fighting him due to his weakness, his ultimate awareness leads not to boredom, but to insight. His ultimate insight: Save the girl, win the movie, be a good hero, makes others into heroes as well.At the end of the movie, you're treated to a nice look at the beginning of the original Batman. The Joker is his next villain. A nice end to a climactic, and very spiritual, script.