Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 1.0
Another Crap in the Crappy Series.
Viewed: 6/08Rate: 16.08: After three straight disasters in Batman series, I thought Batman Begins would overturn the injustices the previous pictures have committed. Guess what? Batman Begins just might be the worst Batman movie of all time. I don't know if it was worse or better than Batman and Robin. The main problem in comparing both films was that I can't find a single area that favors one or other. Basically, every problematic aspect of each film seemed to be the same. For fifth straight time, the plot of Batman Begins was essentially the same only that more mumbo-jumbo is involved; it's also redundantly boring, overtly pointless, and without logic and/or substance. I was surprised to see that Batman Begins becomes a remake of Batman since I get another version of how Bruce Wayne's parents died. Thus, the previous four films began to get discarded in the eyes of the creators of Batman Begins. As for acting, Batman Begins unbelievably failed; not one single human emotion except for frown is registered. Looking at the face of Christian Bale, no matter how many films I've seen him in, was to describe a robot. I can't still believe he gets paid to "act." Of course, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman lent their notable weight for promotion; the former was once a good actor and now no more, and the latter (I've read about his intention to star in this film) was only in it for money. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that deep down inside, the two didn't entirely believe in the project because they knew it was a rubbish picture; of course, they made it out like bandits. Gary Oldman, the second Marlon Brando of phony acting, once again hammed it up. Couldn't he be any more ridiculous? At least, as a consolation from me, Katie Holmes outdid Gary Oldman in worst acting category. Gosh, Cillian Murphy... the irritating idiotic moron needed to go to hell. On the other hand, Batman Begins had now earned the distinction of becoming the longest film of Batman series, clocking at two hours and twenty minutes. Pretty please, one hour shorter is greatly helpful. If anything, the editing work of Batman Begins was undoubtedly the worst feature of Batman Begins. Whenever a scene occurred, it went naturally for a good five to ten seconds, then cut away to another point of view, and finally got back to the previous shot; thus the result was parts lost in translation. Sometimes, the scenes became foggy enough that I can hardly see anything. The exterior sets were bland, ugly, and lifeless. Speaking of the cinematography, the special effects and the looks were too extravagant for me; I could see the clothes worn by characters in young life of Bruce Wayne are to resemble the 30's or earlier yet the city and the surroundings including transportation looked too modern. Fast forward twenty years later, the clothes were back to normal, and the city just looked the same as usual. I didn't get the part where Bruce Wayne was transported to Mandarin China or Tibet; I mean, why? It didn't make sense. Much of the dialogue in Batman Begins made me to cringe: usually soulless, wooden, and pretentiously hollow. I found it weird that Batman can summon bats and fly to wherever he directs them. That had to be a Ripley's Believe It or Not moment. The Batmobile of Batman Begins sucked major a$$; the car of Batman was the quintessential Batmobile. When Bruce Wayne felt the "fear," how about a gun? I hated those one-liners (e.g. "nice coat") blurted out by several characters of Batman Begins just for the fun of it. Finally, I earnestly ask this, must Batman Begins be perpetually boring? All in all, Rex Reed said it best, "Batman Begins is for morons."