Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
Rasing the bar
This movie doesn't just raise the benchmark for comic to big screen translations, it reestablishes the more subtle and realistic style of action flick. Gone are the gross absurdities of the Matrix and cartoonish violence of Kill Bill, and in their place is an action flick fit to compete with the best of the James Bond movies. It's well written, directed deftly and manages to be both true to the essence of Batman and a worthy movie unto itself.