Product: Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2005)
Rating: 5.0
A new begining
Finally a movie that captures the nature of the Dark Knight and makes me hope this team will continue the series in the same vein. This is a fantastic movie, which must be watched. Not only was a good script written. But Christian Bale is perfect as both Bruce Wayne and as Batman. During the parts of the movie were we watch Bruce Wayne, not once did I wonder where Batman was. He played Bruce Wayne so well...I wanted to see what Bruce would do next. And then you have a fantastic cast surrounding him. This is a winning formula.Batman Begins takes us back to the beginning. And shows us how Bruce Wayne get the skills to be Batman. And within this story we see how he chose the symbol of the bat. The movie jumps over his youth where Alfred raises him. But takes us to the end of the trial of his parent's murderer where he his vengeance has pushed him. Bruce learns that though he is filled with anger and feels he has nothing to lose...he does. So Bruce discards his identity and travels throughout the world learning all he can about the criminal mind. For as he was told, you only fear what you do not know.We also see the process he goes through to not only condition his body, but to learn martial arts. The disillusioned Bruce is enticed by mysterious League of Shadows who claim to fame is dispensing Justice. And it is here that Bruce learns to channel his anger and fears into his newly honed skills. Making him a true fighting machine. But he learns he cannot follow the leagues methods, for they do not only dispense justice...but also go to the extreme and become the judge and executioner as well. A line Bruce will not cross. He finally decides he needs to go home to Gotham and help stop its downward spiral into corruption. And Batman is born.The extra material not only includes the movie's trailer, a wonderful plethora of posters, but a spoof on Batman staring Jimmy Fallon on his way to an MTV Movie Award program. The spoof is well done, fun and silly all at the same time. There is also eight short features that cover everything from the Batmobile being built, casting, Mr. Bale's conditioning, all the great work on the Bat Suit, the sets being built and what I thought was most impressive, the filming in Iceland.The included comic book shows more of what Bruce Wayne did to prepare himself in his travels and schooling to become Batman. And it has a couple of other stories in it as well. One, which includes Harvey Dent, called The Long Halloween. All in all the deluxe set is a winner.