Batman Begins
June 20th, 2005
Filed Under: Reviews, movies
HOLY FRANCHISE REVIVAL!!!
The latest Bat-flick to hit the big screen is downright worthy of being declared the best of the five Batman films produced….even better than Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, and I liked that one a lot!!! The movie has an all-star cast along with Michael Caine as Alfred and Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon. Plus I’ve always dug Rutger Hauer whatever side of the good/bad fence he’s on. Even the Scarecrow was dope (no pun intended) and Liam Neeson was superb in his role as both Batman’s mentor and antagonist. Last, but not least, Christian Bale did a marvelous job bringing to life the essence of both the Dark Knight and Bruce Wayne.
If I have any compliants of the film at all it would be the look of the bat-suit. Though I certainly don’t miss the nipples on it I do feel however that the original one Michael Keaton wore looked the best in that jet black finish instead of the pewter grey used this time out. But it’s a minor thing. 
Overall, I have to give Christopher Nolan and Co. praise for keeping true to the spirit of the comic book, as well as it’s characters, throughout the film as they laid some good groundwork for the sequels. I plan to see it again, this time on the IMAX screen.
3½ STARS out of four.
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5 Responses to “Batman Begins”
Rick
3.5!!! Seriously JP it deserves the full 4!!! It freakin rocked! And this comes from someone whos not a huge batman fan at all. And for the record, there is more than 5 batman movies, don’t you remember the adam west one, where they have to use bat-shark repellant, that’s hands down better than anything schumacher came up with.
Peese Izzout to da Pushy Pulley!!
choco nuts
1. katie holmes can lick my brown sack. she’s always been weak to me, as a person and actress. her “distinct” side-smirk is annoying, not unique.
2. batman doesn’t YELL at scum when trying to get info out of them. the theatre was BUSTIN’ OUT LAUGHIN’ at that scene. LAUGHIN AT BATMAN!!! nicht gut.
3. the hand-to-hand combat scenes were way too close. black flashes and blurs don’t make for an interesting fight scene
4. scarecrow was my fav in the flick!! seething brillinace. BEST DEPICTION OF SCARECROW TO DATE!!!
overall not a bad prequel. i’d give it a solid 2.5 stars out of 4. my mind wandered a few times and it felt too textbook, scripted and overly corny a few times.
BRING ON THE FOUR!!! DOOM WILL CRUSH YOU!!!
..:JJP
I guess I don’t count the campy “Batman - the Movie” from the 1960’s as a major batflick since I view it more as an extension of the T.V. series (which of course I totally loved as a kid!) and not a major Hollywood production.
Monkey Nutz
A little too long. I nodded a few times. GREAT ambition to revive a franchise murdered by Joel Shumaker (sic ON PURPOSE). Not enough suit, and the hummer influenced Batmobile was horrible. HINT: Hollywood find a new subject to kill (COMIC MOVIES ARE GETTING OLD!!!)
Lt. Roastabotch, ni***uh
Rubber suit = won’t see it.
Rubber suit = no flexibility = NO GOOD FIGHTS PERIOD!
the director and costume/production designers can kiss my ass right on the crack, did they learn nothing from the previous mistakes (movies).
Those fan-boys who made that batman vs. alien vs. predator mini movie nailed batman right on the nose. Big muscular tough-looking S.O.B. in a cloth suit, no rubber, no bullshit.
rubber suits are good for two things,
movie monsters
my dick
peace
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