Batman Begins is a 2005 comic book movie based on the DC Comics' character, Batman. The movie is a reboot to the Batman film series and the first installment of The Dark Knight Trilogy. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Comics, Legendary Pictures, Syncopy, and Patalex III Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Batman Begins was written by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer and directed by Christopher Nolan.
The story is Bruce Wayne has returned to the city he loves after spending so many years away after the death of his parents. Bruce has one thing on his mind, to clean up Gotham City. He soon learns that his old teacher Henri Ducard and the League of Shadows have arrived in Gotham one reason and one reason only, to destroy it. Now Bruce must suit up as Batman to put a stop to this, while at the same time deal with the threat of Jonathan Crane, aka Scarecrow.
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One thing that made Batman Begins such a great comic book movie was it really did bring Batman back to being a dark and gritty figure of the night. We get a real vibe that things in Gotham City are just awful, and the city is in a desperate need for a hero. And we have not one but two villains that actually feel like true bad guys and not cartoon characters from the last Batman movie I reviewed.
What also makes the movie so loved is Christopher Nolan's directing. There are two shots that I just loved in this movie. One was when a now adult Bruce first comes across the what would become the Batcave and bats are just flying around and he just stands there with no fear. The other shot is when Batman is standing a building looking at the city and the camera spins around him. We really did get a lot of great shots like the ones I mentioned previously throughout the movie, which just makes in beautiful.
Another to praise about the film and I don't know if anyone has every brought it up and that's the pacing. This movie clocks in at 2 hours and 20 minutes. But I really doesn't feel that long, everything goes at such a great pace that I completely got sucked into the movie, that by the time it was over I was surprise at what time it was.
One other aspect of Batman Begins that has been well received is the action. Rightfully so, there are plenty of good actions sequences. Two of my favorites was when Bruce was fighting the League of Shadows because he wouldn't kill someone who may have deserved it, and the other was the chase scene with the Batmobile (or the Tumbler as it's known by) and the police. That was such a great chase scene that I don't really know what's a good word to use when describing it.
Now in my humble opinion you can not review Batman Begins without mentioned the fantastic score by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. Honestly, I don't know what to say about the score that hasn't already been said? It's great, it's awesome, it's every other positive word you can possibly think of. We get the memorable main theme in the Dark Knight Trilogy titled "Molossus", a song that no matter how hard I tried it's still stuck in my head.
The final thing I'll praise about the movie is it is a perfect Batman origin story. And what makes it a great origin tale is two things. 1) While it is cool we get to see Batman, what made this origin movie great was we really do focus on Bruce Wayne and how he transitions to become The Dark Knight. Because of that we do care about the man behind the cowl. 2) Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer truly did take bits and pieces from the comics. Mostly from the stories Batman: Year One and as Christopher Nolan puts it "his personally jumping off point" The Man Who Falls (which if you're curious you can find that story in Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Super-Heroes or Batman: Secrets of the Batcave).
Batman Begins is not only a spectacular Batman movie, but a spectacular comic book movie. It returned Batman to his dark and gritty roots, Nolan has amazing directing, the pacing is on-point, the action was great, the score is incredible, and it's an amazing Batman origin movie.
My final rating is A Must Watch.
Okay, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Saturday, Sept 11th for my review of the newest James Wan horror film, Malignant. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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