Batman begins blu ray review Batman begins on blu ray - Dark Knight Takes Batman to New Heights I saw this movie recently, and it made me rethink every other movie I’d ever seen. It made me wonder why so many other movies paled in comparison, and at 157 minutes in the wee hours of a Friday morning, it made me wonder if there would be a part boring enough for me to rest my eyes. There wasn’t.

The Dark Knight had everything except dullness. There was tragedy, comedy, thrills, chills and some awesome kills as Batman (Christopher Bale) faced two of the coolest villains in the history of cinema.

The first: a completely new, insanely psychotic take on the Clown Prince of Crime. Heath Ledger’s Joker is an artistic masterpiece, taking the supervillain to a place that was previously unimaginable. This scarred, schizophrenic anarchist take on the Joker really steals the entire movie.

The character is too believable to be anything but intimidating, and in a few intense scenes, I could feel the emotion Ledger put behind it. There is already much Oscar speculation as an aftermath of the deceased Ledger’s bone-chilling final performance.

Then the second: a far-less-talked-about villain. Harvey “Two- Face” Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is the ultimate symbol for the fall of man to greed and vengeance.

Dent starts off with the moniker “The White Knight.” In contrast to Batman, Dent is not a vigilante. He is a district attorney, the new face of justice in Gotham City. His cause is just as noble as Batman’s, but a lot more legal. Soon, because of circumstances out of his control, Dent loses it all, along with half his face.

Dent/Two-Face could have been a much larger part of the movie had his performance been more hyped and had his character lasted a bit longer. But with Batman and the Joker hogging the most climactic moments, Dent appeared to be an afterthought at times.

Despite that, what these three larger-than-life characters create is an incredible experience and arguably the greatest film of all time. Undoubtedly, the greatest of the decade.

Comic fan or not (and I’m assuming not if you’ve waited this long to go), you must see this movie. It’s been called “The Godfather 2 of comic book movies” by Clerks director Kevin Smith, and I can’t help thinking that Don Corleone himself would bow down to Batman.

Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican

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Batman Begins Blu ray (2005)

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Batman Begins discards the previous four films in the series and recasts the Caped Crusader as a fearsome avenging angel. That’s good news, because the series, which had gotten off to a rousing start under Tim Burton, had gradually dissolved into self-parody by 1997’s Batman & Robin. As the title implies, Batman Begins tells the story anew, when Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) flees Western civilization following the murder of his parents. He is taken in by a mysterious instructor named Ducard (Liam Neeson in another mentor role) and urged to become a ninja in the League of Shadows, but he instead returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end the mob rule that is strangling it. But are there forces even more sinister at hand? Co-written by the team of David S. Goyer (a veteran comic book writer) and director Christopher Nolan (Memento), Batman Begins is a welcome return to the grim and gritty version of the Dark Knight, owing a great debt to the graphic novels that preceded it. It doesn’t have the razzle dazzle, or the mass appeal, of Spider-Man 2 (though the Batmobile is cool), and retelling the origin means it starts slowly, like most “first” superhero movies. But it’s certainly the best Bat-film since Burton’s original, and one of the best superhero movies of its time. Bale cuts a good figure as Batman, intense and dangerous but with some of the lightheartedness Michael Keaton brought to the character. Michael Caine provides much of the film’s humor as the family butler, Alfred, and as the love interest, Katie Holmes (Dawson’s Creek) is surprisingly believable in her first adult role. Also featuring Gary Oldman as the young police officer Jim Gordon, Morgan Freeman as a Q-like gadgets expert, and Cillian Murphy as the vile Jonathan Crane. –David Horiuchi

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Everyone reading this has probably already seen “The Dark Knight”, the megasuccesful follow up to this, 2005’s “Batman Begins”.
While “The Dark Knight” is a truly great movie, it kinda is empty on being a Batman movie. Its more about its secondary characters than about the caped crusader.
Thats why this movie is my definitive Batman movie.
The movie follows Bruce Wayne from his childhood through til his training to become Batman, ultimately to his battle with the evil in Gotham City.

Its a REALLY great movie! Even though there aren’t any iconic villains in this movie, Scarecrow and Ras Al Ghul are fantastic to watch as the evil in Gotham City! Scarecrow is one awesome freaky villain!
So if you are looking for the ultimate Bat-flick, check this one out! It takes awhile for him to eventuate, but once Batman hits the screen its a gripping, near-perfect (in my books) mix of Action, superhero, drama, thriller and a small bit of comedy!

The special features on the DVD are also very good, but annoying to access through the comic book navigation. There are no huge ‘must see’ features, just a few scattered here and there about the making of the film.
I’d love for Warner Bros. to release a Special Edition co-inciding with the release of The Dark Knight later this year including an Audio Commentary with director Christopher Nolan and writer David S. Goyer to hear their thoughts and stories on BEGINS.

So all in all, I highly recommend this DVD to any comic book fan, Batman fan or anyone who’s curious about all the hooplah surrounding Batman lately.

***** stars!

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This is a darker, more realistic Batman movie. For comic book fans who have read the earliest stories, this movie series should be heaven.
Christopher Nolan is taking audiences back to how Batman was intended to be: a dark master detective who is HUMAN. His “villians” are crime bosses and mobster, just like in real life. But Batman must also face madmen like Scarecrow. The villians are more realistic (Nolan said you will never see the Penguin in his film series because it is too unbelievable and far feetched to be real).

Begins is the beginning (which is refreshing given the slew of poor quality prequels that seem to be coming out lately). We learn how Bruce Wayne altered from poor little rich boy into the vigilante of justice. This film introduces the long standing comic villian of Ra’s Al Ghul to film. And Nolan (mistakenly) creates a love interest for Batman/Bruce Wayne in Rachel (played poorly by Katie Holmes).

The story and the action are truly inspired. And the direction this series is taking is from the original comic icon, not from the 4+ decades of camp and overacting.

It’s darker than Burton’s, better than Schumacher’s (but what isn’t?), and true to the original. What more could fans ask for?

Highly recommend.