Batman Begins
(2005)
PG-13
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Action,
Adventure
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15 June 2005
(USA)
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free
the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the
League of Shadows have cast upon it.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Bob Kane (characters),
David S. Goyer (story)
Stars: Christian Bale,
Michael Caine,
Ken Watanabe
Story line
When his parents were killed, billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne relocates to Asia when he is mentored by Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul in how to fight evil. When learning about the plan to wipe out evil in Gotham City by Ducard, Bruce prevents this plan from getting any further and heads back to his home. Back in his original surroundings, Bruce adopts the image of a bat to strike fear into the criminals and the corrupt as the icon known as 'Batman'. But it doesn't stay quiet for long.Batman Begins Movie Reviews
This
film easily trumps any live-action incarnation we've scene of the Dark
Knight before, borrowing heavily from both the comics and the Dini and
Co. animated series. This is a hard, fast, driving, heartfelt epic that
draws you into the character of Bruce Wayne and makes you damn well
care. Batman doesn't play second-fiddle to the villains here like in the
other films. It's his movie and that's the way it should be.
Much has been said of the film's "reality" quotient, and I'm here to say it works. Nolan talks about how Batman's strong because he does push-ups, he gets around because of his gadgets, and by introducing each of them with a plausible explanation, we forget to quibble and go along with it. The technology may be fantastic, but it's believable. And, unlike the "reality" of something like Daredevil, Nolan doesn't forget his ideals halfway though and start having Batman wire-jump thirty feet into the air.
Much has been said of the film's "reality" quotient, and I'm here to say it works. Nolan talks about how Batman's strong because he does push-ups, he gets around because of his gadgets, and by introducing each of them with a plausible explanation, we forget to quibble and go along with it. The technology may be fantastic, but it's believable. And, unlike the "reality" of something like Daredevil, Nolan doesn't forget his ideals halfway though and start having Batman wire-jump thirty feet into the air.
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