Batman Begins

SilverSpoon · 06-16-2005, 01:18 PM

So I saw it yesterday, and it is now my favourite Batman film. 8/10.

Going more into why he became Batman was what the other films were lacking. He never had a proper origin story. It was always just "My parents were shot and killed, now I hate criminals. I'll put on a bat suit because it's scary." Now they have the whole thing with the League of Shadows and Henry Ducard teaching him all them things about conquering fear, becoming fear and all that, and his intense training to make him the fighting machine we all know and love. The only thing I didn't like was that Batman wasn't as detectivey as he should be, but it's forvigable since it's only his first time around as Batman in this movie.

Michael Caine was good as the new Alfred. He's old, kind and British, so I guess it's not hard to be Alfred. I was actually surprised by Katie Holmes. She did a good job as that DA, and I'm glad she wasn't a damsel in distress, or just a love interest. Gary Oldman as Gordon was bloody fantastic! Those glasses and that mustache are so Comissioner Gordon. Christian Bale did a great job as Bruce Wayne and Batman. He was the cocky, businessman, billionaire playboy as Bruce, and the hardass as Batman. I just didn't like his grumbly Batman voice. Keaton still wins at that game.

Overall, excellent movie. Batman has finally been done right again, and I really hope they do a sequel. That little surprise at the end brought a big smile to my mouth. A big, teethy, red-lipsticked smile. ;)

06-16-2005, 02:44 PM

sweet, I should have my review later today

06-17-2005, 12:43 AM

After seeing this film, I don't have one clue why you rated it as low as you did.

This movie is definitely 9 status.. i'd say 10 but that would require perfection.

This film.. replaces the first batman movie if you can believe that. Although I liked Michael Keaton as batman, I can't deny that Bale did a far better job of showing the Bruce Wayne and the Batman as seperate entities. Not only that but the director did a great job in realizing that less is more. Some of the action you don't see, you hear it or see only specs of it and you get the drift that batman just cleared the house. Not to say he didn't have some good fight scenes, because there were quite a bit of it but the way the director took this film gave it that impression that the action was happening and that it wasn't some choreographed dance scene.

I loved how this film explained things and let you learn about Bruce Wayne and the torment that he goes through. While the other films gave an impression, this movie shows you the world that Bruce Wayne lives in and how his obsession with his fear molds him into what he became. I for one can't wait for sequels and I hope to God they retain the entire cast/director.

This film is going to give Marvel a run for it's money. My friend and I joked that because of batman coming out, they might just push Fantastic four to come out next year in order to make it better ;p

06-17-2005, 10:32 AM

batman's dc comics

i can't wait to see this!
it looks wicked and dark...just like the comic

only 6 more stupid school days until high schools done!!!

[img]graemlins/orbit.gif[/img]

Topnotch · 06-17-2005, 12:32 PM

Got a chance to see it, and it was absolutely awesome. Definitely the best of the Batman movies.

SilverSpoon · 06-17-2005, 02:16 PM

I forgot to add: Liam Neeson is the f*cking man, as usual. Very good actor. Nice beard, too. There's just something so suave about a tall man in an expensive suit doing dirty work.

06-20-2005, 07:23 PM

Bale made me dismiss Keaton. His movies, and the Gay Pride Parade sequals by Schumacher are dead and buried.

I hope there is more Batman's with Bale, and they stick with the same filmmakers.

**i_survived_disturbia** · 06-20-2005, 07:59 PM

I saw this movie yesterday. I didn't want to see it, but I went with my family anyways. It was good, but a little too scary for me. I thought it was sad at the beginning. I'm hoping they will make more movies (seeing how this one ended).

**RebelMan** · 06-26-2005, 10:40 PM

I agree with what SilverSpoon & TrineX said but I give it a 10/10. I was smiling like crazy when I finally saw "The Tumbler" Chase Scene all the way through. I really hope they do something like that again in the Sequel. I loved how "Gordon" got to finally show how strong he is. Seeing how "Dr. Jonathan Crane" was pulled off was interesting. Hope he comes back later on if this Franchise continues. "Ra's Al Ghul" stuff was very interesting. I loved how "Bruce" got his suit in pieces instead of all at once. Love the New "Batarangs". Will be interesting to see who the New Villian will be in the Sequel since the way this one ended. Oh & the bats where badass.

[ June 27, 2005, 12:16 AM: Message edited by: rebelman20 ]

SilverSpoon · 06-26-2005, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Love the New "Batarangs".

More like ninja stars. I wish they had real Batarangs, though, in the movie.

**RebelMan** · 06-27-2005, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SilverSpoon:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> Love the New "Batarangs".

More like ninja stars. I wish they had real Batarangs, though, in the movie. </font>[/quote]I know. But they are a good precursor to the Batarangs.

07-25-2005, 11:36 PM

Batman Begins is one BADASS movie. I love how they show the true beginning of batman and what made his choose the path that he did. The coolest part of this movie is it shows that batman has a dark side to him, hes not all "boyscout do good all the time superman". Batman is more like a vigelante and I think it definantly shows up in this movie. The action in this movie is increddible and the voice of batman is so inttemidating that it made me tremble. I think that I would have given this movie a perfect rating except for i think that they made the scare crow a little weak but besides that this movie is damn near flawless. Also all his bat toys he has in the movie are awesome "especially the batmobile [img]smile.gif[/img] ". You have gotta love the scene down at the docks "the first real batman fight scene" when you hear him soaring around in the surround sound speakers just picking off bad guys without the other ones even being aware that something had happened. Definantly a must see for any super hero fan and really a mush see for any action/sci-fi fan at all. I give this movie 9/10.

farsighted · 07-26-2005, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EvilChronos:
The action in this movie is increddible

With the exception of the car chase scene I have no idea what are you talking about, the action was often so jumbled by camera-shaking and bodies in the way that i had no idea what was happening.

07-26-2005, 04:10 PM

if you notice, that seems to be what they do in all action movies. I hate the camera shake.. but I guess it is to give us tension

07-26-2005, 04:53 PM

Oh, i loved this film.

Yes, Keaton's Batman's voice was much more awesome.

Well Superman and Batman are totally different....

solo1 · 07-26-2005, 05:33 PM

Ah, good old Shakey-cam. I blame 'NYPD Blue' for all that Shakey-cam trend. I hope it dies out soon. I want to be able to watch what's going on, and not have to follow it around the screen.

06-16-2005, 01:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
SilverSpoon Kamen Rider Kiva Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: www.canofnothing.com Posts: 7,567	So I saw it yesterday, and it is now my favourite Batman film. 8/10. Going more into why he became Batman was what the other films were lacking. He never had a proper origin story. It was always just "My parents were shot and killed, now I hate criminals. I'll put on a bat suit because it's scary." Now they have the whole thing with the League of Shadows and Henry Ducard teaching him all them things about conquering fear, becoming fear and all that, and his intense training to make him the fighting machine we all know and love. The only thing I didn't like was that Batman wasn't as detectivey as he should be, but it's forvigable since it's only his first time around as Batman in this movie. Michael Caine was good as the new Alfred. He's old, kind and British, so I guess it's not hard to be Alfred. I was actually surprised by Katie Holmes. She did a good job as that DA, and I'm glad she wasn't a damsel in distress, or just a love interest. Gary Oldman as Gordon was bloody fantastic! Those glasses and that mustache are so Comissioner Gordon. Christian Bale did a great job as Bruce Wayne and Batman. He was the cocky, businessman, billionaire playboy as Bruce, and the hardass as Batman. I just didn't like his grumbly Batman voice. Keaton still wins at that game. Overall, excellent movie. Batman has finally been done right again, and I really hope they do a sequel. That little surprise at the end brought a big smile to my mouth. A big, teethy, red-lipsticked smile. ;)

06-16-2005, 02:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
TrineX Guest Posts: n/a	sweet, I should have my review later today

06-17-2005, 12:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
TrineX Guest Posts: n/a	After seeing this film, I don't have one clue why you rated it as low as you did. This movie is definitely 9 status.. i'd say 10 but that would require perfection. This film.. replaces the first batman movie if you can believe that. Although I liked Michael Keaton as batman, I can't deny that Bale did a far better job of showing the Bruce Wayne and the Batman as seperate entities. Not only that but the director did a great job in realizing that less is more. Some of the action you don't see, you hear it or see only specs of it and you get the drift that batman just cleared the house. Not to say he didn't have some good fight scenes, because there were quite a bit of it but the way the director took this film gave it that impression that the action was happening and that it wasn't some choreographed dance scene. I loved how this film explained things and let you learn about Bruce Wayne and the torment that he goes through. While the other films gave an impression, this movie shows you the world that Bruce Wayne lives in and how his obsession with his fear molds him into what he became. I for one can't wait for sequels and I hope to God they retain the entire cast/director. This film is going to give Marvel a run for it's money. My friend and I joked that because of batman coming out, they might just push Fantastic four to come out next year in order to make it better ;p

06-17-2005, 10:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
Nightwalker Guest Posts: n/a	batman's dc comics i can't wait to see this! it looks wicked and dark...just like the comic only 6 more stupid school days until high schools done!!! [img]graemlins/orbit.gif[/img]

06-17-2005, 12:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Topnotch Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 107 My Profile	Got a chance to see it, and it was absolutely awesome. Definitely the best of the Batman movies.

06-17-2005, 02:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
SilverSpoon Kamen Rider Kiva Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: www.canofnothing.com Posts: 7,567	I forgot to add: Liam Neeson is the f*cking man, as usual. Very good actor. Nice beard, too. There's just something so suave about a tall man in an expensive suit doing dirty work.

06-20-2005, 07:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Paul Guest Posts: n/a	Bale made me dismiss Keaton. His movies, and the Gay Pride Parade sequals by Schumacher are dead and buried. I hope there is more Batman's with Bale, and they stick with the same filmmakers.

06-20-2005, 07:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
i_survived_disturbia Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 5,025 My Profile	I saw this movie yesterday. I didn't want to see it, but I went with my family anyways. It was good, but a little too scary for me. I thought it was sad at the beginning. I'm hoping they will make more movies (seeing how this one ended).

06-26-2005, 10:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
RebelMan AgEnT oF ChAoS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Web Posts: 10,944 My Profile	I agree with what SilverSpoon & TrineX said but I give it a 10/10. I was smiling like crazy when I finally saw "The Tumbler" Chase Scene all the way through. I really hope they do something like that again in the Sequel. I loved how "Gordon" got to finally show how strong he is. Seeing how "Dr. Jonathan Crane" was pulled off was interesting. Hope he comes back later on if this Franchise continues. "Ra's Al Ghul" stuff was very interesting. I loved how "Bruce" got his suit in pieces instead of all at once. Love the New "Batarangs". Will be interesting to see who the New Villian will be in the Sequel since the way this one ended. Oh & the bats where badass. [ June 27, 2005, 12:16 AM: Message edited by: rebelman20 ]

07-25-2005, 11:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
EvilChronos Guest Posts: n/a	Batman Begins is one BADASS movie. I love how they show the true beginning of batman and what made his choose the path that he did. The coolest part of this movie is it shows that batman has a dark side to him, hes not all "boyscout do good all the time superman". Batman is more like a vigelante and I think it definantly shows up in this movie. The action in this movie is increddible and the voice of batman is so inttemidating that it made me tremble. I think that I would have given this movie a perfect rating except for i think that they made the scare crow a little weak but besides that this movie is damn near flawless. Also all his bat toys he has in the movie are awesome "especially the batmobile [img]smile.gif[/img] ". You have gotta love the scene down at the docks "the first real batman fight scene" when you hear him soaring around in the surround sound speakers just picking off bad guys without the other ones even being aware that something had happened. Definantly a must see for any super hero fan and really a mush see for any action/sci-fi fan at all. I give this movie 9/10.

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07-26-2005, 04:10 PM	#14 (permalink)
TrineX Guest Posts: n/a	if you notice, that seems to be what they do in all action movies. I hate the camera shake.. but I guess it is to give us tension

07-26-2005, 04:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
Seraph Guest Posts: n/a	Oh, i loved this film. Yes, Keaton's Batman's voice was much more awesome. Well Superman and Batman are totally different....

07-26-2005, 05:33 PM	#16 (permalink)
solo1 Heartless Bastard Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,673 My Profile	Ah, good old Shakey-cam. I blame 'NYPD Blue' for all that Shakey-cam trend. I hope it dies out soon. I want to be able to watch what's going on, and not have to follow it around the screen.