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I already had this title on standard DVD (single disc), but I couldnt pass up the opportunity to get this on Blu-ray when Amazon dropped it to 11.99. I wasnt going to replace any of my standard DVD discs with blu-ray versions as the upconversion displays them well enough. But upon seeing Batman Begins in blu-ray, I was confident that the 12.00 was worth it. Excellent 5-star transfer.
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This movie has grabbed the attention of all those who have grown up in American culture with batman as there childhood hero. This movie revives the darker side of the dark knight as opposed to the corny movies of the nineties. It is a heart breaking scene to see the psychological trauma the young Bruce Wayne goes through as his parents are gunned down and become the victims of a mugging. As a result of this trauma Bruce becomes confused about his life and his purpose, he becomes a bit of a juvenile brat of sorts. Upon the hard truth that a friend named Rachel gives him, Bruce sets out upon a soul searching period and travels to Asia and ends up in a prison that toughens him up. Finally he is discover by a ninja master who belongs to a sect that has for centuries used their power to better the world through violent means. This group has a truly utilitarian view of justice seeing that it doesn't matter who gets hurt as long as in the end more happiness and peace can be seen in the world. It is interesting to note that this line of thought wouldn't typically be found in the Asian culture, but is more a western idea that was imposed on them in this movie. Bruce eventually rejects this philosophy and seeks what he considers to be just vengeance. The one difference between the ninja sect that trained him is that he refuses to kill because it will make him like the criminals and particularly the criminals that killed his parents. Bruce takes one the image and title batman in response to a childhood fear of his, in order to frighten the criminals from their ways. Near the end of the movie he pushes the line with his convictions by letting a man he could have saved die, in some sense relieving him of the guilt of the mans death.
Overall this movie is a good watch although there are some philosophical reservations that should be taken into account. It is an interesting fact that the "bad guys" where a group with a utilitarian philosophy and the "good guy" had a self imposed ethical code which is a very postmodern way of thought. This is interesting because postmodernism is the trendy thing or the worldview that is in at the moment. How this movement comes out in movies is subtle but their there if you look for them.
Also ethics is something that simply can't be avoided when dealing with Hollywood movies. The sad fact is that Bruce was seeking revenge for his parents and could never and can never become satisfied with it because of the simple fact that vengeance only leaves a person feeling empty inside. He took his anger out on those whom never did him any person harm, and as a result of the life he has chosen to live he pushes away the only one in his life whom could perhaps find relief from his pain in. And do we really want our young people to buy into the mentally that when someone wrongs you, violence is the proper response towards those who do wrong. Is it not those that live by the sword that die by it. And those that are violent only spawn more violence around them. Although it should be noted that appropriate responses to correlating crimes under the law are a bit different. But to become a vigilante and break the law in order to uphold it is a bit oxymoronish.
Batman is yet another in a series of dark heroes who push the line as far as most can accept it. Everything unto the point of death, even torture is deemed right or even ethical for the batman. The impressionable young are never considered when these heroes are portrayed sadly to say. And to say that they and even us adults aren't impressionable is absurd, if not then explain to me why the advertising industry spends billions of dollars a year on media if it didn't have an effect on how people behaved? So I strongly caution open armed acceptance, especially ethically of this movie.
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Batman begins is by far one of the greatest Batman installments of all time. It puts a much more realistic face on Batman, where he came from, how he could realistically be Batman, etc. Christian Bale was meant for the Batman role. It will be a sad day when they use someone else. Katie Holmes delivers a solid performance and helps to make this film great. I'd recommend it top to bottom.
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It was a gift for my nephew for Christmas. It came in great shape and even included a comic book!
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Bruce Wayne's parents are brutally murdered right before his eyes. He is only eight years old. His father holds his hand. His mother lay in her own blood beside them. His father's dying words: "Don't be afraid."
Vowing vengeance, Bruce travels the world, learning all that he can to become a one-man army against crime. He leaves behind the life of a billionaire playboy and instead seeks to find the man rooted in pain and anger.
Trained by a man named Ducard, a representative of Ra's Al Ghul, Bruce learns how to harness his rage and use it to exact vengeance on those, like the man who killed his parents, who would dare break the law.
But to do so as Bruce Wayne would only put those he cares about in danger and would not be the symbol required to get the job done, and so is born . . . the Batman.
Drugs are secretly being pumped into Gotham City's waterways, the underground crime circuit somehow connected to a mysterious figure overseas who has big plans for Gotham. No one knows his face . . . until it's too late.
Jonathan Crane, aka the Scarecrow, uses his position in Arkham Asylum to get the inmates gathered for what's to come, and when the moment finally arrives, all hell breaks loose on Gotham's streets.
The night grows dim, the knight grows dark.
Batman is born.
Wowser.
This flick was amazing.
After the disaster that was Batman & Robin, I was so scared about how this would turn out. Sure, the trailers looked cool, dark, and edgy, but studios always put the best bits in the trailers anyway. All we had were hopes and good-sounding quotes from those involved in the film's production.
And, man, did they deliver!
This stuff was real. Real-real. Batman Begins was grounded in reality in a way I hadn't seen since X-men. This stuff could really happen. It was that tone that brought a level of seriousness to the movie that the other bat-flicks--except Batman in 1989--didn't have. This wasn't a superhero movie, but a story about a man lost in rage, darkness and needing a way out. It was about the very real contrast between revenge and justice, and making right what once went so terribly wrong.
It's a story about redemption, love, and fighting to protect strangers in a city where crime, filth and evil are the everyday norm.
Christian Bale is Batman. Period. When the mask was on, you could tell Bruce was channeling pure rage and distaste for evil, focusing all that anger on the task before him. When the mask was off, he was the Bruce Wayne who was a spoiled rich boy, dumb, and no one took seriously. Excellent duality.
Katie Holmes as Bruce's childhood friend/love interest, Rachel Dawes, was a good thing. The other bat-movies always had a girlfriend for him. Though their was romantic interest here, it was rooted in friendship, which was a nice change.
Michael Caine as Alfred--brilliant. He was your loving father-figure, yet was stern with Bruce when the need arose, and even got behind him when Bruce told him his grand plan for saving Gotham. Only the love of a friend would allow such a thing: to believe in an ideal and not necessarily the method.
Cillian Murphy was downright creepy as Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow. I only knew him from 28 Days Later so wasn't sure how he'd play this. Let's just say I was happy.
Liam Neeson as Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul was all right. As Ducard, sure, made sense. He did a great job as Bruce's mentor. The two were the same at heart. Just chose different paths. As Ra's--that twist didn't surprise me (solely because I stumbled upon the script online before I saw the actual movie), but it did surprise me in the sense that Liam Neeson will always be Qui-Gon Jinn to me. It was hard to see him as a bad guy.
Gary Oldman is James Gordon. He looked the part, acted the part, and I fully sympathized with him being pretty much the only good cop in a bad town.
Batman Begins is the quintessential bat-film.
Very recommended. Ten times over.
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