Batman Begins

Pros: Bale-Freeman-Oldman-Kaine, the darkness, the acting, the script, rewriting movie story
Cons: none

Batman Begins is a return to glory for a franchise that was once thought to be sunk by Mr. Ocean and Joel S. Gone are the flashy colors that prevailed in the last 2 installments, and gone are the tongue in-cheek sexual references that try to make ...

Pros: Cast, direction, the way the story was handled
Cons: None for me. Could be too slow in places for some viewers.

Batman has been one of the most popular comic book characters for years. I have never read any of the Batman comics and I didn’t see the television show. When the first Batman movie was released in 1989, I had no desire to see it even though ...

Pros: The TRUE Batman makes his long-awaited return.
Cons: Wanted to see more Ken Watantabe.

“They told me there was nothing out there, nothing to fear. But the night my parents were murdered I caught a glimpse of something. I've looked for it ever since. I went around the world, searched in all the shadows. And there is something out ...

Pros: Bale and cast, script, direction
Cons: Potential sequels have a tough act to follow

Bruce Wayne has grew up to be very much like his father. Both father and son share a belief in their Gotham City, a love of philanthropy and a disdain for crime. It was that disdain for crime that ultimately cost Thomas Wayne his life. The murder of ...

Pros: Great SFX, fantastic cast...
Cons: ... everything's over-done...

Batman Begins tells the story of the early days of Bruce Wayne, how he became a crime-fighting Batman, what motivated him to do so, and where he got his technological wizardry from. We see him as he explores the criminal underworld and meets some ...

Pros: more interesting story and characters, great action, interesting issues
Cons: every virtue is ruined by excess

This is the first Batman in a long time, maybe ever, that's actually about something. Imagine that. Batman Begins is probably the most interesting, textured film in the Batman franchise - but it's also the most Taoist. In a genre that casts stark ...

Pros: good acting (mostly), great visual effects, solid cast, fits well with the other Batman movies
Cons: some cheesy dialogue, Batman’s voice, Scarecrow and his mask, seemed to drag on

It’s been eight years since the horrible Batman & Robbin, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney and Uma Thurman, was released. Batman suits up for another adventure in his quest to get rid of the sinister villains lurking in Gotham. ...

Pros: The DVD is everywhere.
Cons: Not for small children, graphic violence and lots of fights.

Lets forget about my efforts to re-write a Christmas jingle for Batman Begins 2005, with my corny introductory title and focus on this action packed film. The movie opens with young Bruce chasing Rachel through what looks like an enchanted ...

Pros: Acting by Christian Bale and the cast.  Fantastic visuals. Good screenplay by Nolan and Goyer.
Cons: None

I have a confession to make about Batman Begins: it's the best comic book movie I almost never watched.One of the bad side effects of how Warner Bros. mistreated the Batman film franchise in the mid- to late 1990s was that it ...

Pros: Not a moment of boredom.
Cons: It takes a bit of time to get to the really good stuff...

You could have hit me with a quote from any of the previous Batman films and I never would've been the smarter about it. I've seen each of the previous films exactly once, and the memories of them are mostly lukewarm. I think about the most ...

Pros: Outstanding writing, direction, acting, character choice--this is finally the Batman I've always known!
Cons: Waiting a few years for a sequel...

Well, we finally made it to Batman Begins, and loved it. We were all ready to go the first weekend, had the babysitter scheduled and all, and then I came down with a little touch of what I hope was food poisoning, because if it wasn't food poisoning it ...

Pros: Excellent all the way through
Cons: Takes about an hour before he actually becomes Batman

Batman Begins takes the Batman story back to its roots and shows how and why Bruce Wayne became Batman. Of all the previous films, this is easily the best and most mature of them. I did thoroughly enjoy Tim Burton’s vision of the original ...

Pros: Realism-anchored stylistic approach, Captivating story matter, Superb leading man fronting Star cast, ‘Dark mood'.
Cons: Too much story, Silly dialogue at times, Needlessly long running time.

After director Joel Schumacher run the cinematic Batman franchise to the ground with his two silly movies “Batman forever” and ‘Batman and Robin” Warner Bros execs were in for some serious thinking. The wait lasted 8 years: “Batman begins”, the latest ...

Pros: Direction/Script, Look, Production, Score, Action, Effects, & Cast.
Cons: That I'll Never Get a Batmobile Like That.

For many comic book fans, there's been loads of superheroes whether it's Superman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. One of the darkest superheroes to come out of the DC Comics franchise has been Batman from comic book writer Bob Kane. A ...

Pros: A return to the darker side of Batman.
Cons: Perhaps too intense for younger children.

Just yesterday, I managed to sneak away from the ever-busy world long enough to catch a showing of Batman Begins. I wasn’t sure what to expect, though the reviews I had read seemed very positive indeed. In the end, I was swept away back into ...