Batman Begins

Pros: Nearly everything was perfecto this time around.
Cons: They could have chosen an older and more experienced actress to play Wayne's love interest.

BATMAN BEGINS By Richard Chappell **** out of **** Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Watanabe and Morgan Freeman Directed by: Christopher Nolan Written by: Christopher ...

Pros: Appropriate visual style, a good story told by good and realistic characters
Cons: A couple of mild plot holes, far too scary for children

Ok, there's really no polite way to say this: Joel Schumacher killed Batman. Hmm, that seemed too nice. How about this, Joel Schumacher defecated on Batman's grave. That's more like it. Yes, he turned a dark and brooding hero into Mr. Good-For-Kids ...

Pros: the darkness, Neason, Freeman, Caine, Oldman, Bale, Holmes is hot
Cons: unmemorable soundtrack, slightly anti-climactic, not enough Scarecrow

Oh man, what can I say about this film? Let's just start by saying it completely revived my love of the Batman franchise. I honestly have to say that Batman is by far my favourite super-hero (closely contested by Spider-Man and Wolverine). I was never ...

Pros: Very atmospheric - explains Batman's beginning well!
Cons: The plot is a little weak.

I never liked the original Batman series, and was somewhat disappointed by the original movies as they concentrated more on the ‘cartoon’ bad guys such as the Joker, rather than focusing on Batman, or the darker Batman that is very prevalent in the comic ...

Pros: Cast, visuals, storyline, music, return to a more accurate portrayal of Batman
Cons: Katie Holmes, fight scenes, slightly confusing aspects of the plot

The Batman franchise wasn't exactly left dead by Joel Schumacher, but it was on life support and the family was fighting over the will. Who can blame people for hating what the series had become? Nippled batsuits and an actual "Freeze Ray" doomsday ...

Pros: Great story told well.
Cons: None

I’ve loved almost every Batman movie that’s come down the pike. Being a fan of the comic for years, having grown up with it and the camp TV series, watching it change, reinvesting in it when my son was old enough, I’ve seen the caped crusader ...

Pros: Action, suspense, drama, acting
Cons: Batman's reckless in a couple scenes

So what's up with my subject line, huh? Well it does seem like Batman has come out again and again in many different formats over the years. He's been a comic book, a terribly campy TV show, a bunch of cartoons based on the comic and then comics based on ...

Pros: Batman's back, believable in spite of the material.
Cons: No complaints here.

I have to admit, when I first heard they were making a new Batman movie, I had to be a little weary. The first Batman movie, not counting the one with Adam West, was a very good movie, and I wore the VHS out when I was a kid. Batman Returns was dreary ...

Pros: Cillian Murphy's performance and the Scarecrow special effects
Cons: Katie Holmes, the new Batmobile, Christian Bale's facial expressions

Let me begin by stating that I have been a fan and collector of comic books for as long as I've been able to read and one of my top ten favorite characters of all time is Batman. I hated the tripe that passed for a Batman movie in the 90's and I was ...

Pros: A beautifully-crafted drama and an exciting superhero action flick all in one.
Cons: The chemisty between Bale and Holmes lacks, but the film works nonetheless.

Note: Please forgive me if I seem a little too into this subject. I grew up watching reruns of the 1966-1968 Batman TV series with my mother and episodes of Fox's Batman: The Animated Series after school. I've seen every ...

Pros: Grittier, darker and more realistic than ever before
Cons: Not for the kids; Bale better as Wayne than Batman

Batman has been done and re-done time and again.  There has been, of course, the comics, as well as some campy cartoons in the 60s and 70s.  Some of us old fogies recall the classic Adam West live-action series from the 60s.  Then in the ...

Pros: Cast, visual effects, overall look of the film
Cons: Some knowledge of the comics needed, subplots development, Caine wrong for his role,

Scarred for life by being the sole witness to the murder of his parents (Linus Roache and Sara Stewart), "Bruce Wayne" (Christian Bale) finds himself in a foreign prison. He tolerates cruel treatment to observe the ways of how the criminal mind works. ...

Pros: Explores Bruce Wayne's mind; answers the question "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
Cons: Inconsistent fight sequences; childish Batmobile scenes; Katie Holmes' character turned from confident to cowering.

If Bob Kane had indeed been rolling in his grave from the horrible Clooney/Schwarzenegger version, this restoration of the Dark Knight's story should allow Batman's original creator to finally rest in peace. Far from being the shallow, ...

Pros: Excellent script, direction, cast and production.
Cons: The only casting misstep is Katie Holmes.

The strong script by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan who also directed, paints the most complete picture yet of how Bruce Wayne turns his fear, guilt and anger inside out to create the Batman. Bruce creates Batman not only to fight criminals, ...

Pros: Strong cast and director. The depth of Bruce Wayne and Batman's character. Fight Scenes!
Cons: No chemistry between Christian and Katie. Batman/Bruce Wanye moving around swarming bats.

In director's Christopher Nolan's Batman, It is about a young Bruce Wayne whose phobia of Bats is brought out in the open, after an unfortunate night at the opera ( Featuring humans in bat costumes ), which causes such a panic in young Bruce, His parents ...