Batman Begins

Pros: Dark mood, explained background
Cons: dot on theater screen, almost tried to be too serious

First let me say that I enjoyed this movie. I am a fan of the two older Tim Burton Batman movies (1 and 2) and I was afraid that I would not like this newest installment. The 3rd and 4th Batman movies were horrible and I was afraid that the industry was ...

Pros: New costumes, more realistic story, better actors
Cons: Nothing

Okay, so Batman's back for the fifth time. Phew! That's a lot of Batman movies! This time around Batman/Bruce Wayne is played by Christian Bale, a newcomer to the Batman throne, however, Bale does provide a fairly decent Batman, nonetheless. Joining Bale ...

Pros: Looks good. Half decent performaces. Creepy villain.
Cons: Utterly boring! Depressingly toned. Drags on too long.

This movie started off well but became extremely boring when it got to about a third of the way in. It turned into a drag to watch and made me bored enough to sneak into another theatre to watch something else. Maybe I didn’t really like it because I wasn’t really a batman fan. However the performances by the actors in the film were half decent and the evil villain was quite creepy.

Pros: Action filled, at times humorous, also touching.
Cons: Jiggly action shots, and the theater had the volume up too loud.

Batman Begins was a very good movie. My husband is a complete Batman junkie--comic book reader/fanatic. But we BOTH enjoyed this movie--but I loved the other ones too. This one was a little more mature to me for some reason.

One thing I hate was the extreme close ups of action shots-you can't tell who's hitting who. Details are lost.

Go see it if you're not too cynical and are able to see it for what it is--fantasy. If you're expecting realism, go to a museum instead.

Pros: Christian Bale; Michael Caine; Morgan Freeman; fantastic cinematography; exceptional pacing; Cillian Murphy
Cons: Katie Holmes; Rutger Hauer as a parody of an evil

Can a movie about a comic book character make you actually forget its roots? When the movie is "Batman Begins",and the lead role is played by Christian Bale, the answer is a resounding "yes".
The movie takes Batman's background in an entirely new direction, one which explores how he got the training to be who he becomes (and the questionable morality related to that training). Bale doesn't get lost in the duality of his soul, as Michael Keaton did in "Batman Returns"; instead, he acknowledges that there is darkness in himself. What's important, he opines, is what "a person does with themself".
This movie is not overly dependent on gadgets. Initially, Bruce Wayne ventures out in a black outfit and black ski mask, and rappelling gear. Soon, however, he draws on his training and decides that he has to inspire fear as well as be efficient in his actions. Thus the Bat is born.
The only jarring note was Katie Holmes. Perhaps one day she'll mature, but for now, she acts like a 15 year old in a 25 year old body.

Pros: Great actors, great story, great special effect, bale rocks
Cons: Not very realistic.

This is one of best batman movies. Bale, Neson, Caine and Katie Holmes makes great movie. So many stars this gotta be good movie and it is. My favorite actor in movie is Rutger Hauer. Effects are best and beginning of batman is very interesting.

Pros: Christian Bale and Michael Caine make a great team. It's dramatic and face paced!
Cons: Katie Holmes is like a wet mop. Some scenes go on a little too long.

He may not be the best Batman (Michael Keaton still takes that title), but Christian Bale rocks this film. Katie Holmes brings nothing to the flick but a crooked smile and lack of energy.
It was enthralling from start to finish - even at almost 2.5 hours.
I strongly recommend this one to all you superhero-movie-lovers like myself.

Pros: Directing, Great story about Batman himself
Cons: Not a big name villian

A great story to the first days of Bruce Wayne. It was a complete story from beginning to end. The only problem I had with the Batman movie of old with Michael Keton was that movie seemed more like the Joker story than the Batman story. This is the first time we see and go through the story about Batman and how he was trained. We have all seen the tragedy but not the training. The darker turn taken by the director to make this a more realistic story was absolutely perfect.   

Pros: Sinister, brooding atmosphere, tight, smart plotting, solid performances, strong build to climax, emphasis on 'realism'.
Cons: Katie Holmes feels lightweight and somewhat disposable in the company of the other heavy-hitters.

West & Ward camped it up for the 60s. Schumacher, Keaton, Clooney & Kilmer anatomically amped it up for the 90s. Now Nolan & Bale bury it in the terrorist nightmare of the 2000s.

This is not a prequel to the first four batman movies (unless you're talking strictly chronologically) - instead it is a wholesale re-imagining of the entire tapestry that this icon figure inhabits. Nolan strives foremost to attain a believable reality in which to allow Bale's teenage uber-misfit to explore the darkest corners of the human psyche, looking for meaning and finding vengeance instead.

It's easy to see this movie as a reflection of our collective reaction to 'world terror' - to fight fire with fire. Gone are the neon-lit batmobiles and drole one-liners, replaced by mass hysteria and re-sprayed Hum-Vee's on steroids.

In many ways this is the truest interpretation yet of both the original alienated persona from the comic books and the more recent gritty existentialism of the graphic novels.

All in all a fantastic must-see movie that took a wallowing franchise and turned it into a lean-mean scalpel that cuts to the heart of the world we see around us.

Pros: Bale! Script! beautiful, flowing story. Superb acting all around. Editing was top-notched. Wonderfully produced.
Cons: Camera too close to the fighting scenes. Blurred the images. Made action difficult to follow.

This may very well be THE BEST SUPERHERO movie ever made. The script - and Christian Bale - captured the "Dark" of the Dark Knight magnificently. Every aspect of the story told a small story onto itself; this was no cheap pop corn flick. This is the Batman that I grew up reading about; sinister and brooding, not flashy and empty like the last three Batman movies (remember Jim Carey and Arnold).The acting was among the best I had ever seen for a summer movie.

I also liked the way the movie went about setting up the potential villains for the follow-up movie, in the final scene. Way to go NOlan!

Pros: Non
Cons: Everything

This movie was so slow that I thought it was in real time!! The first 40 minutes deals with how he became Batman...go pick a blue flower and climb a mountain, then get you butt kicked by Liam Nielson...?? Next we find out that his parents were murdered by a man in a dark alley...wow I never knew that!!! I fell asleep after the first 55 minutes to find out that there was still an hour to go. Don't waste your time on this yawner...I'm gettin' sleepy just thinking about it!!

Pros: Refreshingly redone, strong performances, excellent storyline.
Cons: None, other than smaller children may not appreciate the modern Batman (yet).

Batman Begins learns the lessons of the past "Batman" movies, as well as those from the newer generation of superheroes to hit the big screen.

This is a very well done movie, a concept that starts the franchise anew from scratch, and Batman is better for it! Performances are excellent, the mood appropriately dark but not excessively so. There's a tendency to criticize Hollywood for not doing anything original, but if they remade other staples as well as this one, we wouldn't care! You will enjoy this movie.

Pros: Good Beginning
Cons: Disappointing Finish

My seven year old son was excited when we told him we were going to see Batman Begins. I was not, and was dreading yet another caped crusade.

However, half way through this movie i was excited, this was original and not filled with the usual Hollywood schemas. The mood was dark and sultry, the action complemented the story line. I felt involved, and committed to Bruce's journey. My son, however, had fallen asleep.

Bruce's return to Gotham, marked a dramatic change in the movie, Hollywood was back. Along came the quips and witty side remarks. The hero was forming, and so was his ego. The action kept coming, and the improbable scenarios developed, to the final pitiful crescendo set against a Virtual Chicago Skyline.

And Batman was born, lets hope for the last time.

Pros: Great movie that's not afraid to restrict itself.
Cons: Not impreseed with the villian in a flick that's to long.

When Warner Brothers decided to bring Batman back to the big screen, everyone prayed that it wouldn't be the fiasco that was Batman and Robin. Skip ahead to a few months later and we are told that it's going to be based on Batman: Year One, everyone applauded and cheered. Why? because the comic was written by Frank Miller, a genius in the comic world.

Of course that meant going back to his dark roots which of course they did. What you get from that, is a beautifel, dark, gritty, Gotham City filled with crime and criminals which of course you would expect when Bruce Wayne has been gone for ten years.

Of course, for the first hour of the movie, it doesn't even feel like your even watching a Batman because bale (wonderfully cast), doesn't don the cape and cowl for the first hour.

An orgin story? You bet and a fine good one.

Pros: action scenes, the plot and the acting
Cons: It was a bit dull at first

It was quite the movie to watch. The plot was a tad bit lame at first, but in the end I can truly say that I enjoyed watching the entire movie. The action scenes, the acting, and the overall plot was good. Its no wonder its number one at the box office.