This, of course, is a movie review for Batman Begins. It has been less than 24 hours since I have seen it, and yet I still long to watch the movie again. It was that awesome. This review does contain spoilers!
The whole entire theme of the film can be sumed up in two lines: Why do we fall down? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up. Like Spiderman (the first one) before it, Batman Begins follows the superhero and explains his past and how he grew into his masked hero. Amazing is simply the word to describe it. As with Peter Parker, Bruce Wayne is tomented by his past and his fears, but Bruce and Batman are infinetly more darker than Peter and Spiderman, which can hold a lighthearted tone better. That will probably decide which of the series you like better, though there is humor in Batman it is dark humor.
There are some great, great names in this movie. I wasn't aware of many of them before I started watching it. Gary Oldman plays a cop in the beginning, who is a Sargent when Batman returns to Gotham and, by the end of the movie, is promoted to Lieutenant. However, his name is Gordon and the date I had mentioned there is a 'Commisionner Gordon', which will probably develop in the next film. (Here's hoping they make a second).
Christian Bale, who plays Batman, does a wonderful job. He's hot, ripped, smart and tough. Also, unlike the mistake that was heard round the world in the second Batman movie (circa 1992), he does not kill anyone, but he can choose not to save them.
Katie Holmes, while I don't like her as a person, I think she also does a great job. And (spoiler alert) Batman doesn't get her in the end, though it is very nicely done and shows a great strong female character who is not about to be swayed by heroic antics.
Michael Caine, I love this man, he is a great actor (and has won an Oscar to prove it) and does wonders with the role of the butler. (ooo - I can't remember his name and that's probably a bad thing). Awesome job though, I love the part where he mocks Bruce while the house is burning and says 'What good are all those pushups if you can't lift a burning log?'.... oh hilarious! He is also shown as a driving force behind Bruce's playboy antics.
One distraction in the movie was the Scarecrow, who is the villain, he is sooooo pretty. He looks like a girl, actually, and that was distracting. The overall plot in the movie is good though they didn't develop the Scarecrow enough. He was good, but not a great villian. I think they had too much storyline and couldn't expand his role more, it might've made the film a bit better if the Scarecrow was stronger. The film still rocked though.
You just need to see this movie if you haven't already, looks like it is #1 at the box office, and see it again if you have - like me. I will see it again soon I am sure, even if I have to go to the theater by myself. Please feel free to add your opinion, but if it is that the film isn't that awesome, you should know that you are wrong :-P
Posted by 10lees at June 19, 2005 03:41 PM