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Excellent movie. Great acting especially Heath Ledger "RIP." The action can be a little overwhelming sometimes. I was not too found of Christian Bale's cheesy batman voice or the fact that katey holmes character was replaced by a woman that looks nothing like her and is ugly. Overall this is a great movie though.
Needless to say, this movie is a fantastic origin story of one of the most widely known icons in American popular culture. The disc itself is a must have for blu-ray owners as it is full of the obligatory behind the scenes features. It is an absolute must have for Batman fans as well as movie-buffs. Here's hoping that there will not be a rerelease with even more features, but unfortunately you never really know.
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.
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. 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. Bruce eventually rejects this philosophy and seeks what he considers to be just vengeance. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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.
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. 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. And those that are violent only spawn more violence around them. This movie revives the darker side of the dark knight as opposed to the corny movies of the nineties. 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. 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.
The impressionable young are never considered when these heroes are portrayed sadly to say. Overall this movie is a good watch although there are some philosophical reservations that should be taken into account. This movie has grabbed the attention of all those who have grown up in American culture with batman as there childhood hero. 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.
Although it should be noted that appropriate responses to correlating crimes under the law are a bit different.
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.
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.
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.
So I strongly caution open armed acceptance, especially ethically of this movie.
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.
This is interesting because postmodernism is the trendy thing or the worldview that is in at the moment.
Everything unto the point of death, even torture is deemed right or even ethical for the batman.
Batman begins is by far one of the greatest Batman installments of all time. It will be a sad day when they use someone else. 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. Katie Holmes delivers a solid performance and helps to make this film great. I'd recommend it top to bottom.
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