Cowritten by the team of David S. Goyer (a veteran comic book writer) and director Christopher Nolan (Memento), Batman Begins is a welcome return to the grim and gritty version of the Dark Knight, owing a great debt to the graphic novels that preceded it. It doesn't have the razzle dazzle, or the mass appeal, of Spider-Man 2 (though the Batmobile is cool), and retelling the origin means it starts slowly, like most "first" superhero movies. But it's certainly the best Bat-film since Burton's original, and one of the best superhero movies of its time. Bale cuts a good figure as Batman, intense and dangerous but with some of the lightheartedness Michael Keaton brought to the character. Michael Caine provides much of the film's humor as the family butler, Alfred, and as the love interest, Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek) is surprisingly believable in her first adult role. Also featuring Gary Oldman as the young police officer Jim Gordon, Morgan Freeman as a Q-like gadgets expert, and Cillian Murphy as the vile Jonathan Crane. --David Horiuchi

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agent.cross@yahoo.co.uk. It destroyed all those cheeeezy films made before about Batman, especially when each one is played by a different actor, (nothing worse than sequels that do that) and they were just s**t anyway. I am in a position to easily set up a contraversial website on movie debates, I'd love that and would challenge anyone on their points of view. Loved the movie, even Micheal Caine and I don't even like him, sorry Micheal, no offense. an array of English actors here). I especially loved the martial arts training scenes, it's one of those moments where you want to do it yourself.

Look forward to it. Morgan Freeman speaks for himself along with Gary Oldman, (Hhmm. Being English I shocked myself when I first realised he was English, (not American) he's an actor I'm not too familiar with but he is a true pro. Christian Bale is first class. let me know what you think and I will reply accordingly.

Batman Begins is so cooooooool. 5 star effort, no question about it. I will start now, after years of movie collecting and following, to post reviews. As a big fan of movies I have decided only just recently to start posting reviews (look for my first on 'DETERRENCE'). I'm very late in doing a review here.

All in all a first class movie.

The well presented martial arts sequences between the Bat and our favorite Jedi Master were thrilling. It portrayed for the first time on the big screen the origins of the bat providing a good story and script, fine performances, excellent costumes, great sets coordinated with corresponding miniatures and CGI.

The Blu Ray transfer from film to DVD was excellent and hours of additional features on the making of the film and its outstanding special effects are included on this reasonably priced DVD. I had no idea how they achieved these images until I watched the interesting and informative documentary on the making of the film.

This film can almost be guaranteed not to disappoint.

This may have been the first time that picture real computer images were produced by mapping actual city photos onto wire frame models of Gotham City with breathtaking results. This film also portrayed many of Batman's toys under development in the Bat Cave, including the most credible looking Bat mobile ever shown on the big screen.

Batman Begins scored very well earning five full stars in my book. This film is a must buy for fans of Batman.

However, I found the theartical movie very well done. Which leads me to this DVD version of Batman Begins.

On another note, the acting in this movie was well done and gave more life to the storyline and the characters that were involved with it.

I found this DVD a well contrived movie in which there was a well written orgin story about what happened to Bruce Wayne and why he choose to become Batman.

Overall, I found this film one of the few movies that has come out of Hollywood to be truly worth my time to watch the first time and worthy to be watched more than once. When I first went into the theaters to see this film I was hesitant in the knowledge that this film could of been a really good film, upstaging previous films or it could of been a poor excuse of a Batman movie, in which, the studio was trying to sqeeze every penny out of people as humanly possible before leaving the once great Batman to rest.

Furthermore, The editing of this movie seemed to be well done because the entire movie did flow well and as an audience member was able the follow what was going on without having to guess what was happening from scene to scene because of poorly done editing, which has been done before in other films not related to this one.

**** 2005'S 4 STAR **** HIT, ****BATMAN BEGINS****, MADE CHRISTIAN BALE AN INSTANT CLASSIC. GOOD ACTOR, INTELLEGENT, EXTRADINARY.

This is a great transfer. And the 5 minute prologue gives you a sweet taste of how great The Dark Knight will look on Blu ray.