Batman Begins

Pros: Bale-Freeman-Oldman-Kaine, the darkness, the acting, the script, rewriting movie story
Cons: none

Batman Begins is a return to glory for a franchise that was once thought to be sunk by Mr. Ocean and Joel S. Gone are the flashy colors that prevailed in the last 2 installments, and gone are the tongue in-cheek sexual references that try to make ...

Pros: Cast, direction, the way the story was handled
Cons: None for me. Could be too slow in places for some viewers.

Batman has been one of the most popular comic book characters for years. I have never read any of the Batman comics and I didn’t see the television show. When the first Batman movie was released in 1989, I had no desire to see it even though ...

Pros: The DVD is everywhere.
Cons: Not for small children, graphic violence and lots of fights.

Lets forget about my efforts to re-write a Christmas jingle for Batman Begins 2005, with my corny introductory title and focus on this action packed film. The movie opens with young Bruce chasing Rachel through what looks like an enchanted ...

Pros: good acting (mostly), great visual effects, solid cast, fits well with the other Batman movies
Cons: some cheesy dialogue, Batman’s voice, Scarecrow and his mask, seemed to drag on

It’s been eight years since the horrible Batman & Robbin, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney and Uma Thurman, was released. Batman suits up for another adventure in his quest to get rid of the sinister villains lurking in Gotham. ...

Pros: Realism-anchored stylistic approach, Captivating story matter, Superb leading man fronting Star cast, ‘Dark mood'.
Cons: Too much story, Silly dialogue at times, Needlessly long running time.

After director Joel Schumacher run the cinematic Batman franchise to the ground with his two silly movies “Batman forever” and ‘Batman and Robin” Warner Bros execs were in for some serious thinking. The wait lasted 8 years: “Batman begins”, the latest ...

Pros: Not a moment of boredom.
Cons: It takes a bit of time to get to the really good stuff...

You could have hit me with a quote from any of the previous Batman films and I never would've been the smarter about it. I've seen each of the previous films exactly once, and the memories of them are mostly lukewarm. I think about the most ...

Pros: A return to the darker side of Batman.
Cons: Perhaps too intense for younger children.

Just yesterday, I managed to sneak away from the ever-busy world long enough to catch a showing of Batman Begins. I wasn’t sure what to expect, though the reviews I had read seemed very positive indeed. In the end, I was swept away back into ...

Pros: The TRUE Batman makes his long-awaited return.
Cons: Wanted to see more Ken Watantabe.

“They told me there was nothing out there, nothing to fear. But the night my parents were murdered I caught a glimpse of something. I've looked for it ever since. I went around the world, searched in all the shadows. And there is something out ...

Pros: Nicely done script; stellar action (well almost); great special effects.
Cons: Ms. Holmes was out of her element; the Bat Mobile lacked grace and style.

I have never been a big fan of the DC comic book heroes with the exception of Superman and Batman, but I have been getting more acquainted with them by watching Teen Titans and Justice League Unlimited on Cartoon Network on ...

Pros: Visually stunning, and unusually intelligent.
Cons: Overlong, with a few too many characters thrown at viewers.

The bat was broken. Warner Bros. “Batman” film franchise was a box office powerhouse in the 90s, earning in the neighborhood of three-quarters of a billion dollars in the United States alone over the course of four films. But each successive ...

Pros: Filled with solid performances, solid directing, and a story that is complete
Cons: None

After viewing the catastrophe that was “Batman and Robin”, it felt as if the Batman Franchise had been inflicted with the type of wound that you don’t recover from. To no one’s surprise, it took more than eight years for the franchise ...

Pros: Great SFX, fantastic cast...
Cons: ... everything's over-done...

Batman Begins tells the story of the early days of Bruce Wayne, how he became a crime-fighting Batman, what motivated him to do so, and where he got his technological wizardry from. We see him as he explores the criminal underworld and meets some ...

Pros: Bale and cast, script, direction
Cons: Potential sequels have a tough act to follow

Bruce Wayne has grew up to be very much like his father. Both father and son share a belief in their Gotham City, a love of philanthropy and a disdain for crime. It was that disdain for crime that ultimately cost Thomas Wayne his life. The murder of ...

Pros: Script. Production value. Acting. The first half is phenomenal.
Cons: Typical last act.

As the title hints, Batman Begins is not a sequel to the three (the latest previous attempt doesn't count) recent installments featuring the Caped Crusader, but rather a new dawn that unabashedly ignores any established precedents. The end result ...

Pros: Direction/Script, Look, Production, Score, Action, Effects, & Cast.
Cons: That I'll Never Get a Batmobile Like That.

For many comic book fans, there's been loads of superheroes whether it's Superman, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. One of the darkest superheroes to come out of the DC Comics franchise has been Batman from comic book writer Bob Kane. A ...