Batman Begins

June 22, 2005

Batman Begins is one of the best original comic movies I’ve seen. The acting is superb, the filmmaking and production tight and the story is amazing. It’s the best Batman film by far and a solid flick in any genre.

The movie takes Batman, Gotham and its people and makes them much more real. I loved Gary Oldman’s work as a young Jim Gordon and Christian Bale made a terrific Bruce Wayne. In comparison to the older Batman films (none of which I was too fond of, after the first Tim Burton movie) Gotham is much more serious and is more of a solid backdrop than a goofy caricature of a city. The focus here is much more on the story and the characters than imagery and visual effect.

Obviously heavily influenced by Dennis O’neil and Frank Miller’s work with the Dark Knight, Batman Begins is an epic tale of revenge, justice and legendary heroism in Batman’s earliest days. I saw quite a bit I found familiar from the comics; the train and Ra’s Al Ghu, some bits about Scarecrow and quite a bit from Frank Miller’s Batman: Year One.

If you, like me, like your Batman real and a bit more “Dark Knight” style, you’ll love Batman Begins.

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