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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: HD DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0012569809246 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen Item Dimensions: Label: Warner Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Warner Home Video MPN: WARHD80924 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: October 10, 2006 Running Time: 140 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 2005 Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/10/2006 Run time: 102 minutes Amazon.com: Batman Begins discards the previous four films in the series and recasts the Caped Crusader as a fearsome avenging angel. That's good news, because the series, which had gotten off to a rousing start under Tim Burton, had gradually dissolved into self-parody by 1997's Batman & Robin. As the title implies, Batman Begins tells the story anew, when Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) flees Western civilization following the murder of his parents. He is taken in by a mysterious instructor named Ducard (Liam Neeson in another mentor role) and urged to become a ninja in the League of Shadows, but he instead returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end the mob rule that is strangling it. But are there forces even more sinister at hand? Co-written 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 Batman at Amazon.com
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 Rating:  - Batman Begins-an outstanding Batman flick!Batman Begins scored very well earning five full stars in my book. This film can almost be guaranteed not to disappoint. 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 well coordinated with corresponding miniatures and CGI effects. The well presented martial arts sequences between the Bat and our favorite Jedi Master were thrilling. The Blu Ray transfer from film to DVD was ... Read More Rating:  - Well Done 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. However, I found the theartical movie very well done. Which leads me to this DVD version of Batman Begins. I found this DVD a well contrived ... Read More Rating: - PREPARE TO BE BATMAN-IZED2005'S 4 STAR **** HIT, ****BATMAN BEGINS****, MADE CHRISTIAN BALE AN INSTANT CLASSIC. GOOD ACTOR, INTELLEGENT, EXTRADINARY! **** Rating: - Great BeginningThis 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. Rating: - Done Right FINALLY!!It seems I have been waiting my whole life for a Batman movie like this one. I only wish it was the first one. Its very satisfying to see the character done right. |
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