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Batman Begins
2005
Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a terrifying alter-ego. .. Read more
| Starring | Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman |
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| Director | Christopher Nolan |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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Batman Begins
Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a terrifying alter-ego. Millionaire playboy will become a dark creature of the night. But which is the mask...?
| Starring | Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Gary Oldman, Lucy Russell, Sara Stewart |
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| Director | Christopher Nolan |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 20 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 20 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English, German |
| Subtitles | Arabic, English, German, Hebrew, Icelandic |
| Released | DVD: 21 Oct 2005 Blu-ray: 14 Jul 2008 HD DVD: 20 Nov 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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'What are you afraid of?' Liam Neeson's emissary from the League of Shadows asks Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale), a millionaire seriously slumming it in a Mongolian prison camp. Bruce... read more »
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75 out of 82 people found this review helpful
Utterly Brilliant....
Having just returned from the cinema, I felt I had to write a review for Hollywood's best blockbuster in ages. Batman Begins is, as you would expect, a film that depicts how Bruce Wayne became the 'Bat'. The film has a fantastic mix of action, storytelling and homur that keeps the pace chopping along nicely. The special FX are excellent and the Bat-Mobile is just cool. I have to admit, the one thing that I thought stood out the most is the very dark nature of the film (which it should be!), it worked really well and there were some moments that younger viewers or those of a sensitive nature might find a bit spooky. The cast list was top notch, as was the acting and directing. All in all, I have not enjoyed a trip to the cinema as much in a long time and I would strongly urge you to see this on the big screen. However, no matter when or where you simply must watch this film... its the best blockbuster that Hollywood has produced in a very long time - very highly recommended ;o)
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Is Nolan the new Sam Raimi?
No is the simple answer.
He is better. This film is darker, funnier, cooler and has more teeth than Raimi's Spiderman, making it the best comic book adaption ever (sorry all you Superman fans).
It's fair to say that it starts a litle shakey ... but seeing Bruce Wayne's transformation to the caped crusader under a brilliant Liam Neeson makes that first bat sighting worth the wait.
Lets just hope that Katie Holmes was taking notes on how to do a cool cameo. He almost steals the show, playing it very, very cool, whilst Holmes seems to be a little out of her depth without having Dawson and Pacey to fall back on.
I'm all for actors and directors moving on and trying new things, but please let Nolan and Bale team up just one more time to battle the Joker in the next installment. -
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Batman Bale caught snoozing
- 22 May 2009
Batman star Christian Bale ruined his first ever scene as the caped superhero by falling asleep on set. The actor claims he never suffers nerves on set, and is so calm during movie shoots, he's often snoozing when the cameras roll. Bale tells GQ magazine, "I fall asleep on sets all the time. I've done it in the middle of scenes. In Batman Begins, in the first scene I had with Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, I fell asleep. I was meant to be waking up, so I laid down and just fell asleep. "I... Read more
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