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| Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  1239 reviews
Sales Rank: 188
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD59415D
UPC: 012569594159
EAN: 0012569594159
ASIN: B00005JNJV
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 2005
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Begins completely different November 7, 2008
Siskel (Londonderry, NH)
What's not to love about this movie. It's got everything a good action movie should have and more. I've always loved the Tim Burton "Batman" movies but they were good for their time and this is a new Batman, for a new day. The darker ,edgier look of this movie is what I think most comic book fans want. I'm really not saying anything you haven't probably already read. Oh yeah, it looks great in HD.
 5 stars for actual movie, 3 stars for item condition November 3, 2008
Mohd Azlan Muhamad (Malaysia)
While i've to admit, Batman Begins is hands-down the best Bat-movie ever (that was, until The Dark Knight surpassed it in every angle), the sad part was that i've received my Limited Edition Batman Begins Blu-ray edition that wasn't in mint condition.
The package looks a bit bloated, like it was exposed to water or something. This couldn't have happened because of the courier guys since the actual box itself wasn't bloated nor was there any trace of wetness to it. Luckily, the content wasn't damaged. But still, it loses its aesthetics and/or collector's value to it. Couldn't be bothered sending this back to Amazon for a replacement since i've to chug out some extra cash for it (mind you it's not cheap to send over to America from Malaysia).
I am no stranger to ordering DVDs and Blu-rays from Amazon (it's been 2 years already). Since this is the first time this has happened to me, it's fine. Just hope this wouldn't happen again. Amazon, beef up okay?
 Batman Begins November 2, 2008
Andrew Bovell (Jamaica, NY)
Batman Begins [Blu-ray] This movie and The Dark Knight are my two favorite batman movies so far. Wonderful acting by all. Great Story and effects and Christian Bale gives his all and doesn't take the role as child's play and that really sells it. The Batman movies, Spiderman movies and the original Superman movie with Christopher Reeves is how superhero movies should be done. Watch these before making a superhero movie directors. Yes I mean you.
Great flick, slow DVD start October 31, 2008
T. James (Austin, TX)
The BD version takes the SD version to a whole new level! The colors are brighter, the clarity even better and the audio is fantastic - just as you would expect with a great movie in a full HD format. The only flaw is that this disk starts up rrrreeeeaaallllyyyy slow - so slow that I was all ready to send it back to Amazon for a replacement when I tossed it into our player (Samsung BD-P1400, firmware dated 09/08) one last time and then got distracted by a phone call; when I returned, the movie was up and running like normal. Our family estimates that it takes about 3 minutes to bring up the main menu... Outside of this flaw, everything else is great.
"Why do we fall...? So that we can pick ourselves back up again." October 27, 2008
Nathan S. Laws
Batman has been at the heart of three of the four comic book movie revolutions. In the 1960's, the original movie began the era of campy comic book movies. That era ended with the Michael Keaton Batman film which for the first time took the subject matter seriously and propelled comic book movies into a new phase. Successive projects marred the franchise and comic book movies effectively "fell down" until 1998 when Blade propelled comic book movies back on the right track. Finally, in 2005 Batman Begins became the greatest comic book movie of all time and created a new type of comic book movie that could only be described as epic in scope. The sheer scope of its plot, the depth of its plot, and the mythic nature of its presentation all give this film a majesty unparalleled by comic book movies before and to up to this date.
Why is this movie so great? David Goyer as always turns in a fantastic script. This is a man who understands logic when it comes to plot and he doesn't introduce an element unless he plans on using it later in the movie. There is always payoff in a Goyer script. Christopher Nolan as director is a man who understands structure. This is a movie about rising action and beginings. Batman's origins are interspersed between the beginning of his modern career and the traumatic events that shaped him in the past. This leads into the scenes in Gotham and his early outtings as Batman. Goyer and Nolan also give us a twist and play on our assumptions that movie creators do not care about the source material and will alter important elements to fit their vision. I can't say more without violating the "no spoilers" rule. Let it just be said that there is a revelation about Liam Neeson's character that is such a twist that plays on our assumptions and our lack of faith in comic book movies of other franchises that puts things back on track and makes a lot of sense.
Goyer and Nolan also show that they "understand" Batman. Basically Batman is the real guy and Bruce Wayne is just a persona that he puts on to take care of the minutiae of life. They also take us through all of the elements that we recognize about Batman and laying out logically why they exist and how they fit together. Why is Gordon the policeman that Bruce trusts? Why does Bruce trust Lucius Fox to run the business with such little input from himself?
I would be remiss if I didn't bring up the music. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's score is just the right kind of music for this type of music. Its operatic and grand to give it the right kind of mytho-epic feel that this movie evokes. It can also be loud and quick giving us the kind of percussive beats that are necessary for the action packed sequences that rocket throughout the movie.
No commentary would be complete without bringing up the cast. Christian Bale is perfect as Bruce and Batman, able to tread the line between the greedy playboy and the tough as nails superhero. Liam Neeson is brilliant as Ducard and his early scenes with Bruce have a nice mentor/student element to them and you can tell that these two men respect each other even though they have chosen different sides of the moral spectrum. Cillian Murphy is great as the deadpan control-freak psychiatrist, Dr Jonathan Crane. All of these stellar performances with great direction and writing lead to a delightful synergy that culminates in one of the great cinematic masterpieces of that era. I gush because it's true.
The DVD comes with tons of great extras about the making of this film from the sets to the martial arts. It's a great set and I can't recommend it enough.
Batman begins shows that even when the movie industry falls it can pick itself back up again. Watch the movie. It'll probably be another decade before we see another comic book movie of this quality.
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