Batman Begins (2005)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
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He's surprisingly passive in the early going, though what's really going on is that Christopher Nolan, the director, franchise-holder (he did "Batman Begins") and writer (along with brother Jonathan Nolan), is giving the Joker plenty of time to establish his bona fides.
Nolan has followed up on his gritty and successful Batman Begins with one of the best all-time sequels, and perhaps the most impressive mainstream entertainment experience since 2003's The Return of the King .
But "The Dark Knight," which improves upon the solemn authority Nolan and Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne brought to "Batman Begins," has an atmospheric shimmer all its own.
Given THE success of "Batman Begins" three years ago, adventurous, eclectic director Christopher Nolan could have gone anywhere and done anything with his next film.
Friday, in dark and unsettling shadings, more so than in his "Batman Begins" predecessor.
It's also, thankfully, a vast improvement over his self-serious origin story, 2005's "Batman Begins."
I recall being impressed by how Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins worked so effectively because it took the idea of becoming a superhero seriously, imagining how it might go down if such things were at all realistic.
This upsets his business partner, Obadiah, who is a combination of Lex Luther and Earle from Batman Begins.
This is one of the great superhero performances, alongside Christian Bale in Batman Begins and Christopher Reeve as Superman.
Like Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins," the screenplay works hard to create a psychological basis for its hero and his deeds, and the main character drives the action.
Nobody's a bigger fan of Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" than I am, but they don't all need to be Dark Journeys Through Stinky Grimtown.
Despite a brilliant first hour–for a good long while, we’re almost in “Batman Begins” territory–“Iron Man” becomes like some bizarre legend of a Norse god who descended into the flaming pits of the earth’s core, swung his mighty hammer upon a great anvil and forged….a…
However, he does a great job of showcasing who Morbius is and what his powers are going to be, reminding me of that 2005 film “Batman Begins.”
The scene where Michael mingles with the bats feels like a steal from “Batman Begins” when Bruce Wayne, as an adult, rises amongst the winged creatures to confront his own childhood fears.
Nonlinear storytelling has been used in superhero films such as Batman Begins.
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He said that he approached "Batman Begins" more like a Bond flick than a superhero movie, he directly nodded to one of 007's high watermarks in "Inception," and has publicly expressed interest in, at some point, directing one of the films in the franchise.
The movie also felt akin to the previous year's Batman Begins, which like Casino Royale rebooted with a dark origin story that showed how its hero got his start, ditching all the kitsch and starting fresh with a no-nonsense, character-driven approach.
Moviegoers pining for an amalgam of two Christopher Nolan films (“Batman Begins” and “Inception”) and two Marvel ones (“Thor” and “ Ant-Man ”) might have an okay time, but those looking for another imaginative freak out in the vein of “ Guardians Of The Galaxy ?”
Like Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne in “Batman Begins,” Dr. Stephen Strange comes by his powers on a pilgrimage to the East.
It has the attitude of “Iron Man,” the knockout visuals of “Inception,” the pseudo-mysticism of “The Matrix” and the Eastern philosophies of “Batman Begins.”
Tim Burton’s “Batman” reclaimed the hero from serials and camp TV in 1989; it would be 16 years before Christopher Nolan rethought the Dark Knight for “Batman Begins,” in 2005.
“The Amazing Spider-Man” isn’t as dramatically revisionist as Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins,” but it’s as good as Raimi’s first “Spider-Man” film and darker, while still being tongue-in-cheek.
Sometimes dull and mostly uninspired, it’s much less a satisfying reboot like “Batman Begins’’ than a pointless rehash in the mode of “Superman Returns.’’
Marc Webb’s attempt to bring a Batman Begins approach to the Marvel Comics character is a clunker.
As much as “The Amazing Spider-Man” tries to mirror Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins” by veering away from the comics and trying to base every aspect of Spider-Man and the Lizard’s origins in reality, it’s far too obvious Webb just doesn’t have the skills that come with experience that Nolan had by the time he tackled Batman, and this doesn’t work nearly as well.
Granted, “The Amazing Spider-Man” isn't exactly the radical reboot that Christopher Nolan's “Batman Begins” proved to be, but it’s not that kind of film.
Visually rich and vibrant, it's a counterpoint to the trendy, grey grittiness that marked numerous superhero and action blockbusters in the wake of 2005's Batman Begins , often sapping stories of their inherent magic.
Michael B. Jordan gives a performance in this movie akin to Heath Ledger’s Joker in Batman Begins.
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“X-Men: First Class” has already drawn numerous comparisons to other films in the Marvel canon but the work that it actually echoes is Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins.”
But inescapably, a reboot was in the works and like Batman Begins proved, prequels are hot properties.
Like Nolan’s Batman films, The Odyssey presents a world that never existed and makes you believe in it with your whole body.
He was attached to the script for Troy in 2004 but left that project to work on Batman Begins.
Nolan had been attached over two decades ago to direct Troy but withdrew from the project to turn his focus to Batman Begins.
…the filmmaker who once eschewed Ra’s Al Ghul’s immortality-giving Lazarus Pit in Batman Begins…
It’s Nolan reverting to his 2005-era Batman Begins persona, which had the same glaring flaw in combat.
In BATMAN BEGINS, he departed from the sacrosanct work of Bill Finger and Bob Kane to create a largely unrecognizable Ra’s al Ghul.