Batman Begins (Widescreen Edition) |  | 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:  1338 reviews
Sales Rank: 1191
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 140 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
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
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THIS EXPLORES THE ORIGINS OF THE BATMAN LEGEND & THE DARK KNIGHT'S EMERGENCE AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN GOTHAM. IN THE WAKE OF HIS PARENTS' MURDER, DISILLUSIONED INDUSTRIAL HEIR BRUCE WAYNE TRAVELS THE WORLD SEEKING THE MEANS TO FIGHT INJUSTICE & TURN FEAR AGAINST THOSE WHO PREY ON THE FEARFUL.
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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? Cowritten 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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 Great movie July 27, 2010
Olympic Man
This was such a great movie. The Dark Knight was so good that so often people forget how good Batman Begins was. The special features disc is so cool. You flip through all the features like the pages of a comic book, and there are so many features. Great product. Would recommend to anyone.
I love this movie July 23, 2010
AKAGrinch1
The new Batman movies are awesome. I love Batman, I hope they come out with a third movie soon.
Amazing July 7, 2010
Desmond Vinson (PENSACOLA, FL, US)
This Is Definitive Bat-man Origin story, and it looks and sounds amazing on blu-ray. Amazingly done and great bonus features. If you dont own it, it is definitely worth a buy esp. at amazon's price!
This is the Way Batman was Supposed to be Portrayed June 9, 2010
Rhythm N' Blue (Sydney/Saigon/Irvine/Waikiki)
Deep, Dark, and Edgy - you can use these words to describe Batman, and you can use these words to describe this movie as well. This was the way Batman was supposed to have been, so this "reimagining" of the Batman franchise was the way it was supposed to be to begin with.
With this role, Christian Bale got into a hot streak from 2005-2009 that have rarely ever been seen before in Hollywood history (just don't say in the world as Andy Lau of Hong Kong cinema has been in over 100 big-screen movies). Bale probably appeared in over 10 movies in lead roles in that span, and deservedly so after this performance.
The only ludicrous thing about this movie is his semi growl/whisper/stoned voice when he dons the cape - what's up with that?? LOL
Awesome June 6, 2010
Abdul Fazrul (Malaysia)
The only thing lacking in this movie was IMAX. I hope the next batman movie will be filmed entirely in IMAX, and if that BD costs USD80, I would still buy it.
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