Batman Begins reboots the frenchise

Christopher Nolan and cast have saved the Batman frenchise from the failures of Joel Schumacher's versions fo Batman sequels.  The first two Batman movies by director Tim Burton and Keaton as Batman were fantastic movies.  The third and fourth installment were very dissapointing.  The flops made by Joel Schumacher have effectively buried the popular DC comics frenchise until this reboot of the frenchise.  The recent success of many Marvel comics properties have helped revive the comic book adaptations.  And the rebooting of this frenchise was matter of time.  And to Nolan's credit, he has pulled of an outstanding movie.

The story covers the origin and the birth of Batman from Bruce Wayne.  The movie does not linger too long on the events leading up to the Bruce WAyne's transformation.  The background also covers how he comes up with the gadgets, car, and the cave.  The gadgets are not outlandish like in the past two movies and feel like they could exist in current times.  Scarecrow chosen as the first nemesis works perfectly in the movie.

Christopher Nolan creates darker and gritter version of the Batman than the previous two movies.  It is even darker than the Tim Burton's intepretation of the movie.  The screenplay written by Nolan and Daid S. Goyer exudes quality.  The plot is tight and the dialogues are right on the money.  The casting of Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe, Gary Oldman, and Liam Neeson are absolutely perfect.  ONly weak link in the cast would have to be Katie Holmes as Bruce Wayne's love interest.

Nolan's preference for the real stunts to CGI is breath of fresh air in this age of CGI bloated action flicks.  There are very few CGI scenes to speak of.  You can see and have real feel for the action sequence.  The Gotham city has just right amount of dark and gritty feelings in the movie.  For a movie derived from comic book, the realism works remarkable well for this movie.

Overall, Batman Begin is must watch for any movie and is not just for comic book lovers.  It is well written and acted with just right mix of fantasy and realism.  It is a breath of fresh air after the debacle created by Schumacher.  This very successful relaunch of a great frenchise.

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