Batman Begins (2005)
In 2005 Christopher Nolan brought Batman back to the big screen with this darker reboot staring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes and Gary Oldman. Young Bruce Wayne is haunted by his parents murder and looking for direction in the world.
Prior to this one of the most serious comic book characters had not really had a serious treatment but this film certainly broke the mould compared to previous efforts. The main theme of this film is fear, both it's affects on people and how it is used by criminals as a weapon. As always Nolan provides us with not only some good themes but also a good character story as Bruce Wayne struggles with his personal loss and fears.
First entries in comic book franchises are often problematic due to having to sandwich together both an origin and then get onto the main plot which usually leaves one obviously weaker than the other. Begins does suffer from this origin/plot dilemma slightly in that the opening sequence does seem to take a while before we get into the main plot but for the most part the film holds together well combining both elements to make a well rounded narrative.
4/5 the Batman we were all waiting for.
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