Batman Begins

Putting Christopher Nolan on the map, Batman Begins is one of the best Batman movies of all time, and it isn’t hard to see why. Nolan’s style truly begins to shine in this movie, still, it’s a shame that he will likely always be known for this, as it certainly isn’t Nolan’s best. Batman Begins’ biggest strength is easily in the story, the first two acts of the film focus heavily on building the world, and there is little action. Although Superhero movies all about origin stories are almost always following the same structure, Batman Begins falls in a gray area. It came out far before this stereotypical origin story for superhero movies started, and it doesn’t even truly follow that formulaic method. That being said, the final act is weak, but it is understandable when put into context of the sequel. As mentioned, the character building is part of what makes this movie shine, still, I often felt as if certain performances were forgettable, but, what do you expect from a movie like this? Typically, I expect a lot less, but this movie is definitely one that is enjoyable. Even though a lot of it is quite abstract, the overall realism of physics (usually) and the characters bring it down to earth. This sense of realism is accompanied by the dark and gritty visuals, using the color scheme that is used, the devolution of Gotham is clearly illustrated, still, watching this on a laptop, I did squint a few times. Batman Begins is probably up there as one of the best superhero movies of all time, and it makes sense. But, truly, that’s what it is, a Superhero movie. The way that everything is paced is far from unique, a lot of this stuff had been done before, but, Christopher Nolan, single handed, reinvented Batman with this movie. Still, I did feel that some of the performances were stiff and that there were parts of it that were very generic. So, overall I give this movie a 8.1/10