Review by Leonard Klady: The promise Nolan evinced in Memento has been amply justified in this adroit and variegated film. Batman Begins is probably the most intelligent and adult comic book adaptation ever committed to celluloid. It employs the visceral aspects of the saga - the choreographic fights, car chases and pyrotechnic spectacle - as organic drama rather than dynamic attention getters and blurs the boundaries of good vs. evil; reality vs. fantasy at every opportunity without resorting to the banal or conventional.

Review by Ray Pride: The pulpy confidence of the opening of David S. Goyer's script (widely bootlegged but now difficult to find) partakes as much of Sax Rohmer's incense-steeped Orientalism (and Kung Fu) as anything in the expansive back catalog of Batman comic stories. ("Theatricality and deception are powerful agents" is one of the blunt bromides the alienated youth must cut through with his noble cheekbones.)

A Review From Down Under:"He was different only in two significant ways: he wasn't as pure and wholesome as Superman and he had no supernatural powers. He was a man, and not a very nice one."

Newsweek: Batman is back. After four films about the caped crusader, beginning famously in 1989 with Tim Burton's gothic original and ending infamously in 1997 with Joel Schumacher's benippled Batsuit, the franchise suffered a run of aborted reboots until Warners brought in Nolan, 34, the gifted mind behind "Memento," whose no-frills approach was just what the bloated Batman saga needed.

The Hollywood Reporter Likes It .. Really Likes It:
"But for Christopher Nolan to turn "Batman Begins" into such a smart, gritty, brooding, visceral experience is astonishing. Truly, Batman does begin again."

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Shake off those cobwebs. There's a new Batman in town, and he's younger, fiercer and klutzier than before. What do you want from a rookie?


Christian Bale .... Bruce Wayne/Batman
Morgan Freeman .... Lucius Fox
Ken Watanabe .... Ra's Al Ghul
Michael Caine .... Alfred Pennyworth
Katie Holmes .... Rachel Dodson
Cillian Murphy .... Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow
Liam Neeson .... Henri Ducard
Gary Oldman .... Lt. James Gordon

Animated-Movies.net
Rottentomatoes.com

Batman On Film

 

 

 

 

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Batman Begins

Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Release Date: June 15, 2005
Rated: PG-13
Warner Bros





6/20/05
Forbes Estimates Bruce Wayne's
Fortune at $6.3 Billion

And - What It Costs To Make Batman
Your Alter Ego

6/19/05
The Weekend Boxoffice Report

6/17/05
A Man's Only As Good As His Butler

6/16/05
It's $15,068,368 For Batman Wednesday

Batman Through The Years
In Pictures

The Gay Rumors About Batman Continue, And Even Katie Holmes Can't Help

6/15/05
Review: Leonard Klady

Review: Ray Pride

A Few Moments With Michael Caine

Batman Is Exactly
As Christopher Nolan Wants It To Be

Quiz: Test Your Bat-Knowledge

6/14/05
"Holy penis extensions! I'm sitting in the cockpit of the new Batmobile staring at the switch for the windscreen wipers."

"The Sorrows Of Young Hannibal Lecter" And Other Origin Movies Yet To Be Told

6/13/05
The London Premiere

Ouch! Not Everyone Was Impressed
With The Batmobile

6/12/05
Keaton & Bale On Batman

And A Nerd Shall Save Batman

The Kennedyesque Side Of Bruce Wayne

Notes From The Press Tour

6/11/05
This Batman's No Laughing Matter
"If you hated the last two Batman films, you should probably check this one out."

6/10/05
"Don't get your cape caught in the wrong places"
Dear Batman: A Little Advice From Your Predecessors

Analyzing Batman A Little Too Closely
"He's borderline; some analysts have come out and have said he's a schizophrenic, borderline personality. His moments of sanity are when he's in his alter ego, Bruce Wayne."


6/8/05
Batman - Got Milk?

Batman's Banners Explore The World

6/7/05
The Film Geek Kid and Chinkasu Tanaka Go To
Meet A Guy Who's Seen An
Early Preview of Batman ...

(Quicktime)

6/5/05
Bale-ing Into Batman

6/3/05
The Hollywood Reporter Likes It
.. Really Likes It

"But for Christopher Nolan to turn "Batman Begins" into such a smart, gritty, brooding, visceral experience is astonishing. Truly, Batman does begin again."

5/31/05
Batman's Resurrected, Gushes Newsweek

Ten Minutes Of Batman Begins

5/28/05
Batman (And Trevor Reznik)
Rescue Christian Bale

5/25/05
Batman Backstory By Batgeek

5/4/05
Smallville Gets Batman For Eight Minutes
On May 18th

Bale's Batman
"I never wanted to appear to be Bruce Wayne in a Batsuit when I was playing the Batman. That he just becomes - that it is an alter ego completely."

5/3/05
Tom Cruise's New Girlfriend Shares A Poster With Batman

4/30/05
The Final Batman Trailer

4/29/05
An Early Look At Batman Begins?

4/28/05
The Batmobile Goes NASCAR

The Batman Begins 400 At Michigan's International Speedway

4/27/05
Batman Comes Out Of The Batcave Two Days Earlier - June 15th

4/14/05
There's No Business Like Show Buisiness
Billboarding Batman Begins
In The Matrix Videogame


4/8/05
Batman's Got Another Cool New Poster

4/4/05
The New TV Spots
Batman Begins - Suit Up
Batman Begins - Something Out There

3/18/05
It's A New Bat-Poster

3/6/05
The Scarecrow Makes An Appearance

2/6/05
The Super Bowl Trailer

1/19/04
Two Heroes, One Mentor: Obi Wan Gets The Good Liam Neeson, Batman Gets The Dark

Who Is Henri DuCard? And Why Is He
Training Batman?

1/4/05
IGN Visits The Dark Knight On Set

1/3/05
A New Batman Begins Trailer
(hi res - long download)

12/23/04
Sequels, The Boy Wonder & Other Rumours

12/14/04
Superman Beats Out Spider-Man And Batman For The Hearts Of British Cinema-Goers

12/13/04
Batman Begins With A Trailer

12/3/04
The Teaser Poster

11/22/04
"We want you to forget there has ever been a Batman before this one."

11/12/04
Goyer On Batman And Other Stuff

10/27/04
The Batsuit Close Up

10/26/04
New Pictures From Batman -
Not Exciting, But New

10/19/04
Catch Up On The Batman News With IGN

10/16/04
Getting To Batman Weight
Bale Drops & Gives Up 60
Goes Across Town,
Loses 3 More Pounds

10/8/04
Batman News 'O The Day

10/5/04
Shortening The Road To Sequel, Batman Begins (II) Has A Director And A Star And A Cast And Maybe A Writer And ...


Indy And Batman And Superman, Oh My!

9/24/04
USA Today Asks David Goyer If Batman's Going To Be Any Good ..
And About Blade Trinity, Too

9/16/04
Batman Speaks
And - IGN Visits Gotham City

8/25/04
Reader Catch Of The Day ...
Batman Begins .. With Private Ryan Credits?



8/18/04
Some Eyewitness Reports From Batman And Scarecrow

7/28/04
Batman's Finally Got A Trailer Tease

7/27/04
An Up-close Look At The Batsuit
Earlier - So What Will The Batsuit Look Like?

7/26/4
"The thing that's cool about Batman is that when you're a kid growing up and imagining yourself being him, if you had access to that kind of money and that technology, you could be him."

7/25/04
JoBlo, Batman And Comic Con

7/16/04
JoBlo Says, Sorry -
No Bat Trailer With The Robots


See The Batmobile Unveiled

6/21/04
Now That's Hang Time ...
Batman In Flight .. And In Newsweek

6/4/04
Meet The New, Gentle Villain

5/24/04
Goyer Talks About The Bat ...

4/30/04
The First Look At Bale As Batman

More Batphotos Here From WB

4/5/04
Batman: The Pictures Begin

4/2/04
The Bat Flies April 17, 2005

3/31/04
So What Will The Batsuit Look Like?

3/30/04
So THAT's What The Batmobile Looks Like

Bale Speaks Bat

3/24/04
Rutger Hauer Joins The Batcave

3/16/04
Batman Begins With Neeson

3/3/04
Rumours Of A Plot Begins

3/1/04
Batman Begins


2/24/04
Rumours, Rumours, Rumours

2/23/04
Batman's Last Samurai

2/19/04
Rounding Out The Cast

2/11/04
Batman Goes Back To His Roots

And Liam Neeson's With Him

2/2/04
Guy Pearce, Batman .. Follow The Bounding Rumours

1/20/04
Rumour of the Day: Morgan Freeman

1/14/04
Laurence Fishburne Headed For The Bat Cave?

1/9/04
Batman Gets 28 Days Later? And Other Rumors

1/8/04
"The Head Of Medicine At Arkham Asylum"

1/6/04
News From The Bat Cave

12/14/04
Rumours, Rumours, Rumours ...
Chris Cooper For The Bat?
Batman Gets An Irish Villain
Will Aragorn Be Batman's Bane?

12/10/03
Confirming Katie Holmes In The Batcave

12/4/03
Batman Rumours Old And New

12/3/03
Joss Whedon And The Batman Lesson

11/26/03
Michael Caine To The Bat Cave

11/19/03
Does Batman's Scarecrow Have A Name?

11/6/03
News Of The Bat


10/8/03
Quaid & Malkovich For Batman?

10/3/03
Notes From The Bat Cave


Will Batman Really Go Up Against
Indy 4
On July 4th?

9/16/03
Dennis Quaid As Commissioner Gordon?

9/15/03
Nolan's Batman

9
/10/03
The Newest Batman .. Christian Bale

9/1/03
Josh Lucas & Freddy Prinze, Jr. On Batman List, Too?
And Some New Batman Rumors From AICN

8/25/03
Addressing Those Batman Rumors: Is Hugh Dancy Going To Be The Dark Knight?

8/20/03C
Goyer Talks Batman


8/1/03
Absolutely Top Secret On Batman, Says Nolan

7/27/03
Stax Gives Us The Batman Dream Cast

7/24/03
Guy Pearce Says No Batcave For Him

7/21/03
A Comic Con Breakdown of Batman, Catwoman, X3, Spidey 2 From Empire

7/19/03
Someone's Homemade Batman
7/10/03

More Batman Rumours ..
McConaughy Or Bale As The Bat? Swayze, Quaid Or Sam Neill For Commissioner Gordon? Noah Wyle Or Dougray Scott As Harvey Dent?

7/2/03
And Some Batman Rumours, Too!
Guy Pearce Getting A Mask? Christopher Lloyd As The Scarecrow? A Young Bruce Wayne Heading For TV?
6/26/03

JoBlo's Update On Those Ashton As Batman Rumors

6/20/03
Batman, Superman And
The State Of Comic Book Movies

Ashton Kutcher Is Batman? Huh? Ashton Kutcher?

5/30/03

A Complete Unknown As The Man Behind The Mask?

5/20/03
Harry's Rumour Mill Grinds: Heath Ledger ... Chris Nolan ... Batman Talk?

5/17/03
Harry Says The Bat Will Be Nolan's Next Project

5/13/03
Would You Give Up Kitt For A Batmobile?
4/18/03

Will Chris Nolan Put Magic Ahead Of The Bat?

4/16/03
Dual Shooting/Release Schedules For Bats And Supes

4/11/03
Let This Batman Be No Angel

4/10/03
SPOILERS
Nolan/Goyer Batman
To Be Based On The Frightening?

4/9-10/03
DVD Fever's Script Review
.....Frightening Domains Registered
Review On Superhero Hype's Board
The Script Itself
AICN's Frightening Review

3/31/03
Schumacher Talks Batman

3/29/03
Posters That Will Never Be Used ...
Here And Here

3/23/03
Batman-On-Film Explains It All (see 3/23)

1/28/03
But Will He Film It Backwards?

 

 




Final Trailer
TV Spot 1
TV Spot 2
TV Spot 3
TV Spot 4


The Batsuit
The Mentor
The Scarecrow
Bale as Batman
The Closeup
Bruce Wayne
Bat In Repose


Teaser Poster
Poster One
Poster Two
Poster Three


 

 

 


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