The Dark Knight Batman Begins or The Dark Knight?

[mrbrownie]

For me, they're the big ass perfect movie I've been waiting for all along. It's 5 hours plus long. How much better can it get!? (I know 2 and half hours more..details..details..)

 

[El Payaso]

TDK, no question. Begins left me dissapointed in some important aspects and TDK was perfect in almost every aspect.

 

[Easter Lily]

There's no doubt that TDK is the better constructed film. The dialogue's better, the story is brilliantly executed BUT
I dunno... I just felt Begins had more of a heart to it. It moved me deeply the first time I saw it and that continues to stay with me, even watching it three years later. There was a gentle simplicity about it and I loved the way it peeled through the layers of Batman's origins.
So hard to choose...

 

[Rishi]

the only problem with Begins: the action scenes
the only problem with Knight: gylenhaal instead of holmes

everything in TDK is improved from BB with that one exception, so TDK wins

 

[obiwan]

i was never a huge fan of batman begins like some others were. it wasnt bad, but really it was just alot of praise and hype for a film that turned out to be just ok. but TDK....now thats what im talkin about, why didnt we get this 3 years ago? granted its not the BEST batman movie, but it was certainly alot more enetertaining and more gripping then BB.

 

[El Payaso]

i was never a huge fan of batman begins like some others were. it wasnt bad, but really it was just alot of praise and hype for a film that turned out to be just ok. but TDK....now thats what im talkin about, why didnt we get this 3 years ago?

I agree with everything.

 

[Majik1387]

the only problem with Begins: the action scenes and katie holmes
the only problem with Knight: batmans voice

everything in TDK is improved from BB with that one exception, so TDK wins

Fixed

 

[Paradyme]

The Dark Knight hands down. Everything that needed improvement was.

 

[Jokers_Wild]

imo...TDK is about 100x better than Begins...and Begins is a good movie.

TDK is a masterpiece though. Even my friends that weren't crazy about Begins--they ALL loved TDK. None of them disliked it.

 

[AlterEgo]

I care the least bit about Bruce Wayne and mainly about Batman and the Villians he faced.

Batman Begins:
-Ra's al Ghul: extremely boring character for me, and he had the longest part, plus he was technically Bruce Wayne's villain in the first part with him it in
-Scarecrow: Really cool, however I was hoping for more "worst fear" episodes
-Mob: Kind of important, mainly against Bruce Wayne
-Police: Mainly Gordon was befriending him, not that interesting

The Dark Knight:
-The Joker: KICK ASS, all against Batman, no Bruce Wayne
-Two-Face: Okay, no that interesting, face could of been more gross,
-Mob: Mainly against Harvey Dent / Batman, more in this movie
-Police: All Gordon and people who helped Gordon, not bad in this movie, more swat like
-Harvey Dent:Cool, interesting to see him put all the mob in prison, helped batman
-Citizens for Batman: I thought that they were cool for the two minutes they were in it, by the way Brian Douglas was the best character in that movie, besides the Joker

 

[JackBauer24]

I'm going to have to go against the grain on this one and say Batman Begins. The more time goes on, the more I'm convinced just how great a movie BB was. The release of The Dark Knight has sealed this for me.

Don't get me wrong, there are things about The Dark Knight I loved. I just didn't love the movie as a whole. Batman Begins had such a brilliant story, and flowed so well and was so perfectly paced, and unfortunately The Dark Knight just doesn't live up to this. It's a movie full of great ideas, and great performances and great scenes, but somehow they just don't come together to make a great movie. It's too haphazard. It doesn't flow.

Whereas Batman Begins was more than the sum of its parts, I'm afraid The Dark Knight turns out to be less - and to me, it really goes to show the power of story structure. Something Begins had in spades but which is sadly lacking in The Dark Knight.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

i loved batman begins and i was suprised i did really. schumachers films left me completly disillusioned with anything batman so i was glad nolan got hold of the franchise. and then the dark knight.............brilliance, pure brilliance. it is now my number 1 favourite film ever and i'm not a massive batman fan but it was just insanely brilliant!

 

[Two-Face]

Harvey says BB

2-Face says TDK

Hmmm

 

[AIRWOLF]

Actually I prefer both movies. They both have pros and cons about them. But if I have to be totally honest, I think I like the Dark Knight slightly more since its massive and its story is rooted in truth. Joker is my most favorite Batman villain and he was really portrayed well here, as being the representation of the ugly side of human nature and whats its capable of. The first movie was more about justice but this one is more about the hypocrisy in the world and being blind to the real truth about human nature.

 

[El Payaso]

Harvey says BB

2-Face says TDK

Hmmm

2-Face is again right.

 

[Sweetchuck]

BB was my all-time favorite movie, but TDK was certainly a better movie. No corny one-liners,

Are you sure about that? How about...
"Have a nice trip...See ya next fall."
I believe a police man said it when they were arresting all the gangsters and stuffing them into cars...

 

[jrd550]

I considered BB as the best superhero film ever. But now TDK easily takes that spot... it makes BB seem almost too fantastical (a microwave emitter?)

 

[TDK Joker]

I considered BB as the best superhero film ever. But now TDK easily takes that spot... it makes BB seem almost too fantastical (a microwave emitter?)

A sonar thing that lets Batman and Lucious Fox see the whole of Gotham?

Oh and I prefered TDK.

 

[the GRIN Reaper]

It was Ra's choice to get into that train and gas the entire city. Yes, it was Batman's plan undoubtedly to blow up the train track, but if you remember, Ra's destroyed the controls which disabled the train from stopping.

When Ra's said something along the lines of, "You can't stop this train", Batman replies with...

..."Who said anything about stopping it?". Ra's thought Batman was trying to stop the train, when he wasn't. He was trying to stall Ra's. Ra's destroyed the breaks. Regardless of who blow up the train track or whose ever idea it was, it was him who decided to disable the breaks.

And in return, creating a situation for himself that he could not get out of. Batman wasn't going to save him from that situation, either. He wasn't going to outright kill him ("So you've finally learned to do what is necessary...") but he wasn't going to save him from the predicament Ra's got himself into.

Originally Batman does try to stop the train. That's why after kicking Ra's ass he heads to the controls, and then Ra's comes up behind him and damages the controls. It was Batman backup plan for Gordon to blow the tracks before Wayne Enterprises to ensure the train would be stopped or derailed.

 

[Batman jr.]

I like em both equally, but If have to choose, I'd pick TDK!

 

[jsf]

both equally, probably Begins by a little bit.

 

[The Joker]

Harvey says BB

2-Face says TDK

Hmmm

I'd say option three is for you then

 

[abcdefz]

I saw Batman and Robin in a theater.. oh boy

"I read the news today, oh boy..."

 

[magicangel1989]

The Dark Knight is definitley better then Batman Begins. Not just because of the late Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker, but because the visual effects were better, the acting was better, the direction was better. And the music....OH BOY!

 

[GCityCoffee]

I thought TDK was epic on a much larger scale and brought more to the table than Batman Begins. I love Begins, but for me TDK is leaps and bounds a head of it.