Batman Begins Re-watching Batman Begins

[iron_spartan]

I watched it couple days and it blew me away again.

 

[Mr. Socko]

I'm in the middle of my Batman viewing summer mode where I watch all of the films and the special features. Going to get to Begins on Saturday, haven't watched it at all this year.

 

[Damiean Dark]

Its the pretentious speeches that get me down bale was the perfect choise for BB but Goyers written script sucks quotes like "im scared of bats, i want them to share my dread" come off so terrible it makes me cringe.

 

[Rezzo]

Just finished watching it again, it never gets old

 

[El Payaso]

Its the pretentious speeches that get me down bale was the perfect choise for BB but Goyers written script sucks quotes like "im scared of bats, i want them to share my dread" come off so terrible it makes me cringe.

I concur. So much effort to be felt serious thrown away.

 

[The Empire Ape]

Its the pretentious speeches that get me down bale was the perfect choise for BB but Goyers written script sucks quotes like "im scared of bats, i want them to share my dread" come off so terrible it makes me cringe.

Yeah, to think that Batman is afraid of bats is just stupid.

The only thing even sillier would have been that he really thought "I am a bat!"

 

[Super_Ludacris]

A Classic still...

 

[souloffire]

To be honest I like it less every time I see it. I feel they dropped the ball with this movie.

 

[Penismightier]

To be honest I like it less every time I see it. I feel they dropped the ball with this movie.

Yes, I thought it was a tremendous achievement when I saw it the first time. Then came the next day when I started to process it and see the flaws. Then I saw it again, the surprises are gone and that's when a movie really exposes itself. The flaws were readily apparent. That's not knocking the movie at all, 95% of all movies are like that. It's just, this one is considered a masterpiece by the 18 and under crowd.

 

[Damiean Dark]

Try telling that to the guys over at Batman On Film lol they would roast you alive.

 

[Super_Ludacris]

Man with me it was the other way around. When I first saw it I thought it was good and met required expectations of online fans. But to me it didnt reach to the level of Sin City or X-Men 2 or Spider-Man 2 so it was a 3.5/5.
Upon further review, the story was solid and was the winning the point of the movie and it gets better with viewing and is a 4-4.5/5

 

[BatScot]

Yes, I thought it was a tremendous achievement when I saw it the first time. Then came the next day when I started to process it and see the flaws. Then I saw it again, the surprises are gone and that's when a movie really exposes itself. The flaws were readily apparent. That's not knocking the movie at all, 95% of all movies are like that. It's just, this one is considered a masterpiece by the 18 and under crowd.

It's a good film, but it's no masterpiece. It never was, nor could it be... the flaws you describe as readily apparent were largely apparent in the script.

Try telling that to the guys over at Batman On Film lol they would roast you alive.

Meh, those BOF boys are too busy roasting their weenies.

 

[Mr.E.Nygma]

^^Indeed. No comic book film can be considered a masterpiece, even if they're fun and excellent, like the batflicks are almost only able to be, they're no near masterpiece.

And to raise another point, the fighting scenes were a long matter of dispute about how they are annoying or not. But not that I just rewatched it, I consider those scenes brilliant. Because if people complained for nothing, here is the reason :

The cut of the fighting in Begins goes brutal, fast paced, closed range, to keep the audience in the middle of the action, to truely recreate the feel of a fight. I did not talk about the vague conception of realisme people have on these boards, but just a recreating ambiance effect, if you understand my point. It feels natural. Which is good.

 

[elgaz]

I bought this film on DVD and have watched it a few times since, it's still every bit as enjoyable as the first time. Well casted, well written, well directed - just a good film.

Strangely enough, whilst I loved the 1989 Batman, rewatching it puts it in a bad light for me. Still a decent flick, but some cringe-worthy moments and I feel it hasn't aged well - Burton's dark & gothic look just doesn't come across any way realistic compared, for example, to Nolan's Gotham.

Gaz

 

[El Payaso]

Burton's dark & gothic look just doesn't come across any way realistic compared, for example, to Nolan's Gotham.

Gaz

That might be because, say, it wasn't the director's intention to be realistic at all.

 

[elgaz]

True, I just find it hard to immerse myself in the film like when I was younger - but I guess that's a by-product of many comic book films taking the realism approach over the last few years.

Gaz

 

[El Payaso]

True, I just find it hard to immerse myself in the film like when I was younger - but I guess that's a by-product of many comic book films taking the realism approach over the last few years.

Gaz

And manias accumulated with aging. j/k

 

[sasquatchs]

Besides still being fun if not much more, the "dramatic example" idea is the thing that stays with me. They could have done way more with it than newspaper headlines but there's lots of potential for TDK, hopefully he's not treated as a straightforward hero by Gotham though. Still prefer B89's mysterious, urban legend Batman, but this is the one original theme that appeals to me on repeat viewings.

 

[contemporarydog]

It's just, this one is considered a masterpiece by the 18 and under crowd.

Hey, I'm 31, I watch a very wide range of cinema, and I think BB is a fantastic film.

 

[Bat-Mite]

Amen. I'm 23 and think it's the best live action portrayal of Batman on film thus far. It's very childish, IMO, for someone to suggest that only teenagers/children can see this movie as a masterpiece, or that the opinions of younger people aren't valid at all. Yes, it has its flaws, but so does every other Batman movie. Many people, adults and kids alike, love this movie. Get over it.

 

[Two-Face]

Yes, I thought it was a tremendous achievement when I saw it the first time. Then came the next day when I started to process it and see the flaws. Then I saw it again, the surprises are gone and that's when a movie really exposes itself. The flaws were readily apparent. That's not knocking the movie at all, 95% of all movies are like that. It's just, this one is considered a masterpiece by the 18 and under crowd.

I'm 24 and I think this is best Batman movie sure it does flaws but don't say it's liked by 18 and under which isn't true, my sister is 21 and she loved BB and it was her second time viewing the movie.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

23, probably the most enjoyable comic movie I have seen, rekindled my interest in batman, the under 18 thing comes across more derogatory than factual.

 

[Angeloz]

It's on TV just now (Channel 9 Australia) and the digital blurb says:

Batman Begins

After training with a ninja in Asia following his parents' brutal murder, Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City and finds it overrun with organised crime and corruption in this prequel to the Batman series. After discovering a cave under Wayne Man...

I highlighted an interesting bit. And that's where it runs out at "Man...".

Angeloz

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Yea, rotten tomatoes made that same mistake a few times also.

 

[TLH]

Its the pretentious speeches that get me down bale was the perfect choise for BB but Goyers written script sucks quotes like "im scared of bats, i want them to share my dread" come off so terrible it makes me cringe.

Actually, the line is "Bats frighten me. It's time my enemies shared my dread"

If the actual line was the way you remember it, then yeah, it would have sucked. I mean, you can have your own opinion, but if a line like that makes you cringe you've obviously never seen any of the Schumacher films.