Batman Begins The Batman Begins General Discussion Thread

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

This was the first movie I ACTIVELY followed on the internet and in magazines. Not just the marketing push as I would have with previous movies in the run up to release.

It certainly didn't generate as much hype as The Spider-Man's, X-Men's or dare I say even Superman Returns, but it put a salve on the franchise and laid the foundation for great things to come.

And might just be my favorite of the trilogy.

 

[Daywalker89]

Its Batman Day and im about 20mins into Batman Begins. This film really ignited my passion for the character and i hold it dearly to my heart. Its just a fantastic film and does everything right. I was about 15 in 2005. Me and a mate saw this on a whim as it wasn't really promoted or i was oblivious to it. My jaw was on the floor with that dark brooding music and the bats flying to form the batman logo. I knew from then i was this film was a entirely different beast to what came before it.

The DVD i completely wore out especially the BTS. Just seing Bruce's journey was therapeutic, His understanding of justice ,internalized trauma and the criminal underworld (Bruce talking to Falcone is a highlight) its just top notch writing here (D.Goyer's writing really shines in this film) It also paints the corruption of Gotham City for the audience. Nolan really was the perfect director to reboot the Franchise also the soundtrack from Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard was fantastic. Im very humbled that we had the top of the top in the industry at the time, Everyone brought there A game.

Christian Bale as Bruce/Batman is what makes this movie shine for me. He trained for the role, gave us blatant duality between Bruce and Batman and was a general pleasure to see him envision a new era of Batman. Nolan said he was picked because he has the right balance of light and dark. Its so obvious watching him in certain scenes that this was the case

The only downsides were Katy Holmes as Rachel and the under use of Scarecrow but ive come to terms with him being a puppet.

P.S His Batman Voice was the best out of the trilogy and Gary Oldman was PERFECT casting my god!

For me personally this is still the best of the trilogy.

Had a feeling i posted in this thread before, covering this film with absolute praise. 20 years though....lol where does the time go.

I will never forget that feeling of " Oh damn " when the swarm of bats made that logo. Truly blessed to have seen this film in the cinema. Thank you Christopher Nolan, David Goyer and Christian Bale.

This film sent me on a deep dive into Batman Lore and haven't let go of this fantastic character ever since.

I remember all the manips after this film was released of what the joker would look like in the narrows backdrop.. Following the TDK production was absolutely wild after this film. They made Batman fans believe again and became invested in C.N's vision.

 

[BatLobster]

Oh man, such fond memories. 20 years is insane to think about. It's damn near half my life ago at this point.

I remember one thing about this movie that really knocked me out when I first saw it was the surprisingly uplifting, hopeful quality about it. I think with Chris Nolan at the helm and all the talk about realism, the tone of the first teaser, it was easy to go in assuming that this was going to be the darkest version yet. It had the appropriate level of darkness and badassery and clearly took the material seriously, but the tone was so perfectly balanced with character-driven humor and heart. It had just enough of that swashbuckling adventure tone that felt like a perfect throwback to classic blockbusters while also being extremely fresh for the franchise.

It still feels surprisingly rare to get blockbusters that hit this particular sweet spot.

I will never forget that feeling of " Oh damn " when the swarm of bats made that logo. Truly blessed to have seen this film in the cinema. Thank you Christopher Nolan, David Goyer and Christian Bale.

Ah great shout with the opening logo. For whatever reason, I always had fond memories of seeing that giant Bat-symbol on screen to start the movie from being a kid watching the Schumacher films. It created this larger than life anticipation of what was to come. The way this carried on that feeling in its own unique way, but without any flashy opening credits was such a mission statement. Love how the sequels maintained that, especially as the trilogy is really about the symbol as much as anything.

 

[danielstagg]

I am going to rewatch this film and the rest of the trilogy tonight. It’s such a amazing film series and Batman begins really brought life back into The Batman franchise and I will always be thankful this film was made.

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[Sawyer]

It’s just kind of unfathomable to me that Begins is as old now as B89 was in 2009. Maybe it’s just bc I was born after that one, but it felt like whole lifetimes had passed by at that point.

19 year olds of today thinking the same of Begins…? Inconceivable.

 

[BatLobster]

It’s just kind of unfathomable to me that Begins is as old now as B89 was in 2009. Maybe it’s just bc I was born after that one, but it felt like whole lifetimes had passed by at that point.

19 year olds of today thinking the same of Begins…? Inconceivable.

The fact that it's now been 20 years since Begins, and it had only been 16 years between B89 and Begins really puts things in perspective with this whole time thing.

 

[BatLobster]

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[OnLeatherWings]

This film's impact on not just superhero films but Hollywood as a whole is massively understated.

 

[Sawyer]

Interesting listening to Goyer’s interview with Josh Horowitz. Sounds like they considered Vicki Vale and Silver St. Cloud before landing on creating an original character in Rachel Dawes. (Goyer pointing out the absurdity of Silver St. Cloud’s name makes me think we can probably count her out of any Reeves appearances).

Also like that the Joker card is viewed as the correct choice of ending with or without the need to set up a sequel. Obviously you want to see what’s next (and knowing what actually did come next, you REALLY want to see it), but if Begins had just been a one-off, I think I could see that ending as a satisfying culmination to this “prequel” to the Batman lore that we were all familiar with.

 

[The Caped Knight]

 

[Kane52630]