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  • 3 Stars
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  • 84 of 84 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Timbo3107

    Member since 14/10/2006

    Reviews written: 264

    5 Stars The Batman film that was long overdue!! 16/03/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Very dark and moody. Totally Batman... spot on!!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Slow in parts.

    Hello and welcome to my 51st review on Ciao. After the complete screw up with Batman and Robin and the fundamental failure of the George Clooney as Batman at the box office, some serious rethinking had to be done. Not only did the fans of the Caped Crusader turn there backs on the film but also kept away in there droves making the film itself one of the biggest disasters since Raise the Titanic or Ishtar. Warner Brothers were somewhat understandably concerned, but also very reluctant to go ahead with a fifth Batman film and decided to can the franchise for the time being, this was quite a ... more
  • 65 of 65 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 christianfilmcritic

    Member since 21/01/2006

    Reviews written: 263

    5 Stars Super Hero...... Super Movie 15/02/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Much better than the last set of Batman films

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Poor navigation on 2nd disc

    Several years after the murder of his parents, the young Bruce Wayne disappears from Gotham on a soul searching journey. As he travels around the world he gains the skills, both physical and mental, which will help in his attempt to get revenge. When her returns to Gotham, he sets about creating his alter ego, Batman. With the assistance of this trusted butler, Alfred, and his newly found ally, Lucius Fox, the caped crusader is born. A man who uses his strength, brains and a whole host of high-tech gadgets to strike fear into the hearts of the criminals of Gotham. After the last run of Batman ... more
  • 62 of 62 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    4 Stars So It Begins...again... 06/05/2006
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Different Approach

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Length, sparse action, no extras at all

    2005 Rating 12 2 hours and 15 minutes Widescreen Cast and Principals '' Bruce Wayne / Batman....Christian Bale Dr Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow....Cillian Murphy Henri Ducard....Liam Neeson Rachel Dawes....Katie Holmes Carmine Falcone...Tom Wilkinson Jim Gordon....Gary Oldman Alfred....Michael Caine Lucius Fox....Morgan Freeman Earle....Rutger Hauer Director....Christopher Nolan ('Insomnia' and 'Memento') Plot ' Batman Begins deals with the origins of the Batman legend. It commences with a childhood incident which first instills the fear of bats in to the young Bruce Wayne (Gus Lewis). We are ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 funkyshoes3

    Member since 17/06/2009

    Reviews written: 83

    5 Stars Good Job im not Batman, im Afraid Of Bats Review with images 11/04/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Direction, action scenes, screenplay, story, soundtrack

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    Batman Begins is superhero and action movie that was made in 2005; Batman Begins is based on the DC comics that were also called Batman. Batman Begins is the first film in the trilogy and this film is directed by Christopher Nolan and five people produced Batman Begins they are: Emma Thomas, Larry J. Franco, Charles Roven, Benjamin Melniker and Michael Uslan. Batman Begins was made on the budget of $150 million but grossed over $370 million so they made a huge profit. Batman Begins is rated 8.3 out of 10 on the IMDB website based on 297,000 votes and that is a very high score and I agree with ... more
  • 33 of 33 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Jake_Speed

    Member since 10/03/2007

    Reviews written: 179

    5 Stars The Dark Knight Strikes Again 20/01/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great action, atmosphere

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Katie Holmes

    The original series of Batman films, started by Tim Burton in 1989, left a few questions hanging in the air with their depiction of a reasonably mature Batman fighting crime with a minimum of backstory. Where in the name of Adam West did he learn how to be Batman? Who taught him martial arts? Where does he get his gadgets and car from? Does anyone help him secretly? Batman Begins, an excellent reboot/rethink of the franchise, answers these questions and establishes itself in the Premier League of comic-book films. The film opens with a young Bruce Wayne falling through an old well on the ... more
  • 62 of 62 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 mummy2harry

    Member since 12/04/2007

    Reviews written: 745

    5 Stars Bat's The Way I Like It Review with images 10/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Gritty, darker than previous films, Christian Bale is a great Batman

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Katie Holmes

    I was never really a massive fan of the Batman franchise when I was growing up, but I have seen all the earlier movies, although I cannot really recollect them with much detail. However, superhero movies seem to be on a comeback at the moment with Superman, The Hulk, and Spiderman all making a splash on the movie scene, and therefore it was just a matter of time before they somehow bought Batman back again. And indeed in 2005, Batman made a comeback, but not quite as we thought. Batman Begins actually takes us back to the creation of Batman, and how exactly he came about. The story starts with ... more
  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 pmcds

    Member since 07/11/2005

    Reviews written: 1088

    5 Stars Batman Begins cures a run of bad features 15/03/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Everything

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Nothing

    Batman Begins Batman - A Little History Batman is a dark superhero, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger in the 1930s, and published by DC Comics. He is the alter-ego of Bruce Wayne, millionaire orphaned at a young age. Following the TV series of the superhero's adventures with his sidekick Robin in the 1960s, in 1989 Tim Burton directed Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman', a very dark film which carried a '12' rating (first to have this rating) which was ater changed to a '15' and was both critically and commercially acclaimed. Then followed another 3 films centred around Batman, but ... more
  • 40 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 sewbizzie

    Member since 09/07/2007

    Reviews written: 1126

    4 Stars As So The Story Begins 09/12/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good action, great effects, good storyline

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Batman's voice!

    I really don’t know why I have never seen this film as all the boys in my house, hubby included are big sup hero fans. When this can on the TV the other night I made a point of recording it as I was very curious to find out how Batman began and what made him want to be him. I am so glad that I did as I so enjoyed the film. As I said previously this was watched on the TV so this is a FILM ONLY REVIEW. At the start of the film we see a very young Bruce Wayne playing with his friend Rachael when he falls down a well and is attacked by bats. He suffers nightmares from this and when he is at the ... more
  • 28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 beckle_82

    Member since 29/11/2006

    Reviews written: 61

    4 Stars The Bat is back 27/04/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Answers a lot of questions, back on good form

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Vehicle for setting up film number 2

    Directed by: Christopher Nolan (Memento) Starring: Christian Bale (The Machinist, American Psycho) Michael Cain (Alfie, The Italian Job) Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek) Morgan Freeman (The Shawsank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby) Production Year: 2005 Running Time: 91minutes Certificate: 12A DVD extras: 2 Disc Special Edition contains trailer Featurettes on writing process, casting, the batsuit and making of Batmobile Features on the making of Gotham City Comic Book style navigation Plot: So we all know the original Batman film was great and then from then on it was a gradual decline. Tim ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 utero

    Member since 11/07/2000

    Reviews written: 637

    5 Stars No Latex Nipples In Sight 10/03/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Has a sense of realism, entertaining, good adaptation of the character

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Lacks a classic comic book villain

    Remember back to the end of the eighties when that Bat logo emerged. Yes folks Batman was back and in a big way. Tim Burton's gothic adaptation of the character was a big box office smash and got even darker with the sequel Batman Returns (which I happen to prefer). But then the franchise moved away from the characters dark origins and became more of an excuse to shift some toys and merchandise around a summer blockbuster. This Joel Schumacher's Batman films were over the top affairs, Batman Forever was serviceable but Batman & Robin really killed the franchise dead. Simply put it was a ... more
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