Batman Begins - A Fair Beginning

(Christian Bale as The Batman in Batman Begins)
(2005) ★★★☆☆

Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ (1989) impressed me much as a kid. He created a hero in cool, surreal, gothic style. It however, doesn’t explain why Bruce Wayne wants to be a big bat, I mean why ‘bat’, why not ‘cat’, ‘dog’, ‘snake’, ‘locust’ or any other animals; and why he’s such a skilful martial artist. Years later, Christopher Nolan’s ‘Batman Begins’ has all the answers. He re-created the batman legend as thought it was real. People think of it as a classic reboot, but I consider it just a fair beginning.

‘Batman Begins’ belongs to the action-drama genre, but the actions are few indeed. That’s no problem. The problem is, they’re not stunning and atmospheric like I expected. The Ninja training plot may look fresh to some, but definitely not to me. I guess it’s the most unrealistic part of this so-called most realistic Batman movie ever. As to the ‘why bat’ question, the ‘to overcome fear you must become fear itself’ cliché answers it all.

Why do we fall? This question, as I remember, is raised twice in the film. If you don’t know the answer, check it out for yourself. It could be very encouraging for you. If you do, ask yourself one more question: do you buy it? If you do, you’re probably enjoying life. If you don’t, I wish you good luck then. All I want to say is, Christopher’s films always seem to have a philosophical purpose while being rather entertaining at the same time.

Jack Nicholson’s Joker, one of the Batman’s worst enemies, appears in 1989’s ‘Batman’ already, but ‘Batman Begins’ doesn’t have much room for such a classic, complicated character. The director then figured that a full-length feature would be just enough to introduce such a haunting villain. That’s why there’s ‘The Dark Knight’!