Batman Begins
June 29, 2005
I went and saw Batman Begins this weekend and wanted to add to the chorus of people who love this movie. After Tim Burton was replaced by Joel Schumacher to do “Batman Forever” and “Batman & Robin” in the late 90’s, like most I was certain Batman was a dead character for at least 20 years until people could adequately repress the memory of that trash.
However, Chris Nolan (Memento), managed to bring us another dark interpretation of the Batman franchise. This is loosely based on the “Batman: Year One” comics, co-authored by Frank Miller. Miller is most known for his creation of the Sin City comics, three of which were recently compiled into a film released this spring. Miller is clearly on a hot streak, I guess I need to look at what else he’s written…
The one downside to this is the weak villains. Ra’s Al Ghoul and Scarecrow are both played very well, but both have light involvement. Certainly neither holds a candle to Jack Nicholson’s Joker. In fact that brings me to another potential concern. It would seem Joker is intended to be the villain in the next movie, who’s going to play this role and do it justice? Stay tuned, I’m gonna watch this one.
Back to the positive, Hollywood clearly realized that selling happy meals is not the most important thing about making a movie. I cross my fingers and hope history doesn’t again repeat itself.
Tags: batman, frank miller, movie, movies, scarecrow
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