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Warner Home Video brings Batman Begins to Ultra HD Blu-ray as a three-disc combo pack with an UltraViolet Digital Copy code, which can be redeemed at WB.com/redeemdigital and made available in HD SDR via MoviesAnywhere. Looking back, Nolan's grittier take has left a lasting impact, which continues influence future comic book adaptations.įor a more in-depth take on the movie, you can read our review of the Blu-ray SDR HERE. Although Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes) is a new addition to the mythology, I rather like her role as Bruce's love interest, who functions like a metaphor for our hero's frustrating struggle of chasing after the unattainable. Rounding out an already impressive ensemble cast is the excellent Gary Oldman as James Gordon and the esteemed Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth. Seeing this rarely talked-about background detail in the history of Batman on the big screen for the first time thrilled this comic-book reader immensely at the time, along with the debut of Scarecrow (a perfectly cast Cillian Murphy), one of my personal favorite supervillains. Goyer, the story follows a young Wayne through his training as a member of the League of Shadows under the leadership of Ra's al Ghul (a terrific Liam Neeson). Of course, a big part of the film's success is also due to Nolan aspiring for a grittier, more somber version of the comic superhero, one grounded in reality with greater emphasis on his growth and development. He brought a psychological pathos and gravity writhing behind the character's motives which others had never fully embraced or explored, making his outrage and passionate desire to save his beloved city all the more justified, if not also easy to empathize with. Thankfully, Bale successfully appeased my hesitations and quickly became the Batman I always dreamt of as a child, the masked vigilante hiding in the dark shadows of Gotham's crime-ridden streets. It was easy to imagine him in the role of billionaire philanthropist and playboy Bruce Wayne, but the brooding, darkly vengeful superhero who strikes fear in the hearts of criminals was a different matter. But his work on those films always made me think of him as dramatic, not comic book camp. Years prior, the British actor had left an impression with excellent performances in Velvet Goldmine, Reign of Fire, even Equilibriumand especially American Psycho.
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Similar to Michael Keaton drawing skepticism when it was announced he would don the Batsuit in Tim Burton's 1989 adaptation, I had my doubts of seeing Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader in Christopher Nolan's 2005 reboot.