Seen again 14 August 2020
Batman Begins 2005
- Director: Christopher Nolan
- Films seen by this director: Dunkirk, Interstellar, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Insomnia
- Based on Book: No
- Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Linus Roache, Morgan Freeman
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor/actress in:
- Christian Bale – Public Enemies, I’m Not There, Terminator Salvation, The Prestige, Equilibrium, American Psycho, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Velvet Goldmine, Little Women, Prince of Jutland, Swing Kids, Henry V
- Michael Caine: Interstellar, Inception, Harry Brown, Flawless, The Prestige, Children of Men, The Weatherman, Last Orders, Get Carter, The Cider House Rules, Little Voice, Mona Lisa, Educating Rita, Sleuth (both versions), Alfie
- Liam Neeson – Widows, Seraphim Falls, Kingdom of Heaven, Love Actually, Les Misérables, Michael Collins, Rob Roy, Nell, Schindler’s List, Ruby Cairo, Excalibur
- Katie Holmes – Woman in Gold
- Gary Oldman: The Space Between Us, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Harry Potter, The Book of Eli, Friends, The Fifth Element, Immortal Beloved, Léon, Romeo is Bleeding, True Romance, Dracula, JFK, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Prick Up Your Ears, Sid and Nancy, Meantime
- Cillian Murphy: Transcendence, Inception, Cold Mountain, Girl with the Pearl Earring, 28 Days Later
- Tom Wilkinson - The Lone Ranger, The Best Exotic Hotel Marigold, The Ghost Writer, Valkyria, Michael Clayton, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Girl with the Pearl Earring, Shakespeare in Love, Wilde, The Full Monty, Smilla’s Sense of Snow, Sense and Sensibility
- Rutger Hauer - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Blade Runner
- Linus Roache – Seaforth
- Morgan Freeman - Transcendence, Oblivion, Invictus, Gone Baby Gone, The Contract, Million Dollar Baby, Bruce the Almighty, Levity, Along Came a Spider, Nurse Betty, Amistad, Kiss the Girls, Moll Flanders, Seven, The Shawshank Redemption, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Glory, Driving Miss Daisy
- Seen: Once before. Now (first review) 10 July 2015. And now 14 August 2020.
After the
generally less than brilliant quartet of Batman films we’ve recently ploughed
through I’ve really been looking forward to seeing this one again.
From the very
start it’s too exciting and gripping to write while watching. So, see you
later.
And…it lives up to
expectations and memory.
It’s a real story,
of how Bruce Wayne becomes Batman. And what a story. Real characters with some depth. Nuanced and
complex good vs evil. Humour. Sophisticated high-tech action.
And what a cast. I
love every single one of them. Kindly Tom Wilkinson totally convincing as the
ruthless villain. Cute-as-a-bug, tough, don’t-mess-with-me Katie Holmes as
Rachel, the childhood sweetheart. Angelic blue-eyed Cillian Murphy as the
sleazy bent psychiatrist. Gary Oldman as the family man, earnest, courageous,
the only decent cop on the force and just a little dopey. Morgan Freeman as the
sardonic genius scientist. Noble Liam Neeson as the creepy opposite of Schindler.
Michael Caine as the cheeky butler Alfred – another Alfie. And, oh, gorgeous,
tormented Christian Bale - the true and only Batman.
I’m sure there are
flaws somewhere – the film, and the whole superhero concept is questionable
(but we all love it). But this has to be one of the best of the genre. And the
music is great too.
4 ½ * of 5
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