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Batman Begins 2-Disc Deluxe Edition Limited Edition Version with 72 Page Comic Book

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Christopher Nolan single-handedly demolishes the 80's and 90's Batman movies by re-imagining The Dark Knight from the ground-up. He assembled a first rate cast, with every member at a perfect pitch. Christian Bale is spot on as the troubled billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. When you view the series, it has always been how the actors play Bruce as the straightman, and not as a caped crime fighter. Michael Keaton was terrific in his fashion, while I was always of the opinion that Val Kilmer was the smoothest of the bunch and George Clooney could have been perfect had he not been saddled with the horrific script dumped off as "Batman And Robin."

More to the point is that the supporting cast also carries through on their characters. Of particular note are Liam Neeson as Ducard and Gary Oldham, almost unrecognizable as (not quite Commissioner) Jim Gordon. There's enough light moments in the script to match the darkness, and Morgan Freeman's inventions make for good action.

The reason I picked this set up, however, was the special booklet. With three stories to choose from, it is a load of fun. One is from 1989, the second is the Bob Kane introduction from 1939 Detective Comics, and the third an introductory chapter from "The Long Halloween." It made the extra bucks (and the five star rating) worth adding on.

This is a very impressive and well-structured cinematic rework of Batman's origins. The cast is first rate. Christian Bale's performance is impressive adding a dimension of emotion to the stoic side of the character. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's score for BATMAN BEGINS is mesmerizing and quite moving. There is a lot of pent up emotion, energy and haunting beauty just waiting to explode. This is not your typical BATMAN score established by Danny Elfman but it maintains an undercurrent of continuous movement and vibrancy and is just overwhelmingly enthralling. It examines a meaningful nature of the character and his motivations augmenting Christian Bale's dedicated performance perfectly. The plot is also very solid. When I think of how the origin of Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) was interwoven into the film, I was impressed. This Batman film succeeds on every level.

The comic book was very impressive.

This was one of the greatest batman movies i ever seen prior to the dark knight. At first I did not think I was going to like it. I mean afterall I always thought no one can do batman as good as Micheal Keaton. Christian Bale proved it he can do batman in his own way. I reccomend everyone to watch this and the sequel to it The Dark Knight.