This is it!!!! - Batman Begins Reviews

I'm afraid to go to asleep. Afraid to wake up and find out that what I just saw was all a dream. I'm afraid that when I wake up, I'll see George Clooney and Ah-Nold laughing at me and using catch phrases such as "diabolical" and "fiendish." But then I come to my senses and realize -- none of this was a dream. What I experienced was real! THIS WAS GREATEST BATMAN MOVIE EVER! They finally got it right. All it took was focusing the script on one thing...Bruce Wayne. For most of 90's audiences were subjected to a live-action cartoon that payed more attention to "the suit" than the man behind it. Not this time, Christopher Nolan's Batman is a psychological study into the mind of an insane man who wants nothing more than justice. Batman Begins is about the driving forces in Bruce Wayne's life and why he chooses to live in such a suicidal manner. The movie opens in a prison in some forgotten part of Asia. Wayne has allowed himself to be imprisoned so that he can understand the criminal mind. But he doesn't find any answers. When he's rescued by a man named Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson) and introduced to the vigilante organization known as the "League of Shadows," he discovers himself. And it's disturbing. This is Batman at his learning phase -- perfecting the psychology of fear. The mythos of the Batman is made even more frightening by his opponent, the Scarecrow -- a madman who uses toxins to cause hallucinations (you'll love how this enhances Batman's fear factor). By the time it was all said and done, the audience was cheering because this was the Batman movie they had we have been waiting for. As a kid, Batman was always the character I identified with, so this movie has a lot more meaning to me. As an adult, you expect more. You expect a character that has real problems and issues. That's what this movie provides. It dares to answer the question of "What if someone actually did this?" And the answer felt real. That's what makes this movie so spectacular -- it's grounded with a sense of reality even though it's inplausible. Now a few notes about this movie: Number 1 -- This is not a kiddy-flick. This is not Spider-Man. Batman Begins is DARK! Visually, mentally and emotionally DARK! Number 2 -- It's violent. Not over the top with blood and gore. No, it's built around the intensity of a man's fist breaking ribs. Number 3 -- Why are you still reading this! Get your butt to the theater now! Batman Begins has officially set the standard for every comic book based movie to come. Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you!