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punisherwarzone

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when i first wacthed this i though it sucked but when i re wacthed it i saw it was wonderful so action packed and just great to wacth

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Posted aug 10, 2008 7:16 am pt

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Christopher Nolan and the entire cast and crew deliver just what Batman needs to be a modern movie comic hero. It gives not only action and plot, but also what goes on within the characters themselves. The film is so well-adapted and provides a...
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Christopher Nolan and the entire cast and crew deliver just what Batman needs to be a modern movie comic hero. It gives not only action and plot, but also what goes on within the characters themselves. The film is so well-adapted and provides a great origin to the character, that it makes up for a little lack of breakthrough in action and twists. The story, cast, script, and direction of Batman Begins really brings forward the true Batman we all love!

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Posted aug 4, 2008 3:10 am pt

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A brilliantly directed movie on batman's origin. It goes further than that by exploring the ethical dilemmas faced by crime-ridden societies. Christian Bale gives rare depth to the character. His performance throws previous Batman movies into the...
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A brilliantly directed movie on batman's origin. It goes further than that by exploring the ethical dilemmas faced by crime-ridden societies. Christian Bale gives rare depth to the character. His performance throws previous Batman movies into the bin.

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Posted aug 3, 2008 12:15 am pt

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Christopher Nolan directed the original drama Memento. In Batman Begins he takes on a whole new genre and style. And does it well. Christian Bale plays Bruce Wayne, a man who´s parents are killed by a thug. His father was theleaderof...
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Christopher Nolan directed the original drama Memento. In Batman Begins he takes on a whole new genre and style. And does it well. Christian Bale plays Bruce Wayne, a man who´s parents are killed by a thug. His father was theleaderof the Wayne corporation and Bruce takes it over. In the search for revenge he has to flee to a prison far away from Gotham. He is later trained to not fear anything and becomes Batman (to make it short). Why do I only give this 3 1/2 stars? since I watched this a day beforeI saw The Dark Knight, which was yesterday,It falls in the shadow of the sequel. Still,It´s a great movie And it´s recomemded for pretty mutch anyone.

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Posted jul 30, 2008 7:22 pm pt

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This movie had an awesome storyline about the beginnings of Batman, though it was slightly confusing at the beginning. Bruce Wayne travels the world after his parents murder looking for a way to fight injustice when he meets Ducard, who trains him...
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This movie had an awesome storyline about the beginnings of Batman, though it was slightly confusing at the beginning. Bruce Wayne travels the world after his parents murder looking for a way to fight injustice when he meets Ducard, who trains him to fight injustice. When he returns to Gotham City he takes the idenity Batman, and begins to fight injustice and the evil character, Scarecrow. The action in the movie is excellent.
The acting was great by all the cast, although shaky at one point in the movie.
There were many fight sequences in the movie, which were all great, and made better by the Scarecrow, who can spray people with something that makes them see thier worst fears.
Bruce's training was one of my favorite parts, and really brought the beginning to life. There were some funny lines but not many, as this was a serious movie.
The second part was great, with the fear gas spreading through the city and then finally finishing with Batman stopping his old mentor and the fear gas. A great movie in every way and an excellent addition to Batman.

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Posted jul 23, 2008 1:37 am pt

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Brillant kid action super hero movie better than spider-man 2 by miles since number 2 sucked.
But brillant

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Posted jul 14, 2008 5:34 am pt

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A very, very, very well done superhero movie. Even though Batman isn't exactly a superhero this is still one of the best superhero movies. The action, the acting, the villains, the whole origin story. This is just a great movie over all. See it!!

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Posted jul 8, 2008 12:01 am pt

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A very, very, very well done superhero movie. Even though Batman isn't exactly a superhero this is still one of the best superhero movies. The action, the acting, the villains, the whole origin story. This is just a great movie over all. See it!!

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Posted jul 8, 2008 12:01 am pt

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I'll be honest - I'm not much of a Batman fan, infact the whole "batman" idea to me was stupid. But after seeing this movie it eat my words because it totally impressed me. The story is great and Christian Bale always delivers!...
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I'll be honest - I'm not much of a Batman fan, infact the whole "batman" idea to me was stupid. But after seeing this movie it eat my words because it totally impressed me. The story is great and Christian Bale always delivers! Recommended for everyone especially the sceptics!

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Posted jul 5, 2008 10:31 pm pt

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Christian is Good Acting & Story Line is beautiful...

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Posted jun 18, 2008 6:18 pm pt

• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
  100
  For the first time since "X-Men," I was on the edge of my seat anticipating a sequel, wondering who'd play the Joker and how quickly Nolan - it must be Nolan! - can bring the next chapter of this story to the screen.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  100
  This is the Batman movie I've been waiting for; more correctly, this is the movie I did not realize I was waiting for, because I didn't realize that more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on high-tech action was just what was needed. The movie works dramatically in addition to being an entertainment. There's something to it.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  100
  A great movie, period. It's great because it's so real.

  by Kyle Smith | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  100
  A rousing, reverent, often brilliant re-creation of a seminal comics character, Batman Begins proves Batman is at home in the 21st century as he was in the 20th.

  by Keith Phipps | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  100
  A confidently original, engrossing interpretation.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  91
  It's witty, gripping good fun.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  91
  Technically, the film is consistently impressive. It creates a grimly gothic vision of a crime-ridden and depression-ravaged Gotham City, a dandy pair of chase sequences involving the new generation Batmobile and a range of innovative visual effects.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  90
  A carefully thought out and consummately well-made piece of work, a serious comic-book adaptation that is driven by story, psychology and reality, not special effects.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  90
  For Christopher Nolan to turn Batman Begins into such a smart, gritty, brooding, visceral experience is astonishing. Truly, Batman does begin again.

  by Kirk Honeycutt | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  90
  Conceived in the shadow of American pop rather than in its bright light, this tense, effective iteration of Bob Kane's original comic book owes its power and pleasures to a director who takes his material seriously and to a star who shoulders that seriousness with ease.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  90
  Batman Begins emerges from the darkness and leaves a powerful, lasting impression.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  88
  The action scenes are, for the most part, kinetic and exciting - things that have rarely been true of fights and chases in the superhero's previous incarnations.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  80
  Not just one of the best "comic book" movies ever made, but also one of the best films of the year.

  by Pete Vonder Haar | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  80
  Significantly grittier than previous Bat-beginnings, this finds new things to do with, and say about, a character who's been around since 1938.

  by Kim Newman | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  80
  Of course, a Batman movie is nothing without a Bruce Wayne, and, by a mile, Bale is the best of a lot that has ranged from the square-jawed slapstick of Adam West to the more dedbonair stylings of Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney.

  by Scott Foundas | Read Full Review »