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Actors: Christian Bale, Michael Cane, Katie Holmes
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Batman Begins |
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When Bruce Wayne was a boy, he fell down a well on his parents' estate and found himself in a cave full of bats, which terrified him. Not much later, his folks were shot dead by a mugger in an alley outside the opera before his eyes.
Vowing vengeance, Wayne goes to court armed with a gun to get his parents' killer. But someone else shoots the man before Wayne can get to him, and he decides to disappear -- hoping to become an expert fighting machine as well as to understand the criminal mind in order to combat it. His search takes him to prisons around the world, and ultimately to the Himalayan lair of Ra's Al Ghul, martial arts expert and ninja warrior. He trains under Al Ghul, but rejects his fatal methods of disposing of criminals, burns the mountain retreat of the ninjas, and returns home to become Batman and build the Batcave and Batmobile.
In Gotham, Wayne becomes reacquainted with childhood friend Rachel Dawes (Holmes), who has become an assistant district attorney and makes good use of a researcher in the company labs, Lucius Fox (Freeman. As Batman, he forms an alliance with police sergeant Jim Gordon (Oldman). But each persona has enemies to fight: Wayne must outmaneuver a business executive (Rutger Hauer) who wants to take control of the corporation, and Batman will have to deal with Dr. Jonathan Crane (Cillian Murphy) who schemes to release nerve gas into the city's water mains and take over as the Scarecrow.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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As a boy young Bruce Wayne watched in horror as his millionaire parents were slain in front of his eyes, a trauma which led him to become obsessed with revenge. After disappearing to the East where he seeks counsel with the ninja cult leader known as Ra's Al-Ghul, he returns to his now decaying Gotham City overrun by organised crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system whilst the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave under his mansion, and a prototype armoured suit leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of men who do wrong - he becomes Batman.
In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop Jim Gordon, Batman sets out to take down the various nefarious schemes in motion by individuals such as mafia Don Falcone, the twisted doctor/drug dealer Jonathan 'The Scarecrow' Crane, and a mysterious third party that is quite familiar with Wayne and waiting to strike when the time is right.
--Tom McInnes, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Batman Begins |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
- present (2000-2010)
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
Superhero movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
- champion of justice
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average build (man)
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- scientist
- doctor
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- skinny (man)
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- healthy but a geeky weakling
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 7 (a good amount)
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
Any profanity?
- None
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
Is this movie based on a
- comics
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