Batman Begins Scarecrow

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But fear itself!„ Scarecrow“Boo! Aw, having trouble? Have a drink.

Scarecrow injected Batman with even more Fear Toxin, which leads up to another giant Scarecrow hallucination, in which Scarecrow watched as Batman fought his army of skeletons, including two larger ones (actually Joker's Henchmen, and two Titan Henchmen). Batman broke free once again and caused Scarecrow to flee to the sewers below. Scarecrow is the 2019 DC Comics film directed by Alexandre Morel, featuring the infamous Batman series villain, The Scarecrow A.K.A Dr. Johnathan Crane. The movie stars Cilian Murphy as Johnathan Crane and Colin Farrell as Greg McCanister, the two main characters. The plot line for the movie was.

You look like a man who takes himself too seriously. Do you want my opinion? You need to lighten up.„ Scarecrow to Batman after exposing him to the fear toxin.Dr. Jonathan Crane, also better known as Scarecrow, is a major antagonist in The Dark Knight Trilogy by Christopher Nolan, serving as the secondary antagonist of Batman Begins, and as a minor antagonist in both The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.Dr. Jonathan Crane was the chief administrator at, and was secretly working with both and mob boss, who brought shipments of drugs in for Crane to use to create his.He was portrayed by, who also played in Red Eye and in In Time. Contents History Working with Ra's al Ghul “Would you like to see my mask?„ Crane, revealing his true identity to Carmine Falcone.Scarecrow without his mask as Dr.

Jonathan CraneDr. Jonathan Crane started off as a university professor in psychology. He took advantage of his profession by testing his 'Fear Gas' on his students, driving them into insanity. He was finally exposed and fired after one of his students jumped through a window to assault a Santa Clause mannequin. Wanting to protect their reputation, the university fired him in secret.

It was then that Crane started working at Arkham Asylum where he'd subject the patients to the same treatments.In order to maintain Falcone's participation, Crane had Falcone's thugs, including, declared insane and moved into Arkham Asylum, rather than facing criminal charges, which Assistant District Attorney Rachel Dawes found highly suspicious.Later in the film, after Falcone was captured by Batman and imprisoned in the Blackgate Penitentiary, he slit his wrists in order to get an insanity plea. When Crane was summoned to inspect him, Falcone attempted to blackmail him into letting him in on his and Ra's al Ghul's plan. Instead, Crane put on his Scarecrow Mask and gassed Falcone with his Fear Toxin, which left him in a state of psychosis and had him moved to Arkham Asylum on suicide watch.' You want my opinion? You need to lighten up.'

When Rachel heard about Falcone being moved to Arkham, she was once again suspicious. She personally went down to Arkham to meet with Crane, and believed Crane himself to be the one responsible for Falcone's condition. Rachel informed Crane that she had arranged for a doctor from County General to have their own evaluation of Falcone that same night and to be on the Judge's desk by the next day. Crane took Rachel down to the basement level and showed her where his Fear Toxin was created. Frightened, Rachel attempted to escape, but Scarecrow caught up with her and gassed her with a consecrated dose of his Fear Toxin. However, before he could continue experimenting on her, Batman arrived, battled Scarecrow, and eventually gassed him with his own Fear Toxin and learned that he was working for Ra's al Ghul. Theatrical MoviesBatman (1966): Batman (1989): Batman Returns: (, & ) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm: Batman Forever: Batman & Robin: Batman Begins: Scarecrow The Dark Knight: (, & ) The Dark Knight Rises: (, & ) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Suicide Squad: ( & ) (, & ) (, & ) The Lego Batman Movie: (, & )Joker: ( & ).

. United States. United KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget$150 millionBox office$373.4 millionBatman Begins is a 2005 directed by and written by Nolan. Based on the character, it stars,. The film the, telling the of from the death of his parents to his journey to become Batman and his fight to stop and the from plunging into chaos.Following the poor reception of (1995) and (1997), a series of unsuccessful attempts were made to resurrect Batman on the big screen which put the Batman film series on hold for nearly eight years. Then, in early 2003, Nolan and Goyer began work on Batman Begins. Aiming for a darker, more realistic tone compared to the previous films, a primary goal for their vision was to engage the audience's emotional investment in both the Batman and Bruce Wayne identities of the lead character.

The film, which was principally shot in the United Kingdom, Iceland and Chicago, relied heavily on traditional and, with being used in a minimal capacity compared to other action films. Comic book storylines such as, and served as inspiration.Batman Begins opened on June 15, 2005, in the United States and Canada in 3,858 theaters. It grossed over $48 million in its opening weekend in North America, eventually grossing over $371 million worldwide. The film was met with highly positive reviews, with critics praising the tone, Bale's performance, action sequences, score, direction, and the emotional weight compared to previous Batman films. Often cited as one of the most influential films of the 2000s, Batman Begins was nominated for the and three awards. It was followed by (2008) and (2012), with the three films constituting. Contents.Plot As a child in, falls down a dry well and is attacked by a swarm of bats, developing a.

Attending the opera with his parents, and, Bruce becomes frightened by performers masquerading as bats and asks to leave. Outside, mugger murders Bruce's parents in front of him, and the orphaned Bruce is raised by the family butler,.Fourteen years later, Chill is paroled after testifying against mafia boss. Bruce intends to murder Chill, but one of Falcone's assassins does so first. Bruce's childhood friend berates him for acting outside the justice system, saying that his father would be ashamed. After confronting Falcone, who tells him that real power comes from being feared, Bruce spends the next seven years traveling the world training in combat and immersing himself in the criminal underworld.

In a prison, he meets Henri Ducard, who recruits him to the led. After completing his training in ninja methods and purging his fears, Bruce learns the League intends to destroy Gotham, believing the city is beyond saving. Bruce rejects the League and its edict that killing is necessary, burning down their temple during his escape.

Ra's is killed by falling debris, while Bruce saves the unconscious Ducard.Returning to Gotham intent on fighting crime, Bruce takes an interest in his family's company, which is being taken public by the unscrupulous William Earle. Company archivist, a friend of Bruce's father, allows Bruce access to prototype defense technologies, including a protective bodysuit and a heavily armored vehicle, the.

Bruce poses publicly as a shallow, while setting up a base in the beneath and taking up the identity of ', inspired by his childhood fear.Intercepting a drug shipment, Batman provides Rachel with evidence against Falcone and enlists Sergeant, one of Gotham's few honest cops, to arrest him. In prison, Falcone meets, a corrupt psychologist whom he has helped smuggle drugs into Gotham. Donning a scarecrow mask, Crane sprays Falcone with a and has him transferred to. While investigating 'the Scarecrow', Batman is incapacitated by the hallucinogen, but is saved by Alfred and given an antidote developed by Fox.When Rachel, now the city's assistant district attorney, accuses Crane of corruption, he reveals he has introduced his drug into Gotham's water supply. He drugs Rachel, but Batman subdues and interrogates Crane, who claims to work for Ra's al Ghul.

Batman evades the police to get Rachel to safety, administering her the antidote and giving her a vial of it for Gordon and another for mass production. At Bruce's birthday party, Ducard reappears and reveals himself to be the true Ra's al Ghul. Having stolen a powerful microwave emitter from Wayne Enterprises, he plans to vaporize Gotham's water supply, rendering Crane's drug airborne and causing mass hysteria that will destroy the city. He sets Wayne Manor aflame and leaves Bruce to die, but Alfred rescues him.Ra's loads the microwave emitter onto Gotham's system to release the drug at the city's central water source. Batman rescues Rachel from a drugged mob and indirectly reveals his identity to her.

Confronting Ra's on the monorail, as Gordon uses the Tumbler's cannons to destroy a section of the track, Batman refuses to kill Ra's but chooses not to save him, gliding from the train as it crashes, killing Ra's.Bruce gains Rachel's respect and love, but she decides she cannot be with him now, telling him if Gotham should no longer need Batman, they can be together. Batman becomes a public hero and Bruce reveals he has purchased a controlling stake in Wayne Enterprises, firing Earle and replacing him with Fox. Sergeant Gordon is promoted to Lieutenant and shows Batman the, mentioning a criminal who leaves behind.

Cast. as:A billionaire socialite who, after witnessing his parents' death in a mugging at age 8, travels around the world seven years before returning home to inherit his family company whilst operating at night as a -masked bringing upon the criminal underworld of. Bale was relatively unknown when cast. Before he was confirmed on September 11, 2003, having expressed interest in the role since was planning his own film adaptation, and took interest in it as well. Served as the casting reader for the casting of Bruce Wayne / Batman in a favor to the casting director. Bale felt the previous films underused Batman's character, overplaying the villains instead.

To best pose as Batman, Bale studied graphic novels and illustrations of the superhero. Director Nolan said of Bale, 'He has exactly the balance of darkness and light that we were looking for.' Goyer stated that while some actors could play a great Bruce Wayne or a great Batman, Bale could portray both radically different personalities. Since he had lost a great deal of weight in preparation for his role in, Bale hired a personal trainer to help him gain 100 pounds (45 kg) of muscle in the span of only a couple of months to help him physically prepare for the role. After realizing he went over by 30 pounds (14 kg), he lost the excess weight by the time filming began. Bale trained in Kung Fu under in preparation for the movie. as Young Bruce Wayne.

as:A trusted butler to Bruce's parents, who continues his loyal service to their son after their deaths as his closest confidant. Nolan felt Caine would effectively portray the foster father element of the character. Although Alfred is depicted in the film as having served the Wayne family for generations, Caine created his own backstory, in that before becoming Wayne's butler, Alfred served in the. After being wounded, he was invited to the position of the Wayne family butler by Thomas Wayne because, 'He wanted a butler, but someone a bit tougher than that, you know?' .

as Henri Ducard /:The leader of the, an ancient society that uses chaos to punish the corrupt and decadent, who goes undercover as an associate of the League and trains Bruce in martial arts, later revealing himself in the film's climax. Writer David Goyer said he felt he was the most complex of all the Batman villains, comparing him to; 'He's not crazy in the way that all the other Batman villains are. He's not bent on revenge; he's actually trying to heal the world. He's just doing it by very means.' Was first choice for the part, but ended up playing instead., who collaborated with Christopher Nolan on (2000), reported that the pair had discussions about him playing the role, but both of them decided that he was too young for the part. Neeson is commonly cast as a mentor, so the revelation that his character was the main villain was intended to shock viewers.

as:Bruce's childhood friend and love interest who serves as Gotham City's assistant and fights against corruption in the city. Nolan found a 'tremendous warmth and great emotional appeal' in Holmes, and also felt 'she has a maturity beyond her years that comes across in the film and is essential to the idea that Rachel is something of a moral conscience for Bruce'. as Young Rachel Dawes. as:One of the few uncorrupted, who is on duty the night of the murder of Bruce's parents and, in this way, shares a special bond with the adult Bruce and thus with Batman.

Oldman was Nolan's first choice for Ra's al Ghul, but when turned down the part of Gordon to spend time with his family Nolan decided that it would be refreshing for Oldman, who is renowned for his portrayals of villains, to play the role instead. 'I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice,' Oldman said of his character. He filmed most of his scenes in Britain. Goyer said Oldman heavily resembled Gordon as drawn by in.

as:A corrupt working as Chief Administrator of. A specialist in the psychology of fear, he has secretly created a and plots with Ra's al Ghul to expose the entire Gotham population. Nolan decided against casting an Irish actor like Murphy for Batman, before casting him as Scarecrow. Murphy read numerous comics featuring the Scarecrow and discussed making the character look less theatrical with Nolan.

Murphy explained, 'I wanted to avoid the look, because he's not a very physically imposing man – he's more interested in the manipulation of the mind and what that can do.' . as:The most powerful boss in Gotham, who shares a prison cell with Joe Chill after Chill murdered Bruce's parents.

Later, after having Chill murdered for his decision to testify against their relationship, he goes into business with Dr. Further information:In January 2003, hired director to direct an untitled Batman film, and signed on to write the script two months later.

Nolan stated his intention to reinvent the film franchise of Batman by 'doing the origins story of the character, which is a story that's never been told before'. Nolan said that humanity and realism would be the basis of the origin film, and that 'the world of Batman is that of grounded reality.

It will be a recognizable, contemporary reality against which an extraordinary heroic figure arises.' Goyer said that the goal of the film was to get the audience to care for both Batman and Bruce Wayne. Nolan felt the previous films were exercises in style rather than drama, and described his inspiration as being 's 1978 film, in its focus on depicting the character's growth. Also similar to Superman, Nolan wanted an all-star supporting cast for Batman Begins to lend a more epic feel and credibility to the story.Goyer wanted to the franchise; he and Nolan saw Batman as a romantic character, and Nolan envisioned a large, sweeping film like. Nolan did not have a problem with the studio's requirement that the film not be because he wanted to make the film that he wanted to see when 11 years old.

His personal 'jumping off point' of inspiration was ', a short story by and about Bruce's travels throughout the world. The early scene in Batman Begins of young Bruce Wayne falling into a well was adapted from 'The Man Who Falls'., written by and drawn by, influenced Goyer in writing the screenplay, with the villain as one of many elements which were drawn from Halloween 's 'sober, serious approach'. The writers considered having in the film, but replaced him with the new character when they realized they 'couldn't do him justice'. The character was later portrayed by in the 2008 sequel. The sequel to Halloween, also served as a minor influence. Goyer used the vacancy of Bruce Wayne's multi-year absence presented in to help set up some of the film's events in the transpiring years.

In addition, the film's Sergeant was based on his comic book incarnation as seen in Year One. The writers of Batman Begins also used Frank Miller's Year One plot device, which was about a corrupt police force that led to Gordon and 's need for Batman.A common idea in the comics is that Bruce saw a film with his parents before they were murdered. Nolan explained that by ignoring that idea – which he stated is not found in Batman's first appearances – it emphasized the importance of bats to Bruce and that becoming a superhero is a wholly original idea on his part. It is for this reason Nolan believes other DC characters do not exist in the of his film; otherwise, Wayne's reasons for taking up costumed vigilantism would have been very different. Filming As with all his films, Nolan refused a; he did this in order to keep his vision consistent.

Filming began in March 2004 in the glacier in (standing in for ). The crew built a village and the front doors to Ra's' temple, as well as a road to access the remote area. The weather was problematic, with 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) winds, rain, and a lack of snow.

A shot that cinematographer had planned to take using a crane had to be completed with a handheld camera.Unlike Burton and Schumacher's Gotham City that did not exist in the real world, Nolan shot exteriors in London, New York, and Chicago as he wanted the city to seem recognizable. In seeking inspiration from and other blockbuster films of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Nolan based most of the production in England, specifically.

A set was built there and measured 250 feet (76 m) long, 120 feet (37 m) wide, and 40 feet (12 m) high. Installed twelve pumps to create a waterfall with 12,000 imperial gallons (55,000 l; 14,000 US gal), and built rocks using molds of real caves. In January 2004, an at was rented by Warner Bros. During April 2004 and, converted into a 900 feet (270 m) sound stage, was where the slum-district of 'the Narrows' and the feet of the monorails were filmed.was chosen from twenty different locations for, as Nolan and Crowley liked its white floors, which gave the impression of the manor as a memorial to Wayne's parents. The building chosen to represent Arkham Asylum was the building in, northwest London, England.

The and the were used for Arkham's interiors. The of was used for courtrooms. Some scenes, including the Tumbler pursuit, were filmed in Chicago at locations such as. Authorities agreed to raise for a scene where access to the Narrows is closed.Despite the film's darkness, Nolan wanted to make the film appeal to a wide age range.

'Not the youngest kids obviously, I think what we've done is probably a bit intense for them but I certainly didn't want to exclude the sort of ten to 12-year olds, because as a kid I would have loved to have seen a movie like this.' Because of this, nothing gory or bloody was filmed. Design Nolan used the 1982 as a source of inspiration for Batman Begins.

He screened Blade Runner to Pfister and two others to show the attitude and style that he wanted to draw from the film. Nolan described the film's world as 'an interesting lesson on the technique of exploring and describing a credible universe that doesn't appear to have any boundaries', a lesson that he applied to the production of Batman Begins.Nolan worked with production designer Nathan Crowley to create the look of. Crowley built a model of the city that filled Nolan's garage. Crowley and Nolan designed it as a large, modern metropolitan area that would reflect the various periods of architecture that the city had gone through.

Elements were drawn from New York City, Chicago, and Tokyo; the latter for its elevated freeways and monorails. The Narrows was based on the nature of the (now demolished) in Hong Kong. See also:Crowley started the process of designing the Tumbler for the film. Crowley used the nose cone of a model to serve as the chassis for the Tumbler's engine. Six models of the Tumbler were built to 1:12 scale in the course of four months. Following the scale model creation, a crew of over 30 people, including Crowley and engineers Chris Culvert and Annie Smith, carved a full-size replica of the Tumbler out of a large block of in two months.The styrofoam model was used to create a steel 'test frame', which had to stand up to several standards: have a speed of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h), go from 0 to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) in 5 seconds, possess a system to make sharp turns at city corners, and withstand a self-propelled launch of up to 30 feet (9.1 m). On the first jump test, the Tumbler's front end collapsed and had to be completely rebuilt.

The basic configuration of the newly designed Tumbler included a, a truck axle for the rear axle, front tires by (which are actually dirt racing tires used on the right rear of open wheel sprint cars), 4 rear 44/18.5-16.5 Interco Super Swamper TSL tires (44' tall, 18.5' wide, mounted on a 16.5' wheel) and the system of. The design and development process took nine months and cost several million dollars.With the design process complete, four street-ready race cars were constructed, with each vehicle possessing 65 panels and costing $250,000 to build. Two of the four cars were specialized versions. One version was the flap version, which had hydraulics and flaps to detail the close-up shots where the vehicle propelled itself through the air. The other version was the jet version, in which an actual jet engine was mounted onto the vehicle, fueled by six tanks. The visibility inside the vehicle was poor, so monitors were connected to cameras on the vehicle body.

The professional drivers for the Tumblers practiced driving the vehicles for six months before they drove on the streets of Chicago for the film's scenes.The interior of the Tumbler was an immobile studio set and not actually the interior of a street-capable Tumbler. The cockpit was oversized to fit cameras for scenes filmed in the Tumbler interior. In addition, another version of the Tumbler was a that was 1:6 scale of the actual Tumbler. This miniature model had an electric motor and was used to show the Tumbler flying across ravines and between buildings. However, the actual Tumbler was used for the waterfall sequence. The Batsuit, worn by Christian Bale.The filmmakers intended to create a very mobile that would allow the wearer to move easily to fight and crouch. Previous film incarnations of the Batsuit had been stiff and especially restrictive of full head movement.

And her crew worked on the Batsuit at an FX workshop codenamed 'Cape Town', a secured compound located at Shepperton Studios in London. The Batsuit's basic design was a undersuit, which was shaped by attaching molded cream latex sections. Christian Bale was molded and sculpted prior to his physical training so the team could work on a full body cast. To avoid imperfections picked up by sculpting with clay, plastiline was used to smooth the surface.

In addition, the team brewed different mixtures of foam to find the mixture that would be the most flexible, light, durable, and black. The latter presented a problem, since the process to make the foam black reduced the foam's durability.For the cape, director Christopher Nolan wanted to have a 'flowing cloak. That blows and flows as in so many great graphic novels'. Hemming's team created the cape out of their own version of parachute nylon that had electrostatic flocking, a process shared with the team by the.

The process was used by the London police force to minimize night vision detection. The cape was topped by a, which was designed by Nolan, Hemming, and costume effects supervisor Graham Churchyard. The cowl was created to be thin enough to allow motion but thick enough to avoid wrinkling when Bale turned his head in the Batsuit. Churchyard explained the cowl had been designed to show 'a man who has angst', so his character would be revealed through the mask. Fight choreography Batman Begins' fight choreographers, Justo Dieguez and Andy Norman, trained actors and stunt performers using the Spanish Keysi Fighting Method, which itself gained fame after it was used in the film and its sequel,; however, the method was modified in due to Batman's age and physical condition and in order to match Bale's fighting style. The method is a system whose training is based on the study and cultivation of natural instincts. Visual effects For Batman Begins, Nolan preferred traditional stuntwork over.

Were used to represent the Narrows and Ra's al Ghul's temple. There were, however, several establishing shots that were CG composite images, such as Gotham's skyline, exterior shots of Wayne Tower, and some of the exterior monorail shots. The climactic monorail sequence mixed live action footage, model work, and CGI. The bats depicted in the film were entirely digital (except in shots containing only one or two bats), as it was decided that directing large numbers of real bats on-set would be problematic; dead bats were scanned to create digital models. Locations and sets were recreated digitally so that the flying bats would not appear incongruous once incorporated into the finished film.

Main article:The score for Batman Begins was composed. Nolan originally invited Zimmer to compose the music, and Zimmer asked Nolan if he could invite Howard to compose as well, as they had always planned a collaboration. The two composers collaborated on separate themes for the 'split personality' of Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman. Zimmer and Howard began composing in Los Angeles and moved to London where they stayed for twelve weeks to complete most of their writing. Zimmer and Howard sought inspiration for shaping the score by visiting the Batman Begins sets.Zimmer wanted to avoid writing music that had been done in earlier Batman films, so the score became an amalgamation of orchestra and electronic music.

The film's ninety-piece orchestra was developed from members of various London orchestras, and Zimmer chose to use more than the normal number of cellos. Zimmer enlisted a boy soprano to help reflect the music in some of the film's scenes where tragic memories of Bruce Wayne's parents are involved. 'He's singing a fairly pretty tune and then he gets stuck, it's like froze, arrested development,' said Zimmer. He also attempted to add a human dimension to Batman, whose behavior would typically be seen as 'psychotic', through the music. Both composers collaborated to create 2 hours and 20 minutes worth of music for the film, with Zimmer composing the action sequences and Howard focusing on the dramatic scenes.

Release Box office Batman Begins opened on June 15, 2005 in the United States and Canada in 3,858 theaters, including 55 theaters. The film ranked at the top in its opening weekend, accumulating $48 million, which was seen as 'strong but unimpressive by today's instantaneous blockbuster standards'.

The film's five-day gross was $72.9 million, beating (1995) as the franchise high. Batman Begins also broke the five-day opening record in the 55 IMAX theaters, grossing $3.16 million. Polled moviegoers rated the film with an A, and according to the studio's surveys, Batman Begins was considered the best of all the Batman films. The audience's demographic was 57 percent male and 54 percent people over the age of 25.The film held its top spot for another weekend, accumulating $28 million in a 43 percent drop from its first weekend. Batman Begins went on to gross $205 million in North America and had a worldwide total of $371.8 from its original release. It earned $1.6 million more from its 2012 re-release, bringing its lifetime worldwide total to $373.4 million.

It is the fourth-highest-grossing Batman film, as of August 2012, behind Tim Burton's, which grossed $411 million worldwide and also being surpassed by its sequels and, both of which have grossed over $1 billion. Batman Begins averaged $12,634 per theater in its opening weekend.

It was released in more theaters, but sold fewer tickets than the other previous Batman movies, with the exception of Batman & Robin. Batman Begins was the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2005 in the US.

Critical reception Review aggregator gives the film an approval rating of 84% based on 282 reviews, with an average rating of 7.67/10. The site's critical consensus reads, 'Brooding and dark, but also exciting and smart, Batman Begins is a film that understands the essence of one of the definitive superheroes.' At, which assigns a rating reviews, the film received an average score of 70 out of 100, based on 41 critics, which indicates 'generally favorable reviews'.

On, audiences gave the film an average grade of 'A' on an A+ to F scale. Bale received acclaim for his performance in the film.applauded Nolan and Goyer's work in creating more understanding into 'who Batman is and what motivates him', something Berardinelli felt Tim Burton's film had lacked; at the same time, Berardinelli felt the romantic aspect between Bale and Holmes did not work because the actors lacked the chemistry and ( ), or and ( ) shared in their respective roles. According to, Nolan manages to create such strong characters and story that the third-act action sequences cannot compare to 'the frisson of two people talking', and Katie Holmes and Christian Bale's romantic subplot has a spark 'refreshingly free of /-style whining'.' , who felt the film began slowly, stated that the 'story, psychology and reality, not special effects', assisted the darkness behind Batman's arsenal; he noted that Neeson and Holmes, unlike Bale's ability to 'feel his role in his bones', do not appear to fit their respective characters in 'being both comic-book archetypes and real people'. 's did not share Berardinelli and Turan's opinion. He was unimpressed with the film, when comparing it to the two films, and that Christian Bale's presence was hindered by the 'dull earnestness of the screenplay', the final climax was 'cheesy and unexciting', and that Nolan had resorted to imitating the 'fakery' used by other filmmakers when filming action sequences.Michael Wilmington of the believed Nolan and Goyer managed to 'comfortably mix the tormented drama and revenge motifs with light hearted gags and comic book allusions,' and that Nolan takes the series out of the 'slam-bang Hollywood jokefests' the franchise had drifted into.

Comic book scribe and editor stated that he 'felt the filmmakers really understood the character they were translating', citing this film as the best of the live-action Batman films. In contrast, J.R. Jones, from the, criticized the script, and Nolan and David Goyer for not living up to the 'hype about exploring Batman's damaged '., who gave mixed reviews to the previous films, and claimed in his review for Batman Returns that he did not believe noir worked in superhero films, wrote this was 'the Batman movie I've been waiting for; more correctly, this is the movie I did not realize I was waiting for'. Giving it four out of four stars, he commended the realistic portrayals of the Batman arsenal – the Batsuit, Batcave, Tumbler, and the Batsignal – as well as the focus on 'the story and character' with less stress on 'high-tech action'.Like Berardinelli, 's Mike Clark thought Bale performed the role of Batman as well as he did in, but that the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Rachel Dawes was 'frustratingly underdeveloped'. Thought Bale exhibited 'both the menace and the wit he showed in his brilliant turn in American Psycho', and that the film works so well because of the realism, stating, 'Batman starts stripping away each layer of Gotham crime only to discover a sicker and more monstrous evil beneath, his rancid city simultaneously invokes early '90s New York, when criminals frolicked to the tune of; New York, when cops were for sale; and today, when seek to kill us all at once rather than one by one.' In contrast, 's Stephanie Zacharek felt Nolan did not deliver the emotional depth expected of 'one of the most soulful and tortured superheroes of all'; she thought Bale, unlike who she compared him to, failed to connect with the audience underneath the mask, but that Gary Oldman succeeded in 'emotional complexity' where the rest of the movie failed.Film director —who had directed and —felt Nolan 'captured the real spirit that these kind of movies are supposed to have nowadays. When I did twenty years ago, in 1988 or something, it was a different time in comic book movies.

You couldn't go into that dark side of comics yet. The last couple of years that has become acceptable and Nolan certainly got more to the root of what the Batman comics are about.' Home media The DVD of Batman Begins was released on October 18, 2005, in both single-disc and two-disc deluxe editions and also released on and formats. In addition to the film, the deluxe edition contained featurettes and other bonus materials.

The edition contained a small paperback booklet, the first Batman story, featured in No. 27, as well as and an excerpt from. Batman Begins achieved first place in national sales and rental charts in October 2005, becoming the top-selling DVD of the fourth quarter of 2005. The DVD grossed $11.36 million in rental revenue. The DVD held its position at the top of the sales chart for a second week, but fell to second place behind on video rental charts.

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The film had brought in $167 million in DVD sales by August 2006.Batman Begins was released on on October 10, 2006. A Limited Edition Giftset of the film was released on DVD and on July 8, 2008, to coincide with which hit theaters July 18, 2008. Due to the successful box office performance of The Dark Knight, the Batman Begins DVD has since seen an increase in both sales and rentals. Batman Begins was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on December 19, 2017.

It received a novelization written by, and a comic book adaptation. Themes Comic book writer and author argues that a strong theme in the film is Bruce's search for a father figure, saying 'Alfred is the good father that Bruce comes to depend on. Bruce's real father died before they could establish an adult relationship, and 's Ducard is stern and demanding, didactic and challenging, but not a father figure with any sympathy. If Bruce is anyone's son, he is Alfred's. Morgan Freeman's Lucius is cool and imperturbable, another steady anchor in Bruce's life.'

Blogger Mark Fisher states that Bruce's search for justice requires him to learn from a proper father figure, with Thomas Wayne and Ra's al Ghul being the two counterpoints. Alfred provides a maternal figure of unconditional love, despite the overall lack of focus on a mother figure in Bruce's life.Fingeroth also argues that a major theme in the film is fear, which supports the story of Bruce Wayne becoming a hero. Director Christopher Nolan stated that the idea behind the film was 'a person who would confront his innermost fear and then attempt to become it'. Fingeroth referred to this film's depiction as 'the man with fear—but who rises above it'.

The theme of fear is further personified by the Scarecrow. The film depicts how fear can affect all creatures regardless of might. Allusions to fear are seen throughout, from Bruce's conquering of his demons, to becoming Batman, to the Scarecrow and his deadly fear toxin.

The macabre, distorted images presented in the Scarecrow's toxin-induced hallucinations also express the idea of terror to an extreme.Critic Brian Orndorf considered Batman Begins 'fierce' and 'demonstrative in brood', giving the film an abundance of gravitas and energy. It strays away from the lighter fare of 's 1997 Batman film, which contained one-liners throughout.

The theme of fear is intensified with the help of the musical score by Zimmer and Howard, which also 'eschews traditional heroic themes'. Also contrary to previous Batman films, a psychological investigation of Bruce Wayne's split personality in the bat suit is only lightly touched upon. Orndorf noted that Bruce is a 'character constantly striving to do the right thing, not worn down by incessant reexamination'. Impact Batman Begins has been cited as one of the most influential films of the 2000s. In 2020, magazine named it as one of 'The 100 Greatest Movies Of The 21st Century'. Shawn Adler of MTV stated Batman Begins heralded a trend of darker genre films, that either retold back-stories or them altogether.

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