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"Batman Begins" is a visual rollercoaster that begins and ends with its flawless production design. If you were a fan of Burton’s gothic environment, or even Joel Schumacher’s vibrant neon world, you’ll be pleasantly stunned by the simple, yet incredibly detailed Gotham City. Nicely complementing the film’s harsh atmosphere is a fantastic A-list cast born for their respective roles. As much as Michael Gough seemed the perfect fit during his time on the previous four Batman films, Michael Caine is Alfred Pennyworth. Gary Oldman ... is Lt. James Gordon, and Morgan Freeman turns in a wonderful performance as one of the newer additions to the Batman universe.
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Batman Begins is a soundtrack album to Christopher Nolan's 2005 Batman Begins. It was released on June 15, 2005. The soundtrack drew from the film score, composed by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, as well as contributions by Ramin Djawadi and Mel Wesson. The songs in the soundtrack were titled with Latin names: the first song, "Vespertilio", is taken from the Latin word for bat, and the rest of the songs are titled after different genera of bats.[1] Director Christopher Nolan originally invited Zimmer to compose the film score, and Zimmer asked the director if he could invite Howard to compose as well, as they had always planned a collaboration.[2] 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 12 weeks to complete most of their writing.[3] Zimmer and Howard sought inspiration for shaping the score by making set visits to Batman Begins.[4]
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Batman Begins has a clever script that does an excellent job at explaining the origin of Batman’s character. It ... does a nice job of setting up the origin of lunatic villains that wear costumes and masks for sequels.
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Thankfully, "Batman Begins" does far more right than it does wrong. This is especially true of the long central section that stands as the most deliciously smart "origin story" in the long, pulpy history of comic book movies. If you've ever entertained doubter's logic watching one of these things -- Where, exactly, does a superhero get his outfit? What prompts a person to become a costumed arch-villain instead of, say, a carjacker or an IRS auditor? How do you excavate and outfit a state-of-the-art Batcave without the neighbors noticing the delivery vans? -- "Batman Begins" is here to explain it all to you.
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Before becoming attached as director of Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia) told Warner Bros. that if he was going to make a Dark Knight movie, it wouldn't be sweepingly gothic like Tim Burton's or cartoonishly campy like Joel Schumacher's. His Batman would be grounded in the real world and play to the twisted psychology of Bruce Wayne. It would be an original story that would answer the question: What kind of man puts on a bat costume and goes around fighting crime?
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As a follow up to last year's blockbuster Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan is set to direct Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight, written by Jonathan Nolan, based on a story by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer. The film will be produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan. Additionally, Christian Bale will resume his role as Bruce Wayne and Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has been cast as The Joker. The announcements were made today by Jeff Robinov, President of Production, Warner Bros. Pictures.
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