We learn how Batman became Batman - and see him take on his first villain's - Ra's Al Ghul and Scarecrow!

If you're a fan of Batman - you'll enjoy this film. Unlike its predecessors, this version of the Dark Knight is very realistic and believable. I enjoyed mostly learning how Batman became to be. Performances by the cast are sublime, particularly Michael Caine in the role of the ever endearing Alfred. Bale is excellent as the caped crusader and I am looking forward to seeing him reprise the role in 'The Dark Knight.' 4 stars.

In preparation for the Dark Knight, I had to re-watch this movie, and to be honest I forgot how good it was. These movies re-invent the Batman in a much more realistic and plausible way than the orginal 90's movies. The really changes the way you feel about the character and the setting, it changes from being a comic book adaptation in an over the top Gotham, unbelievable gadgets and unbelievable villians to something that with a little bit of imagination may actually be happening around us. This sets up the history of Batman, and how he turns into the Dark Knight, with believable explainations on his skills, gadgets, costumes, money and alike. This is a perfect start to what I hope turns out to be an excellent series of movies. Well directed, well acted with good (and not obviously CGI) effects.

This is the best batman film I'v seen so far. Loved how they managed to change it from cheesy (not that I didn't like the other movies) to this more darker story. I thought it really brought the movie to life and I can't wait to see The Dark Knight!!!!

Finally Bale is getting the good roles in films he deserves he acts extremely well and i'm looking forward to future batman films BUY BUY!

The original batmans weren't necessarily offensive, well at least the first 3, so I was sceptical about the need for a remake. Batman Begins is the prequel to the previous Batman attempts, however they did such a good job they're remaking the rest.

Batman Begins turned the batman adventure into the dark story it really is as a comic, the last few previous Batman's turned very cheesy, whereas this tells a dark tale of the Scarcrow villan and the becoming of Batman. This is easily the best Batman so far and the Dark Knight also lives up to it's hype!

This is how Batman should be done , was never a big fan of the others from the 80's and 90's but thankfuly its been given a much needed re-vamp and is floorless.

Great movie right here, cheap price too from play.com, packaging was great and delivery was quick, will be happy to come back any day. Buy this now, great product. Amazing movie

i guess this is the movie a lot of batman fans have been waiting for... since a long time. it all started pretty well with batman and batman returns, but after that the level got slowly bad, and ended up with more special effects and freaky/crazy characters than plot or story or passion. it looked like it had become a merchandisingproject more than a movieproject.
batman begins puts an end to all that: this movie has a more serious character, a real dark atmosphere, more story and less action (although still enough to keep you going, and certainly more complementary to the story)... and therefore is more convincing, and more intriguing. batman IS batman instead of some weird suit flying around.
knowing that 'the dark knight' will also be directed by christopher nolan makes that movie very promising.

its not bad, i found it abit slow and abit boring, i even fell asleep before the end, but i cant wait to see the new batman movie!

This is by far the best batman movie that has been made so far. (with the obvious exception of "Batman - The movie")

It is far darker and more disturbing then the comic incarnatiions that have come before. Christopher Nolan direction is fantastic and with a great performace by Christan Bale the end result is an action movie you can watch time and time again.