Batman Begins (2005) is a American film based on the comic book character created by Bob Kane. The movie was first released on June 15, 2005, directed by Christopher Nolan, and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. Although it is the fifth live-action Batman movie since 1989, the movie is neither a sequel nor a prequel to the previous Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher movies, but rather a complete revision or reboot of the series. It more closely follows the darker psychological theme of the Batman comics and graphic nove ...

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Warner Brothers has announced its intentions to make a sequel to Batman Begins with most of the film's main cast, including Christian Bale, returning. This would make Bale the first actor since Michael Keaton (who appeared in the first and second movies) to play Batman more than once. Gary Oldman (James Gordon) and Michael Caine (Alfred Pennyworth) are also under contract to reprise their roles [2]. At this time, director Christopher Nolan and screenwriter David S. Goyer will be returning for the sequels, though Goyer revealed in an i ...

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In addition to comic books, Batman has appeared in newspaper syndicated comic strips, books, radio dramas, television and several theatrical feature films, including Batman Begins, the 2005 smash hit which Ebert and Roeper called "one of the best films of the year." In addition, there is a musical theatre (Batman: The Musical), set to premiere sometime in 2006/2007. There are several Batman video games, and even the Six Flags theme parks host Batman shows and rides. Over the last decade, Batman has appeared in starring or suppo ...

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In addition to comic books, Batman has appeared in newspaper syndicated comic strips, books, radio dramas, television and several theatrical feature films, including Batman Begins, the 2005 smash hit which Ebert and Roeper called "one of the best films of the year." In addition, there is a musical theatre (Batman: The Musical), set to premiere sometime in 2006/2007. There are several Batman video games, and even the Six Flags theme parks host Batman shows and rides. Over the last decade, Batman has appeared in starring or supporting roles in the Bruc ...

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Batman Returns was given a "bare bones" DVD release when the medium was introduced in 1997. However, in 2005, the newest feature film, Batman Begins, inspired Warner Bros. to release a Two-Disc Special Edition set of all four Burton-Schumacher films in Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997. Features of the Burton sequel film include: Digitally Remastered Anamorphic Widescreen Transfer English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Track English DTS 5.1 Surround Track Audio Comm ...

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The film's budget was approximately $90 - $100 million and earned $184,031,112 in total domestic sales and $152.5 million worldwide (according to [1]), making it the most successful movie of the summer of 1995 and second-best of that year (next to Toy Story)). It was also the third most successful Batman movie as of July 20th, 2005 (after the 1989 original and 2005's Batman Begins). The film obtained generally mixed reviews. Much of the negativity came from the drastic makeover of the franchise (most of it led by Joel Sc ...

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The death scene in Green Arrow #100-101 pays tribute to Frank Miller's graphic novel, The Dark Knight Returns, an alternate Batman adventure where Oliver Queen resurfaces as a hard-bitten old revolutionary missing one arm. Never on the best of terms with Queen, Superman intends to rescue Green Arrow by removing his arm, but Ollie refuses to let him, thus bringing about his apparent death. A similar version of the Green Arrow, but with both arms, would later appear in Mark Waid's Kingdom Come, where Oliver Queen ha ...

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After the disaster of the 1994 Fantastic Four film, expectations were high. The critical reaction was mostly negative, scoring only a 26% at Rotten Tomatoes, a movie review aggregation website. The movie was criticized for weak storytelling and flat characters — especially the bland Doctor Doom, arguably one of the hallmark villains in the Marvel Comics world. In both areas, critics felt that this movie was widely surpassed by both Batman Begins and Sin City, two comic book movies that were released in the same period. ...

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After the disaster of the 1994 Fantastic Four film, expectations were high. The critical reaction was mostly negative, scoring only a 26% at Rotten Tomatoes, a movie review aggregation website. The movie was criticized for weak storytelling and flat characters — especially the bland Doctor Doom, arguably one of the hallmark villains in the Marvel Comics world. In both areas, critics felt that this movie was widely surpassed by both Batman Begins and Sin City, two comic book movies that were released in the same period. ...

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Early reviews from professional film critics were enthusiastic, with Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times (who panned all the previous live action adaptations of the character) calling it one of the best films of the year. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times also gave it high praise, dubbing the film "the most successful comic-book adaptation alongside Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World." The movie was also received quite favorably by audiences and many fans, earning the highest rating of any film released in 2005 by us ...

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The Batman Begins DVD was released October 18, 2005. It is available in Fullscreen and Widescreen. In addition, a Deluxe Two-Disc Widescreen Edition was released which contains exclusive special features and copies of Detective Comics #27, Batman: The Man Who Falls, and an excerpt of the 13-issue Batman: The Long Halloween. Some vendors have reported that the deluxe edition of Begins was set only for a limited release, and thus only had a one time stock pile. This puzzling rumor has left many potential customers baffled, and concerned with how to obtain this commodity from the very few v ...

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