Rating of
3.5/4
Remember, The Dark Night really began in 2005
kcvidkid - wrote on 08/26/08
Second viewings of movies at home are beginning to make a case for not going to theaters at all. Or is it just when I've already seen a movie in theaters? "Batman Begins" is just the latest of movies I've watched on DVD a second time and enjoyed so much more than the first time. I just didn't remember that it was as good as it was.
My memory of "Batman Begins" is that the backstory of Bruce Wayne's training was boring and there was little action. Upon my second viewing, though, that was the most interesting part to me. Vice versa, I remembered the Scarecrow parts being the most exciting and scary. Upon my second viewing, though, these scenes were actually the most disappointing.
The overwhelming success of "The Dark Knight" this summer nearly makes you forget its predecessor. But it lays a remarkable groundwork for what is to come. Maybe it suffers from the stigma of the "origin story", but the quality is no less amazing.
