Batman is a franchise that has been around for a long time and has seen many different incarnations. Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" series is the current depiction of the legendary Batman and without a doubt, the best depiction.
Although "Batman Begins" is weaker than it's successor, "The Dark Knight," this film is by no means a bad film. It's far from it. I really appreciate the way Nolan set up Bruce Wayne's descent into Batman as a form of tragedy after the death of his parents. I'd never heard of the villain Ra's al Ghul until this film but I really appreciated the use of the character as an aide to Bruce Wayne's journey into Batman. Scarecrow is a villain that I was familiar with but he'd never been used in a live-action Batman before, at least to the best of my knowledge.
The main focus of this film was Ra's al Ghul teaming with Scarecrow to take over Gotham by using a gas that caused the residents to become crazy. I think this could have been done a little better than it was because I think the Scarecrow could have played a bigger part because I felt that he was just one of Ra's al Ghul's henchmen as opposed to his own villain.
A majority of this film was spent telling the story of how Bruce became Batman. I definitely appreciated that storytelling but I do believe it left the last third of the film a little weak. However it is nice to see a movie that favors storytelling over action for a change.
Out of all the greats to come from this film my favorite is the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox. Of course Morgan Freeman definitely added to that in his infinite awesomeness. The way the relationship was written so that we knew that Fox knew that Bruce was Batman was masterful. It was even written in a way that was comical. That relationship is writing at it's best, in my opinion. It makes me look forward to the sequel so that I can see more of their "innuendos," if you will.
Beside the stupid title, "Batman Begins" is a great and incredibly darker direction for the Batman franchise that is worthy of it's name. I recommend you own it.
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