Batman Begins

Starring: Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkerson, Rutger Hauer, and Ken Watanabe

Written by: Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Given that I’m going to see the Dark Knight tomorrow night, I thought it would be a good time to go revisit Batman Begins. I will eventually go back to all of the older Batman films, but I’ll start here. There was quite a bit of hype over this one, albeit not as much as Dark Knight, but quite a bit and was it deserved? Certainly. While the approach is not going to win over everyone, the methodically paced orgin story for the Caped Crusader was engaging, entertaining and as true to a character as a comic movie could be…save perhaps J Jonah Jameson in the Spidey saga.

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The Dark Knight

Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman.

Written by: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, and David S. Goyer

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Review by Jedi Daniel

Wednesday was the premiere of The Dark Knight here in Australia. I booked tickets a week in advance knowing it would be packed. There hasn’t been a movie like this since Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith with news crew outside the cinema interviewing awaiting fans.

Batman Begins was one of, if not the best comic book movie I had seen. It’s very rare when a sequel delivers more than the original and thought it may not be topped. However after Wednesdays screening, I was eating my own words. The movie can now be added to a rare list which includes Star Wars Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back, X-Men 2, Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Aliens.

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Wired.com on Nolan’s preference to using real effects rather than digital effects.

News has hit the internet that the soundtrack for the upcoming movie, ‘The Dark Knight’ will be out on July 15th.

Warner Bros. Records will release four different versions of the soundtrack; a standard jewel case CD, a 2 LP set of heavy-weight 180 gram vinyl version, a special edition digipack, and a collector’s edition with special artwork to come after release.

DC Comics Senior Vice President of Creative Affairs Gregory Noveck answers questions on the upcoming animated movie, ‘Batman Gotham Knight’ in an interview with ComingSoon.net

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The Welsh actor opens up about being the Dark Knight. Read more here

“Batman Gotham Knight,” the third film in the ongoing series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 movies, will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-Ray disc, and will also be available that day On Demand via digital cable and for download through broadband sites. The film is produced as a collaboration between DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation.

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Conroy quickly became the Batman voice by which all others are judged – and rarely assessed as an equal. He has cast a loud shadow in voicing the Dark Knight and Bruce Wayne for 17 years, beginning with “Batman: The Animated Series” and continuing through 16 films, video games and animated series (covering more than 220 episodes). He reprises the role in triumphant fashion in “Batman Gotham Knight,” the highly-anticipated third film in the ongoing series of DC Universe animated original PG-13 movies.

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The upcoming animated direct to DVD Batman movie from Warner Home Video which fits in between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight is shaping up to be very popular with Batman fans.

Writer Brian Azzarello tells all in an interview from SuperHeroHype.

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