![]() ![]() Every bruise, every scare, every concern, every emotion seems real. Characters' vulnerability is that much more present. Everything in this world seems plausible and it is therefore a world that draws you in. As a kid this was ideal but Nolan's Batman is real. Sacrilege, you say?! Well Burton was still cartoony in many elements, he wasn't churning out the bilge of Schumacher but Burton's Batman was still over the top. I was spoilt for choice as a kid but as an adult now I was concerned revisiting the franchise, especially given Warner's record over the last decade of screwing up summer blockbusters with potential all over the place (dare I bring up the Matrix sequels?) However, I am pleased to report I could not have been more wrong about how great Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins is. ![]() I grew up reading the comics, watching reruns of the Adam West TV show and then getting Burton's celluloid vision. Not least because Batman was one of the few comics I read and enjoyed as a kid and was always my favourite superhero. The franchise went so wrong under Joel Schumacher that I wasn't sure I wanted it resurrected. I loved Tim Burton's Batman - 12 years old when it came out I was the perfect age for it and I also enjoyed Batman Returns. I had fearful reservations about this one. ![]()
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