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Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer.Based on the DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman, with Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman in supporting roles.
Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈ iː b ər t / EE-bərt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author.He was the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013.
Instead of Downey Jr., Nolan decided to cast Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow in “Batman Begins.” That casting would kick off a years-long collaboration between Murphy and the director, which has ...
The film was recut from what the director intended. Roger Ebert, then of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote of her character, Rachel, "dresses in black and likes to strike poses on the beds of pickup trucks and is a bad girl who is in great danger of becoming a very good one."
Roger Ebert echoed those complaints in his two-star review, noting how the director's "gloomy" vision didn't square with the comic books he remembered from a "kindler, gentler time."
It was his first film for Warner Bros., and was a critical and commercial success. [9] [10] In 2005, Nolan directed Warner Bros' superhero film Batman Begins which starred Christian Bale and told an origin story of the title character. [11]
Batman & Robin is a 1997 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Robin by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.It is the fourth and final installment of Warner Bros.' initial Batman film series, a sequel to Batman Forever (1995), and the only film in the series made without the involvement of Tim Burton in any capacity.
By October, the film had crossed the $200 million mark, becoming the fifth film of the 2006 summer season to do so. [75] Superman Returns went on to gross $200.1 million in North America and $191 million internationally, earning $391.1 million worldwide. [71] Domestically, the film was the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2006. [76]