Batman Begins Metacritic
Posted : admin On 3/31/2022After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption. When his parents are killed, billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne relocates to Asia, where he is mentored by Henri Ducard and Ra's Al Ghul in how to fight evil. When learning about the plan to wipe out evil in Gotham. Boston Globe Ty Burr. In Batman Begins, Christian Bale gives us the best Bruce Wayne that has ever graced the screen. Variety Todd McCarthy. Ambitious, well made but not exactly rousing. Village Voice Michael Atkinson. Nolan and his co-screenwriter David Goyer can only press the big buttons so hard—it's still an old-school. Batman Begins (2005) Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. Nolan and his co-screenwriter David Goyer can only press the big buttons so hard—it's still an old-school superhero summer movie, the plotting tortuous, the characters relegated to one-scene-one-emotion simplicity, the digitized action a never ending club mix of chases and mano a manos.
The Dark Knight Series is a set of three Christopher NolanBatman movies. It includes Batman Begins (2005),[1]The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).[2]Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Cillian Murphy appeared in all three movies.
Background[change change source]
All cast and crew members worked on all three movies, except for music composer James Newton Howard who did not work on The Dark Knight Rises. Composer Hans Zimmer worked together with Howard on the first two films and made the soundtrack for the last movie by himself. Katie Holmes played Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins, but was replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight. Liam Neeson appeared as Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins and in The Dark Knight Rises.
Heath Ledger received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight. Ledger died before the movie was released and the award was given posthumously.
Each of the three movies was a success in the box office; The Dark Knight was the number one grossing movie in 2008.[3]The Dark Knight Rises is the third highest grossing movie of 2012. Batman Begins is the ninth highest grossing movie in 2005. Batman Begins earned $372,710,015 worldwide. The Dark Knight earned $1,023,045,358. The Dark Knight Rises earned $1,081,041,287, passing the receipts of The Dark Knight.
In both Batman Begins and in The Dark Knight, Gotham City was shot in Chicago, Illinois. In The Dark Knight Rises, Gotham City was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New York City, New York, and Los Angeles, California.
Cast[change change source]
- Christian Bale as Batman
- Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth
- Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon
- Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
- Katie Holmes (Batman Begins) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) as Rachel Dawes
- Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul
- Heath Ledger as Joker
- Tom Hardy as Bane
- Anne Hathaway as Catwoman
- Marion Cotillard as Talia al Ghul
- Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face
- Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robin John Blake
- Colin McFarlane as Gillian B. Loeb
- Néstor Carbonell as Mayor Anthony Garcia
- Tom Wilkinson as Carmine Falcone
- Eric Roberts as Sal Maroni
- Ben Mendelsohn as John Daggett
- Matthew Modine as Peter Foley
Reception[change change source]
Box office performance[change change source]
Batman Begins Game Metacritic
| Film | Release Date | Budget | Box Office Gross | All Time Ranking | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | Foreign | Worldwide | Domestic | Worldwide | ||||
| Batman Begins | June 15, 2005 | $150 million | $206,852,432 | $167,366,241 | $374,218,673 | 195 | 326 | [4] |
| The Dark Knight | July 18, 2008 | $185 million | $535,234,033 | $469,700,000 | $1,004,934,033 | 12 | 43 | [5] |
| The Dark Knight Rises | July 20, 2012 | $250 million | $448,139,099 | $636,800,000 | $1,084,939,099 | 19 | 29 | [6] |
| Total | $585 million | $1,188,341,317 | $1,275,374,899 | $2,463,716,216 | [7] | |||
Critical response[change change source]
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batman Begins | 84% (279 reviews)[8] | 70 (41 critics)[9] | A[10] |
| The Dark Knight | 94% (334 reviews)[11] | 84 (39 critics)[12] | A[10] |
| The Dark Knight Rises | 87% (359 reviews)[13] | 78 (45 critics)[14] | A[10] |
References[change change source]
- ↑Michael Flemming (January 27, 2003). 'Batman captures director Nolan'. Variety. Archived from the original on October 19, 2008. Retrieved October 17, 2008.
- ↑Bowles, Scott (December 7, 2008). 'For now, Nolan and Batman will rest in 'Dark' glory'. USA Today. Archived from the original on 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2017-08-31.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). .
- ↑'All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses'. Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2010.
- ↑'Batman Begins (2005)'. Box Office Mojo.
- ↑'The Dark Knight (2008)'. Box Office Mojo.
- ↑'The Dark Knight Rises (2012)'. Box Office Mojo.
- ↑'The Dark Knight Trilogy Movies at the Box Office'. Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ↑'Batman Begins (2005)'. Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑'Batman Begins Reviews'. Metacritic.
- ↑ 10.010.110.2'Home - Cinemascore'. cinemascore.com.
- ↑'The Dark Knight (2008)'. Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑'The Dark Knight Reviews'. Metacritic.
- ↑'The Dark Knight Rises (2012)'. Rotten Tomatoes.
- ↑'The Dark Knight Rises Reviews'. Metacritic.
Other websites[change change source]
- Batman franchise overview at Box Office Mojo
- The Dark Knight Rises on IMDb
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