RELATED: Fan Concept Art Imagines A Nolan Style 'Batman Beyond' FilmĬhristian Bale was an excellent choice for the role, infusing Bruce Wayne with a brooding intensity and an unbreakable focus. However, Batman Begins wanted to make the audiences be interested in this hero again, and in order to do that, they needed to understand where he came from. Previous movies had touched on the murder of his parents and young Bruce discovering the Batcave, and most audiences were aware of all this.
made the wise decision of focusing on the origin of this iconic character that had never really been explored extensively in the movies before. In rebooting the franchise, Nolan and Warner Bros. But when it comes to a story about the character of Batman, Batman Begins is the better movie. It's true that The Dark Knight expanded on its predecessor in some bold ways, creating a crime epic within this world Nolan created. While that movie was a success, it was quickly overshadowed by its sequel The Dark Knight which has been hailed by many as the greatest comic book movie of all time. He delivered an acclaimed reboot to the character with the origin story Batman Begins.
After the Batman franchise had fallen into embarrassing territory with Batman & Robin, Christopher Nolan was brought in to infuse the franchise with a dark grittiness that had been missing from the more recent movies.
