Mania Grade: C
DVD: Batman Begins (Limited Edition Gift Set)
Rating: PG-13
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Cain, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes
Written By: Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Original Year of Release: Theater (2005), Blu-Ray (2008)
Extras: All-new disc with an exclusive two-minute sneak peek of The Dark Knight, Hollywood Movie Money to see The Dark Knight in theaters (a $7.50 value), a 128MB flash drive including 18 images from The Dark Knight, a Batman Begins lenticular, and five collectible Batman Begins post cards
DVD: Batman Begins (Limited Edition Gift Set)
Rating: PG-13
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Cain, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes
Written By: Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Original Year of Release: Theater (2005), Blu-Ray (2008)
Extras: All-new disc with an exclusive two-minute sneak peek of The Dark Knight, Hollywood Movie Money to see The Dark Knight in theaters (a $7.50 value), a 128MB flash drive including 18 images from The Dark Knight, a Batman Begins lenticular, and five collectible Batman Begins post cards
BATMAN BEGINS (Limited Edition Gift Set)
By: Robert T. TrateReview Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008
To start, the C rating is for Warner Brothers new Batman Begins Limited Edition Gift Set. The actual film, Batman Begins, is a Mania grade A film. Christopher Nolan’s approach to Batman was a godsend compared to the butchering done by Batman and Robin director Joel Schumacher. Nolan made a film that returned to a darker Batman and placed him in the real world. Now, when the Batman logo appears at the movie theater it causes a stir of excitement not gasp of dread. The following is the review of Warner Brothers new Limited Edition Gift Set.
The DVD itself is identical to the Batman Begins two-disc deluxe edition from 2005, right down to the UPC code. Placing the two side by side made this evident. Included are movie post cards from Batman Begins, which are great for all of about ten seconds until they either fall out or impede your attempt at placing the DVD back into its special edition box.
Sadly, the 72- page comic book that was included in the 2005 deluxe edition has been omitted. It featured stories by Bob Kane, Dennis O’Neil and Jeph Loeb. In its place is a Flash Drive of 18 Dark Knight high resolution images. Great for those who like to use Photoshop, but none of the images included are exclusive to the Flash Drive. A quick web search will turn up the exact same images. The comic should have been reissued or included as a digital comic on the Flash Drive. After all, what better marketing is there for Batman movies than its original source material?
The lure is supposed to be the sneak peek disc for The Dark Knight. More than a trailer, it is two minutes of action, story and totally worth watching. The last 3 seconds alone are everything a Batman fan would want. However, this disc should not have been exclusive to this DVD. Warner Brothers has all the rights attached to any DVD title tied to the character of Batman. This sneak peek disc should have been released with Birds of Prey: The Complete Series, , Batman - Gotham Knight (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) and The Batman - The Complete Fifth Season, all of which were also released this month. , all of which were also released this month.
If you are looking to upgrade to Blu-Ray version the Batman Begins (Limited Edition Gift Set) is perfect. It features The Dark Knight prologue footage that is not on the standard edition. The Blu-Ray DVD also has a sixteen page comic book adaptation of the first six minutes of The Dark Knight. This is better than the 128MB Flash Drive (not included with the Blu-Ray edition) of pictures easily found on the internet.
Batman has been good to Warner Brothers over the years. If they were going to go out and re-release Batman Begins they should have either added something to the film or included new special features, commentary would have been nice. The movie cash to see The Dark Knight and the sneak peak DVD are nice perks but really not enough to buy Batman Begins for the second time. If you feel the need to upgrade to Blu-Ray what better reason do you need?
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3 things interested me from the deluxe blu ray version though, 1. the prologe 2. the flash drive 3. the $$ to see Dark Knight.
I decided on the single version though because the prologue is on you tube and I will have it when I but TDK blu ray, the flash drive isn't big enough and finally the price difference between the versions was bigger than the movie ticket that the deluxe version had.
Anyway, the single disc is on Amazon for $18, it's the cheapest I've seen.