"This years Batman Begins is the Batman-movie I've been waiting for and hoping for: it's one of the years best films!" I agree from my heart with this line.
I Think that Christian Bale Is Amazing Portraying Batman, then All the Other Actors Before Him, Like George Clooney, Val Kilmer, Michael Keaton, and also Last But Not Least, The Late, Great, and Legendary Adam West (R.I.P).
I wish Gene Siskel was alive to see this movie. His passion for movies often made him come across as snide. But really he was a movie lover like the rest of us except he held movie makers to a high standard.
Plus he never liked violence in movies, which I understand with unnecessary violence but he even ignored when movies were violent to speak out against violence.
@@nicholas4727 Gene liked a lot of violent movies if they were done well. His review of Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer is proof of that. He also changed his mind on a lot of movies he gave thumbs down on, like Taxi Driver.
In Ebert's review of Batman Forever, he specifically said Batman should be the most interesting character in the story but the movies were doing a poor job of developing him. He lived long enough to see his complaint resolved in the Nolan trilogy.
@@anirudhmenon4234 He was in Batman Begins. He was overwhelmed in Dark Knight by Joker and Two-Face. In DKR, he was the most interesting by default, because none of the others were very interesting.
How much I love the first 2 Batman films and have a special place in my heart for Batman forever but they did focus more on the villains. Nolan’s Batman was all about Bruce Wayne’s story and it was perfect
Loved this review. Really miss Siskel and Ebert. I grew up with those guys. Didn't always agree with them, but always wanted to hear their opinions. This movie still ranks as one of the greatest hero films of all time.
I've watched this video countless times. What a time to be a Batman fan and an average movie goer. Where there wasn't social media and all the noise of if you liked a movie or not. I miss Gene. I miss Roger. I miss these times. I was blessed to have experienced them for the short time I did.
Ebert in his review of Batman Forever: "Batman is the most fascinating and mysterious of all the comic book super heroes. He deserves more and better." Looks like he got his wish.
@@GeorgeSmiley2023 I remember being excited to see that, because his martial arts training in the Far East was introduced in a comic book story line I had read around 1990 which Sam Hamm, the screenwriter of 1989 Batman, wrote for DC Comics after that movie came out.
There is something about Batman Begins (not present in Dark Knight or Rises) that makes it feel the closest anyone's ever come to recreating that sense of Spielbergian adventure. This movie felt like an Indiana Jones adventure for a new generation. In contrast, Dark Knight felt like an epic Michael Mann crime thriller for a new generation, and Rises (my personal favorite of the three) felt like the biggest futuristic, dystopian action flick John Carpenter never made.
I'm glad Ebert at least got to see the dawn of the Comic Book Movie era, but I've always regretted he and Siskel weren't around tor review all the MCU movies and the DCU and Joker, etc, it would've been fun to see which ones they liked and which they didn't
Roger reviewed the entire phase 1 of MCU. He only disliked Thor and Incredible Hulk. He just missed the start of the DCEU. He liked all 3 Nolan Batman films and Watchmen but besides those had not given a good review to a live-action DC Comics movie since Swamp Thing in 1982.
Yeah Nolan was very much an indie darling early on his career with those two films, Batman Begins is sorta forgotten about a bit these days due to it’s enormously successful sequel although it really was a watershed moment for the Batman franchise and for Nolan’s career transitioning into high concept almost art-house like blockbuster films. He would follow up the next year with The Prestige (which remains my favourite film of his) reuniting with Christian Bale and Sir Michael Caine which was pretty much the last of his mid-budget studio films, given The Dark Knight came next and was so enormously successful he was green-lit to do Inception which was an original $160m mindbender sci-fi classic not based on existing IP. Then of course we got The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet and Oppenheimer.
If you've seen reviews before, the only Batman film Roger liked was *Mask of the Phantasm* as the others didn't get into Batman's psyche and he felt like a supporting character in his own movie
A lot of shows and franchises that just keep going endlessly tend to run into that issue. The villain of the week takes precedence over the actual main character! Roger is correct to point it out, it's only gotten worse recently.
this is just a great movie that "happens" to be about Batman...and, it leaves you with the feeling that this person could actually exist...i was blown away by this movie when i first saw it...
@@cbalan777 Right there with you. I think Batman Begins had that perfect blend of the more grounded, realistic approach Nolan was going for, but also still felt like a comic book movie, and had a sense of fun to it that the sequels lacked imo. I also like that Gotham City had a little more personality in Batman Begins. Things like the narrows and train system along with some of the other additions they made to the skyline gave it a more unique appearance. Fast forward to The Dark Knight and it just looked like Chicago, or any generic U.S. city. Gotham itself should always have some personality imo. You don't have to go as far as Burton/Schumacher with the gothic/art deco styles, but it should have some other features/architecture to help it stand apart from real life cities.
@@ChuckM0503 Yeah, I always thought it was odd how Gotham lost so much character between the first and second movie. It's almost like it becomes too real. Like a reaction to the Burton/Schumacher style.
@@cbalan777 I think part of the reason is Nolan maybe had more freedom to go with his own sensibilities for the sequels. BB was his first big budget movie so he may have been more inclined to collaborate with others. Namely David Goyer who was the comic book expert, and may have had a little more influence for that first movie.
I actually met Richard Roeper at a downtown Chicago bar/club at a school reunion. We sat down he bought me a beer and we discussed Superman films. It was cool. Nice person. He did not go to school with me but that was the event I was at, at the time.
Best Batman movie ever made by far, hands down also first Batman movie got the story correct, it's so well-done & wonderful cast. I totally enjoyed the film & DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY. Christian bale is the best Batman since Michael keaton. Thumbs up....Way up 👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
@@cryojudgement2376 I Agree. It's better than The Dark Knight. The Joker makes that a great movie. Batman Begins lacks an enemy on the level of The Dark Knight, but has a more engaging and ironically DARKer atmosphere and storyline.
This was the first Batman film that actually go into what make Batman ticks, what are his motives and why he does this. It is a great and most effective film thanks to Chis Nolan.
I remember when I saw “ Batman Begins “ in the theater and was blown away by it . Most recently I rewatched all of the “ Batman “ films and I still am . Now I was impressed by “ The Batman “ but this is a better origin film imo .
I was wishing they would not make a sequel. I knew that if this one made money they would, but I was concerned they would mess up a masterpiece. Of course, The Dark Knight was great, and I thought The Dark Knight Rises was quite good, so my concerns were inappropriate, but there it is.
@@SolarDragon007 I think they made this a trilogy so it functioned as a trilogy. The Dark Knight Rises was a quality send-off for THIS Batman. Given that Batman Begins was such an awesome movie and really the best version of Batman then to have an even better 'sequel' or really just another installment of Batman in the Dark Knight, having to top these two was a gargantuan job. The Dark Knight Rises was not as good as the other two but it was a solid movie to finish the trilogy.
@@billyboblillybob344 I disagree. These films were never advertised as a "trilogy" until Dark Knight Rises. I also think Dark Knight Rises completely misses the point of Dark Knight's ending and abandons all the themes/ideas that film was building to.
@@SolarDragon007 I certainly agree that they were never advertised as a trilogy. I think at the time, the Dark Knight Rises was serving as a close out to Christian Bales' Batman and so it became a "trilogy"...really just three installments where there is no over arching story across the three films but they are the passage of time in the life of Batman. You'd have to elaborate a bit on the themes/ideas part in my opinion. It seems that there is plenty to talk about with each movie that doesn't necessarily translate to any of the others, in my opinion.
@@SolarDragon007 What? The ending of The Dark Knight was Not a permanent solution to their problem. Christopher Nolan absolutely intentionally set himself up for a sequel even if that wasn't immediately confirmed. And The Dark Knight rises keeps a lot of the same themes and ideas from the movies prior. The Batman was supposed to be a symbol and robins taking the mantle. Bruce Wayne sacrificed his old life and the batman identity because he was long done fighting and now someone else will be that symbol. I have no problem with you disliking the movie at all art is subjective but I am baffled if you blame it on the movie is tone or themes being off because they're not.
Ebert was spot-on with this movie, apart from 0:37. I disagree that this is the first Batman Movie to get it right, I love the Michael Keaton & Tim Burton Batman Movies.
Would've loved to see Ebert trash the Snyder stuff. Would've also loved to have seen Ebert's fair take on the MCU. Not buying in to the nerd shit, and completely impartially giving each movie an honest appraisal.
I'm so glad one of them got to see the new Batman series movies. I just really wish they both could have seen Dark Knight. I think it would have blown them away like it did the rest of us.
I understand why people do say this one is the best one, and I think it's truly excellent but I really love The Dark Knight. It's my favorite movie now.
I was in awe of this film myself. But this isn't just the fifth Batman film. And... even Ebert who voted against all the live-action films that preceded this one, enjoyed PHANTASM.
Batman Begins is the ULTIMATE and AMAZING example of a reboot. It's the ONLY example to be frank. This is one of the films that changed cinema just like The Matrix, Godfather and several others. Studios can reboot their films all they want. They will NEVER get it right like Batman Begins.
Frank Smith Huge downgrade. Ego between Warner Brothers, DC and the filmmakers is what made the film get a really bad rap despite the film being successful at the box office. Same thing with Justice League. I absolutely enjoyed some parts of BvS but the film seemed out of place and you can tell right away that it was.
@@AlbertV90 Snyder had complete freedom on BVS, except for the mandate to cut the running time for theatrical. The extended cut is his film totally free of any and all studio interference. And I love the movie. It's very different from Batman Begins as a story much later in Batman's life after he had lost some of his faith in his mission. But it does mirror Nolan's conflicted Bruce almost shooting Joe Chill at the courthouse. It's a powerful and unique exploration of his character.
It reminds me of how the Bond films were stagnant for a long while before Pierce Brosnan and Goldeneye came along, a new sort of Bond for the post Cold War era.
It's too bad Nolan doesn't believe in surround sound formats like Dolby Atmos or DTS X....Or I would have double-dipped and bought this trilogy again on 4k BluRay. A shame. It is maybe the best superhero films short of the original Superman with Christopher Reeves.
He probably would've enjoyed Justice League like he did X Men Last Stand. But Man of Steel would've been a depressing experience for him. He hated 300 and Superman Returns.
Wrong, BVS was also about Bruce Wayne like this movie was. He would've been impressed at how they delved into his character and tested his morality by taking him to the edge. He also would have liked the philosophical exploration of the meaning of superheroes. The theatrical JL, he would not have liked.
Roeper was as good a replacement for Siskel as you could get, but jesus christ, EVERY statement he made started with him interrupting Roger. It’s maddening. Gene and Roger interrupted when they contested or elaborated eachother’s points, but otherwise let eachother finish their piece. Richard just did it out of habit.
0:41 Fifth Batman movie, there are many feature film of the caped crusader in general, but this is the fifth one distributed by WB Pictures (not counting the Catwoman movie).
Not really. He said he never read Watchmen when the movie came out. Ebert certainly read comics and other adventure stories as a kid so he probably read Batman back then but not into the modern era.
This movie was a much darker more serious film than Batman and Robin. The Tim Burton films started out as dark and serious but eventually got too much into CGI effects and goofy writing.
And fast forward to 2021 where warner brothers follow up to this is one piece of abject crap after another. Roger I wish you were here with us to set the DCEU straight.
Nah this movie has subpar action and writing. And Rachel is an awful character when played by katie holmes. Just my opinion. The Dark Knight had such intelligent writing and the way the joker turns people morally into the opposite of what they strive to be. The Dark Knight just as way more enticing to me.
Best batman movie by far Roeper? It is forgotten in 2019. When people remember batman movies there are only 2: The original Michael Keaton Batman and Bale's Batman: The Dark Knight. This movie faded away after that one was released.
Lol I remember leaving the theater thinking son of a bitch you could actually be batman they just showed the blueprint still think this is the best batman movie
I must be the only Batman fan ever he hated Nolen's interpretation. This was a Batman who was more traumatized by falling into a hole of bats, then he was with the death of his parents.
Lol, another example of Ebert having the complete opposite opinion to mine. They couldn’t have got Batman more wrong in this film (which admittedly was well made and well acted).
If you are referring to how close it follows the comics, it may not (I don't know). But I don't believe source material must always be followed to a T. Source material, in part or in full, may even be better left unfilmed. It is arguable I suppose.
"This years Batman Begins is the Batman-movie I've been waiting for and hoping for:
it's one of the years best films!"
I agree from my heart with this line.
But yet Ebert did not put it on his best movies of 2005 list.
I Think that Christian Bale Is Amazing Portraying Batman, then All the Other Actors Before Him, Like George Clooney, Val Kilmer, Michael Keaton, and also Last But Not Least, The Late, Great, and Legendary Adam West (R.I.P).
@@gracemartin3855 Agree fully! Best live-action Bruce Wayne alias Batman before and after.
One of the century’s best films
If only he could have seen The Dark Knight three years later
I wish Gene Siskel was alive to see this movie. His passion for movies often made him come across as snide. But really he was a movie lover like the rest of us except he held movie makers to a high standard.
Plus he never liked violence in movies, which I understand with unnecessary violence but he even ignored when movies were violent to speak out against violence.
Nicholas Lewis so he’d like Joker then.
@@nicholas4727 Gene liked a lot of violent movies if they were done well. His review of Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer is proof of that. He also changed his mind on a lot of movies he gave thumbs down on, like Taxi Driver.
@@majestyk3337 gene hated apocalypse now. He lost all credibility then .
He was a fan of the original Batman movies and supposedly showed up to a screening dresses as Batman once. He would’ve loved it. He was a fan.
It's painful to see Ebert like that. He was truly the best. Miss him so much.
Outgoing entertaining man come on dude
he's right though......
You can tell by Roger's nearly slurred statements that his condition is getting worse.
That said, you can really tell his mind is still all there. No wonder he kept writing until the very end.
He was pretty terrible in most the reviews I have seen of him
In Ebert's review of Batman Forever, he specifically said Batman should be the most interesting character in the story but the movies were doing a poor job of developing him. He lived long enough to see his complaint resolved in the Nolan trilogy.
I don't think Batman was the most interesting character in the Nolan movies though.
@@anirudhmenon4234 in begins he is by a landslide the most interesting, it’s a little closer in the other two though since the villains are amazing
Siskel never got that privilege. He would have LOVED Batman Begins.
@@anirudhmenon4234 He was in Batman Begins. He was overwhelmed in Dark Knight by Joker and Two-Face. In DKR, he was the most interesting by default, because none of the others were very interesting.
How much I love the first 2 Batman films and have a special place in my heart for Batman forever but they did focus more on the villains. Nolan’s Batman was all about Bruce Wayne’s story and it was perfect
Loved this review. Really miss Siskel and Ebert. I grew up with those guys. Didn't always agree with them, but always wanted to hear their opinions. This movie still ranks as one of the greatest hero films of all time.
what about "Shane?"
@@markbeames7852 Great movie, but he was never really a comic superhero with decades of history.
@@vinceA3748 apologies, missed the comic aspect. In that case, how about Snake Pliskin?
I've watched this video countless times. What a time to be a Batman fan and an average movie goer. Where there wasn't social media and all the noise of if you liked a movie or not. I miss Gene. I miss Roger. I miss these times. I was blessed to have experienced them for the short time I did.
Ebert in his review of Batman Forever:
"Batman is the most fascinating and mysterious of all the comic book super heroes. He deserves more and better."
Looks like he got his wish.
This movie was absolutely fantastic .
I love the first act, his past and his training.
@@GeorgeSmiley2023 I remember being excited to see that, because his martial arts training in the Far East was introduced in a comic book story line I had read around 1990 which Sam Hamm, the screenwriter of 1989 Batman, wrote for DC Comics after that movie came out.
There is something about Batman Begins (not present in Dark Knight or Rises) that makes it feel the closest anyone's ever come to recreating that sense of Spielbergian adventure. This movie felt like an Indiana Jones adventure for a new generation.
In contrast, Dark Knight felt like an epic Michael Mann crime thriller for a new generation, and Rises (my personal favorite of the three) felt like the biggest futuristic, dystopian action flick John Carpenter never made.
I'm glad Ebert at least got to see the dawn of the Comic Book Movie era, but I've always regretted he and Siskel weren't around tor review all the MCU movies and the DCU and Joker, etc, it would've been fun to see which ones they liked and which they didn't
Roger would have liked most of them because of the spectacle. Gene would have hated the lack of love stories in the MCU, except for Cap/Peggy.
Roger reviewed the entire phase 1 of MCU. He only disliked Thor and Incredible Hulk. He just missed the start of the DCEU. He liked all 3 Nolan Batman films and Watchmen but besides those had not given a good review to a live-action DC Comics movie since Swamp Thing in 1982.
They would've hated the MCU. It's terrible and childish.
@@djcease1996 mcu focuses too much on cotton candy vs actually having some grit
MCU killed Ebert!
Crazy to think of a time when the only other major films on Nolan's resume were Memento and Insomnia.
Yeah Nolan was very much an indie darling early on his career with those two films, Batman Begins is sorta forgotten about a bit these days due to it’s enormously successful sequel although it really was a watershed moment for the Batman franchise and for Nolan’s career transitioning into high concept almost art-house like blockbuster films.
He would follow up the next year with The Prestige (which remains my favourite film of his) reuniting with Christian Bale and Sir Michael Caine which was pretty much the last of his mid-budget studio films, given The Dark Knight came next and was so enormously successful he was green-lit to do Inception which was an original $160m mindbender sci-fi classic not based on existing IP. Then of course we got The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar, Dunkirk, Tenet and Oppenheimer.
One of my all time fav superhero movies!
I do remember watching this review, Roger is absolutely right about this masterpiece, but seeing this on opening weekend with my bro is great.
This review had me excited! It felt like a new generation of movies was about to begin.
3:20 “They play it straight. No one is winking at the camera saying ‘Oh we’re doing a comic book movie.”
It didn’t take Marvel long to ruin that.
I love how Ebert essentially gave the entire plot away and also showed like 1000 clips lol
If you've seen reviews before, the only Batman film Roger liked was *Mask of the Phantasm* as the others didn't get into Batman's psyche and he felt like a supporting character in his own movie
A lot of shows and franchises that just keep going endlessly tend to run into that issue. The villain of the week takes precedence over the actual main character! Roger is correct to point it out, it's only gotten worse recently.
this is just a great movie that "happens" to be about Batman...and, it leaves you with the feeling that this person could actually exist...i was blown away by this movie when i first saw it...
I watch these now in my 40s and go back and watch films they recommend.
Thank you for posting these videos
“BEST BATMAN FILM EVER”
Just you wait to see what’s coming in 2008.
A boring and pretentious, fart-sniffing "Heat" rip-off with occasional scenes of Batman with a childish monster voice?
@@spenser9908 Well damn. But yeah, Begins is my favorite too. :P
@@cbalan777 Right there with you. I think Batman Begins had that perfect blend of the more grounded, realistic approach Nolan was going for, but also still felt like a comic book movie, and had a sense of fun to it that the sequels lacked imo. I also like that Gotham City had a little more personality in Batman Begins. Things like the narrows and train system along with some of the other additions they made to the skyline gave it a more unique appearance. Fast forward to The Dark Knight and it just looked like Chicago, or any generic U.S. city. Gotham itself should always have some personality imo. You don't have to go as far as Burton/Schumacher with the gothic/art deco styles, but it should have some other features/architecture to help it stand apart from real life cities.
@@ChuckM0503 Yeah, I always thought it was odd how Gotham lost so much character between the first and second movie. It's almost like it becomes too real. Like a reaction to the Burton/Schumacher style.
@@cbalan777 I think part of the reason is Nolan maybe had more freedom to go with his own sensibilities for the sequels. BB was his first big budget movie so he may have been more inclined to collaborate with others. Namely David Goyer who was the comic book expert, and may have had a little more influence for that first movie.
I actually met Richard Roeper at a downtown Chicago bar/club at a school reunion. We sat down he bought me a beer and we discussed Superman films. It was cool. Nice person. He did not go to school with me but that was the event I was at, at the time.
The Dark Knight is my favorite film period, but this is also a masterpiece.
Batman Begins is baterrifically
brilliant.
Best Batman movie ever made by far, hands down also first Batman movie got the story correct, it's so well-done & wonderful cast. I totally enjoyed the film & DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY.
Christian bale is the best Batman since Michael keaton.
Thumbs up....Way up 👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
Much better than Keaton.
One of the best batman movies ever made!
The best Batman movie made
@@cryojudgement2376 I Agree. It's better than The Dark Knight. The Joker makes that a great movie. Batman Begins lacks an enemy on the level of The Dark Knight, but has a more engaging and ironically DARKer atmosphere and storyline.
One of the worst you mean
@@nier-f9s Go watch Batman and Robin then. Goodbye! 👋
@@cookedit At least it is fun to watch
This was the first Batman film that actually go into what make Batman ticks, what are his motives and why he does this. It is a great and most effective film thanks to Chis Nolan.
Ill bet Ebert being a Chicago native made him especially love the movie
Roger Ebert could really rock vests! I just realized today that in most of his appearances, he was wearing a vest or sweater vest.
Batman Begins is definitely the best "Batman" movie. It's the closest things to the comics after The Animated Series.
I remember when I saw “ Batman Begins “ in the theater and was blown away by it . Most recently I rewatched all of the “ Batman “ films and I still am . Now I was impressed by “ The Batman “ but this is a better origin film imo .
i love that ebert is a batman comic fan
Wish I could watch these again for the first time
I love the Dark Knight. Dark Knight Rises was pretty good. But, Batman Begins is my favorite of the series hands down
Miss Siskel & Ebert..
So an underrated film. I loved it.
Interesting how among others, Murphy was in the running to be Batman!
amogus
Killian Murphy is a guy who can play a good guy and bad guy and you can buy him as either
I was wishing they would not make a sequel. I knew that if this one made money they would, but I was concerned they would mess up a masterpiece. Of course, The Dark Knight was great, and I thought The Dark Knight Rises was quite good, so my concerns were inappropriate, but there it is.
I actually think Dark Knight Rises is a total mess and really diminished the first two films.
@@SolarDragon007 I think they made this a trilogy so it functioned as a trilogy. The Dark Knight Rises was a quality send-off for THIS Batman. Given that Batman Begins was such an awesome movie and really the best version of Batman then to have an even better 'sequel' or really just another installment of Batman in the Dark Knight, having to top these two was a gargantuan job. The Dark Knight Rises was not as good as the other two but it was a solid movie to finish the trilogy.
@@billyboblillybob344 I disagree. These films were never advertised as a "trilogy" until Dark Knight Rises. I also think Dark Knight Rises completely misses the point of Dark Knight's ending and abandons all the themes/ideas that film was building to.
@@SolarDragon007 I certainly agree that they were never advertised as a trilogy. I think at the time, the Dark Knight Rises was serving as a close out to Christian Bales' Batman and so it became a "trilogy"...really just three installments where there is no over arching story across the three films but they are the passage of time in the life of Batman. You'd have to elaborate a bit on the themes/ideas part in my opinion. It seems that there is plenty to talk about with each movie that doesn't necessarily translate to any of the others, in my opinion.
@@SolarDragon007 What? The ending of The Dark Knight was Not a permanent solution to their problem. Christopher Nolan absolutely intentionally set himself up for a sequel even if that wasn't immediately confirmed. And The Dark Knight rises keeps a lot of the same themes and ideas from the movies prior. The Batman was supposed to be a symbol and robins taking the mantle. Bruce Wayne sacrificed his old life and the batman identity because he was long done fighting and now someone else will be that symbol. I have no problem with you disliking the movie at all art is subjective but I am baffled if you blame it on the movie is tone or themes being off because they're not.
Not just the best Batman movie ever, it’s one of the best movies ever
Dude, keep it real! Nobody will take you seriously if you exaggerate this much.
Ebert was spot-on with this movie, apart from 0:37. I disagree that this is the first Batman Movie to get it right, I love the Michael Keaton & Tim Burton Batman Movies.
"Batman Begins is the fifth Batman movie but the first to get it right, to get it absolutely right!"
Goddamn truth. Fuck Batman '89.
Still my favorite Batman film.
I would've loved to hear gene siskel's opinion on nolan's batman movies and roger and gene's opinions on the wonder woman movie
I would have loved to find out what they wouldve thought about Deadpool 😂
I think Roger would’ve given 2/4 to Wonder Woman and 3/4 to Deadpool
Roger would've hated wonder woman
Would've loved to see Ebert trash the Snyder stuff.
Would've also loved to have seen Ebert's fair take on the MCU. Not buying in to the nerd shit, and completely impartially giving each movie an honest appraisal.
VenomShock he wrote enough MCU reviews. You don’t have to wonder.
christopher nolan batman was truly the time we wanted to see the series take on
I miss Roger
Am I the only one who can't get over the fact that this movie is 15 years old?
I'm so glad one of them got to see the new Batman series movies. I just really wish they both could have seen Dark Knight. I think it would have blown them away like it did the rest of us.
Ebert saw it, and he did indeed love it.
It ie sad to hear Eberts voice decline.😢
The Dark Knight being as good as it was made this movie better.
"Now there is an evil scheme for you"..I love how he can enjoy movies.
A drug in the water system that needs to be made into water vapor. So somehow no one took a steamy shower in all of Gotham.
Or went to the sauna or boiled pasta or made some tea
kewltony It is a dirty town.
Someone’s got to clean it up.
I was wondering if that machine would vaporize people by sucking the water out of their bodies
I love Bale's Batman but I remember finding BB rather...dull. Of course it did it's job in setting up the incredible sequel.
Roeper used to get under my skin but I miss him too 😆
The trilogy is terrific, but the best film is this one..
I understand why people do say this one is the best one, and I think it's truly excellent but I really love The Dark Knight. It's my favorite movie now.
My second favorite Batman movie.
The best of the 3 Nolan films in my humble opinion
I was in awe of this film myself. But this isn't just the fifth Batman film. And... even Ebert who voted against all the live-action films that preceded this one, enjoyed PHANTASM.
Batman Begins is the ULTIMATE and AMAZING example of a reboot. It's the ONLY example to be frank. This is one of the films that changed cinema just like The Matrix, Godfather and several others. Studios can reboot their films all they want. They will NEVER get it right like Batman Begins.
Too bad they had to take a big step backwards. BVS was a huge downgrade!
Frank Smith Huge downgrade. Ego between Warner Brothers, DC and the filmmakers is what made the film get a really bad rap despite the film being successful at the box office. Same thing with Justice League. I absolutely enjoyed some parts of BvS but the film seemed out of place and you can tell right away that it was.
@@AlbertV90 Snyder had complete freedom on BVS, except for the mandate to cut the running time for theatrical. The extended cut is his film totally free of any and all studio interference. And I love the movie. It's very different from Batman Begins as a story much later in Batman's life after he had lost some of his faith in his mission. But it does mirror Nolan's conflicted Bruce almost shooting Joe Chill at the courthouse. It's a powerful and unique exploration of his character.
It reminds me of how the Bond films were stagnant for a long while before Pierce Brosnan and Goldeneye came along, a new sort of Bond for the post Cold War era.
Ebert-this is the darkest of the Batman movies.
The Batman 2022-hold my beer
You said it, Roger Ebert 👍👍
It's too bad Nolan doesn't believe in surround sound formats like Dolby Atmos or DTS X....Or I would have double-dipped and bought this trilogy again on 4k BluRay. A shame. It is maybe the best superhero films short of the original Superman with Christopher Reeves.
DARKMAN and DARK KNIGHT must join forces to battle a new enemy supernatural villain, the
Nightmare Wrathmaster.
Ebert said it's one of the best films that year, but yet he did not put it on his top 10 best movies of 2005.
Because 8 of the movies on his top ten list came out after Batman Begins. It could've been in third place when it came out but then got pushed off.
to bad siskel dident live to see this
Best Christian Bale Batman performance
I'd like to see Bruce Wayne as a lower-class service manager.
20 years later
"Last year got spiderman right, this year was the batman we needed " even more relevant now.
Nah... No Way Home was terrible
Ebert would have definitely hated BvS and Justice League based on how much he praised Begins and Dark Knight.
He probably would've enjoyed Justice League like he did X Men Last Stand. But Man of Steel would've been a depressing experience for him. He hated 300 and Superman Returns.
Wrong, BVS was also about Bruce Wayne like this movie was. He would've been impressed at how they delved into his character and tested his morality by taking him to the edge. He also would have liked the philosophical exploration of the meaning of superheroes. The theatrical JL, he would not have liked.
Damn I miss Roger Ebert.
It's funny that when people talk about Nolan's Trilogy, they seldom mention Begins, but go straight to the TDK.
Technically sixth Batman movie, but everyone forgets the 1966 film
the first Batman movie to get it Right , Was Mask Of The Phantasm...C'mon
Daniel Grimes Maybe because he’s only counting Live Action Batman Movies.
Daniel Grimes And I disagree with Ebert, it’s not the First Batman Movie to get it right, The Burton ones were great, and the Schumacher ones were OK.
@@brianrose8772 so so.. yeah even if I didn't like much the first batman movie, basically get all it's points fairly positive in my opinion
frank miller and tim burton both liked this 2005 film
Batman and Batman Returns are the ONLY two Batman movies to GET IT RIGHT
If Ebert and Roeper loved Batman Begins, wait til they see Dark Knight!!!
Begins is better
Roger gave this movie 4/4 Stars.
Woah woah ....WTF. They like described 60% of the plot!!!!
That’s what they do. Clearly you haven’t seen their reviews
Man, he really sounds different here, I really feel for the guy
Roeper was as good a replacement for Siskel as you could get, but jesus christ, EVERY statement he made started with him interrupting Roger. It’s maddening. Gene and Roger interrupted when they contested or elaborated eachother’s points, but otherwise let eachother finish their piece. Richard just did it out of habit.
Best batman movie yet?? At that point those 2 fellows are unware that storms about to come. TDK🦇
0:41 Fifth Batman movie, there are many feature film of the caped crusader in general, but this is the fifth one distributed by WB Pictures (not counting the Catwoman movie).
Nobody cares about semantics it's the fifth Batman movie leave it at that
I guessing that Ebert was a comic book nerd as well.
Not really. He said he never read Watchmen when the movie came out. Ebert certainly read comics and other adventure stories as a kid so he probably read Batman back then but not into the modern era.
Yeah he was
@@jedijones yeah he was
This movie was a much darker more serious film than Batman and Robin. The Tim Burton films started out as dark and serious but eventually got too much into CGI effects and goofy writing.
Burton didn't do batman and robin
I felt this movie tried to delve too deep into trying to make Batman interesting that the villains weren't that interesting.
And fast forward to 2021 where warner brothers follow up to this is one piece of abject crap after another. Roger I wish you were here with us to set the DCEU straight.
Begins > Dark Knight
Lol
TDK>TDKR>begins
Might as well say that The Garbage Pail Kids Movie is the great film of all time
Nah this movie has subpar action and writing. And Rachel is an awful character when played by katie holmes. Just my opinion. The Dark Knight had such intelligent writing and the way the joker turns people morally into the opposite of what they strive to be. The Dark Knight just as way more enticing to me.
@@TadRaunch kind of extreme
if you just listen to Roger Ebert talk and not watch the video, it sounds like it's the 1940#
Best batman movie by far Roeper? It is forgotten in 2019. When people remember batman movies there are only 2: The original Michael Keaton Batman and Bale's Batman: The Dark Knight. This movie faded away after that one was released.
maybe to the casual movie-goer, but not by the fans
Wrong.
Lol I remember leaving the theater thinking son of a bitch you could actually be batman they just showed the blueprint still think this is the best batman movie
Yes, exactly. They made Batman relatable which was always a major flaw in the character in all his incarnations.
I must be the only Batman fan ever he hated Nolen's interpretation. This was a Batman who was more traumatized by falling into a hole of bats, then he was with the death of his parents.
You do realize the story was based on the graphic novel Batman:Year One? Nolan didn't make up a story like they did with the later DC movies.
I.love the movie the best batman
Anybody else annoyed at Roeper going "hmm" every time Ebert finishes talking. Richard, nobody cares about what you think.
Ebert did, he chose him out of thousands of applicants for the job after Siskel dropped dead
I still feel there was a lot more they could have done with this story, and there was a lot that they could have left out.
Need I start saying negative things about women named Mikayla?
God, I wish I weren't fired from this show. I'd trash this movie a new ass!
It was good, but my nominee for best Batman movie ever is the animated film "Batman: Year One" with Bryan Cranston providing the voice of Jim Gordon.
This is better than the dark knight
Gee I miss gene
Spoiler alert
They both got it right.
Lol, another example of Ebert having the complete opposite opinion to mine. They couldn’t have got Batman more wrong in this film (which admittedly was well made and well acted).
If you are referring to how close it follows the comics, it may not (I don't know). But I don't believe source material must always be followed to a T. Source material, in part or in full, may even be better left unfilmed. It is arguable I suppose.