Batman Begins Analysis

Here is my view/analysis of the movie Batman Begins:

The movie starts out with us being able to see and know who Bruce Wayne is and his background. I feel like this was very important to start out with cause that really is the base and the platform to how Bruce was living his life and why he became Batman. Without knowing who he was and where he came from and without knowing he fell into the well with all the bats than the audience would have been confused and felt very puzzled to know why he chose to become Batman and the reasons behind what he wanted to do. I was really impressed with the way they showed it and also being able to portray that in such a short time frame. I feel like that was a very great way to open up the film.

Which leads me into my next point in talking about what the theme of the movie was, I felt a very important theme of the movie was that Bruce Wayne was looking to become a legend and wanted to find himself and be able to figure out who he really was. We were able to see that as he met up with Raz Algoon and as he was trained and being taught by them that was what he wanted to do and he wanted to find a way to be able to overcome his parents death. I felt like I was able to see that throughout the movie as he was becoming Batman and as he was going after the different villains, And even though he wasn't doing anything specific towards the death of his parents, you could tell that he was still trying to put out his legacy and everything he was doing was to be able to carry on his families name.

A set up that I noticed in this movie that I thought was important was when Rachel in Act 2 was talking to Bruce and when he was saying he was different and she replied back by saying "Its not what you are underneath, but what you do that defines you." And than in Act 3 when Bruce was Batman and Rachel asked who he was and than he replied back with the same statement that Rachel left him and that's how she was able to identify who Batman really was. I feel like that paid off cause at that point I feel like Bruce was able to figure out who he really was and Rachel was able to help him figure out who really needs to be and to not be angry about he parents death and towards the person that did it.

A catalyst that I saw in the movie and one that was pretty obvious was when Bruce's parents died. That was a very big life changing moment cause that happened while he was a kid and while he was growing up he kept finding ways to get his revenge and to be able to get pay back on what happened to his parents and it made him angry and really changed his life in a negative way.

Which lead to Bruce Wayne's debate period and making a decision of how he was going to react, and the way that he did it was that he left the world that he knew and became someone different, he decided to not take revenge at that moment and to become somewhat of a criminal and to live that lifestyle and to see what it brought.

What lead us into Act 2 was when Bruce Wayne fought off all of Raz Algoon's men and didn't give into what they wanted him to do which was to go and destroy Gotham. Raz Algoon decoy was at that point considered dead and Bruce Wayne saved Raz Algoon from falling off the cliff and left him with someone in the village.

And than Bruce Wayne is able to meet up with Alfred in an airplane and he returns to Gotham. He talks with Alfred about what he has experienced and what he is doing and how long he plans to stay. And that leads us to what the main story line will be in the second act is when Bruce Wayne becomes Batman and to protect Gotham.

We than find Bruce back at Wayne Enterprises looking to come back into the company and he tells the main boss he wants to work in the applied sciences department of the company. He than meets Cox who is over that department and talks about the different gadgets that he has and tries to figure out the best things he can use to be as sly, powerful, and legendary as he can become. That is where we begin the fun and games of Batman.

Than Batman is able to find Fal Cony and be able to defeat him and earn his first victory as Batman and be able to help Rachel, Detective Gordon and the rest of Gotham. This is where the city gets to first see Batman and they all don't know what to think of him but a lot of them consider him to be a villain and against the city.

Rachel is than taken hostage by Crane and given the powder that will kill her unless she receives the antidote in time. Batman than takes her to the Bat cave to receive the antidote and brings her back to her home. Bruce than returns back to his mansion for his birthday party and than sees Ducard at the party with a bunch of his men. He than figures out that Ducard is really Raz Algoon and they destroy his mansion and begin to plot their plan to destroy Gotham. This I feel is a combination of both the All is Lost and the Bad Guys Close in part of the film.

Than Bruce as he is going down the elevator feels like he has created something and done something too big to handle and feels like he isnt successful and that he has failed and he watches all of his mansion and all that his parents had burn to the ground and burn away. This is the low point of the movie and where Bruce feels more darkness because he feels like at this point there is nothing that he can do to save the city.

Than we break into Act 3 where Raz Algoon starts to poison the city with the powder that Crane has and start putting it into the the water systems. We also find the climax/finale of the movie when Batman sends Gordon off in the Bat mobile to attack the towers while he confronts the Raz Algoon directly. Batman than destroys the controls of the train preventing it from stopping and Gordon also shoots down the tracks. At this point Batman has defeated Raz Algoon and jumps out of the train leaving him there and than destroys the emitter which ends the poisonous fog.

The final image of the movie is when Bruce and Alfred make plans to rebuild the mansion, Batman visits Gordon who confesses he never thanked Batman. He than says you never had to.

A Deus ex machina moment I saw in the movie is when Batman had all those bats come and attack all the bad guys that were around the warehouse to stop them from what they were doing.