Comments on: The Dark Knight Was Good, Batman Begins Was Better

By: DarkDefiance

DarkDefiance — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:06:53 +0000

I completely agree. I was really pissed off with The Dark Knight’s ending. With Batman Begins it all built up with to a climax and a great fight scene towards the end when Batman has to stop the train and Ra’s al Ghul.

In The Dark Knight I expected something similar. The Joker wants Gotham in anarchy – so why not put together a brilliant plan which involves something OTHER than blowing up things and have Batman work against time to stop it?

I was also dissapointed with the way Two-Face was handled. Even in Batman Forever he had some character to him. In TDK he felt empty.

In general Batman Begins > The Dark Knight.

By: sticknmove

sticknmove — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:47:47 +0000

People relieved at the fact that there are others who liked Batman Begins better than Dark Knight just goes to show how few of us there are, because I was honestly beginning to think that I might be the only one who felt this way. Firstly, Batman Begins had more appeal because it shows exactly how he becomes Batman. I’ve never been so tuned into a movie as I was with BB. I had high expectations from DK, not because of Ledger but because of its predecessor, and I was utterly disappointed. I almost cringed to call it a sequel to the first. All the characters who were present in the first seemed to be missing the element of depth in this one. And I firmly believe Ledger’s performance was praised due to his passing. It seemed so much longer simply because it failed to grasp me at any moment (aside from the huge sacrifice Batman makes in the end). There were times I was actually falling asleep as well…I could elaborate even further but I’ll leave it at that. Just glad to see others liked BB better.

By: jlawac

jlawac — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:44:10 +0000

While I agree that two-face did look too fake, the dark knight was a more realistic film and also a superior one to Batman Begins. It just works a lot better, truly. Better crafted film, better seque-ways into scenes, better fights in that the camera does not shake around and also comes together better in the end.

By: Mayhem

Mayhem — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:09:39 +0000

I agree with the previous messages, but I have one thing to add:

In Batman Begins there was Gotham City,
in The Dark Knight, i haven’t seen Gotham City.

The say TDK was more dark, but when you look at the city itself, Gotham in BB looks way more dark. And there is the railway (which I found it had a matching design for the gothic Gotham), the Wayne Building, etc.
In BB it felt like Gotham, in TDK it felt like New York. (I know there’s a link between these two citiesbut still…Gotham from Batman is different)

So I think Batman Begins is more Batman-like for some points. For example Ra’s al Ghul and Scarecrow were that kind of mystic elements that TDK lacks.

By: NuggedOuT

NuggedOuT — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:07:49 +0000

Finally, I find some other people who think Batman Begins is better than The Dark Knight! Batman Begins is one of those movies I can watch over and over again and never get tired of. I like The Dark Knight, but I just can’t say the same thing about it. Everything just seems to have been done better in Batman Begins.

Batman Begins has just the right amount of action, the dialogue’s more memorable and witty, there’s better onscreen chemistry between the characters, the settings are more interesting, and even the music seems to have been used with more dramatic effect. I also feel the way Batman Begins’ whole theme revolves around fear makes it more intriguing as a movie overall.

By: REY

REY — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:09:57 +0000

Agreed. Batman Begins was way better. I don’t necessarily agree with all the reasons given above but for me the Dark knight was a notch or two beneath Begins as far as the script was concerned. I loved the Joker, who didn’t?….But imagine what Dark Knight would’ve been like without Heath. He made that movie as great as people perceived it to be, but in retrospect, and aside of Ledgers brilliance, the movie itself wasn’t that great. The Plot was lacking and despite the great acting job done by Heath, I thin the Joker character was undermined, I guess a 3rd installment may have expanded on that but we all know that can’t happend know….well at least not with Heath Ledger.

I also didn’t like the hidden messages in Dark Knight either. For instance, in the end when Batman reveals his Patriot Act Machine where he gets to spy on the entire city in order to catch one man. Yes Morgan Freeman disagrees with it and right he should but he sits down and does the job anyway. It’s fairly obvious to see that is ploy at justifying illegal activities on the part of our government under the guise of “protecting” us. Whatever Nolan, who’s writing your scripts?…also, the Military and Police working together to control crowds, (a violation of The Posse Comitatus Act) on the boats in the streets. It’s a sign of the times and every movie, not just this one, has insinuations like this in them at some point. Anyway, the movie itself again, not as solid, wasn’t as exciting, didn’t leave the theater with the same satisfied feeling.

By: NISIO

NISIO — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:19:26 +0000

I left the cinema dissapointed after this and have only watched it once since. I still haven’t watched the blu ray version that I got for christmas. His mask looked stupid in TDK. it was ok form the side but from the front its waaaayyy to wide and Bale is just the dull wooden figure in this like he is in Terminator Salvation. He was amazing in Batman Begins

By: vvps

vvps — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:22:55 +0000

Batman Begins was way better. It had an actual story, not just mind numbing overwrought action scenes. Dialogue was way better. The villain in Begins was written more smartly, more subtle, not an overacting hype job like Ledger’s Joker. I fell asleep during Dark Knight. I couldn’t wait for it to be over.

Also agree about the female lead. I had no interest in Maggie Gyllenhaal at all, none, zilch. Despite Katie Holmes being a nut job Scientologist, she held my interest 1000x more than that old bag Maggie.

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:40:58 +0000

crap one more thing batman begins had a better climax

By: wayne

wayne — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:33:09 +0000

plus in batman begins batman was more flexible you could see him fighting and in dk it was just a guy in a really irritating custom and maaaan the stupid voice it was better in bb