BATMAN BEGINS | A Complete Retrospective

Tell us... what do you fear?

After nearly sinking the entire franchise on the big screen, an 8 year process began to reignite the character of Batman worldwide.

Christopher Nolan and company joined the franchise and worked tirelessly to bring about an all new iteration of the character that would revive his popularity around the world.

Tackling the earliest days of the Caped Crusader in an unprecedented way: rebooting the character entirely.

This is a complete retrospective on... BATMAN BEGINS.

MAIN SOURCES:

Behind The Scenes of The Dark Knight Trilogy:
"Proposals for a fifth Batman film" on Wikipedia:
"Before 'Batman Begins': Secret History of the Movies That Almost Got Made" by Aaron Couch on The Hollywood Reporter:
Batman Begins DVD Special Features

THE COMPLETE TIMELINE:

00:00 - 1997: Batman in Crisis
04:51 - 2003: Christopher Nolan signs on
06:03 - 2003: The Writing Begins
07:13 - 2003: Casting for Batman
08:25 - 2003: The Supporting Cast
09:28 - 2004: The Supporting Cast continued…
10:00 - 2004: Production Begins/Title Revealed
11:07 - 2004: Production continues
11:56 - 2004: Batsuit revealed
12:10 - 2004: Batmobile revealed
14:02 - 2004: The First Teaser
15:32 - 2004: Production Wraps
16:28 - 2004: The Second Teaser
17:27 - 2005: Super Bowl 2005
18:04 - 2005: Posters Revealed
18:36 - 2005: The Theatrical Trailer
20:01 - 2005: Excitement Builds
22:19 - 2005: BATMAN BEGINS
46:50 - 2005: Reception to Batman Begins
47:50 - 2005: The Future…

Outro Music : Running in the 80s 1.5x speed

[ThePrimeTheater]

Looks like ads have started popping up on this video, SO, if there happen to be too many ads... I can't control the ads so it's not my fault 😔

Copyright claims mean I don't control the ad frequency, nor do I make the money off of the ads. So, my apologies if the ads are ridiculous. At the very least I hope you can still enjoy the video 🙏

[JLB]

This came out when I was a freshman in college I remember concept of fear being used as a weapon of mass destruction blew my mind. That being said…Christian Bales cheekbones are clearly the real hero of this trilogy.

[notzayboy]

the fact that jim gordon wasn’t the immediate go to for gary oldman amazes me. that was probably one of most perfect casting choices of the trilogy.

[LTDextel]

I never get bored of watching people passionate about the Nolan trilogy talk about the storytelling, themes, and other aspects of these films.

[christopherklipstein]

I’m an extra in Rises. I was part of the crowd in the stadium scene they filmed in Pittsburgh.

[lolwichelhaus]

I've watched the LOTR Retrospective so many times that Youtube just plays it like its music. I hear parts of it every day until I realize I'm re-watching a 3 hour video for the 19th time.

[nightnous]

Can't wait for the part two to this video the cliffhanger is killing me. Will Nolan return for a sequel?

[IronBeagle]

Literally you’ve become one of my favorite creators on the platform. The way you explain events is so calming and takes me back to when these came out.

As for my thoughts on Batman Begins goes, it’s definitely my favorite in the trilogy. The Dark Knight is perfect but I like the vibes and pulpy fun Begins shows off while also taking itself 100% seriously.

[diegoprodriguez]

I always appreciate how Jim in most scenarios gives Batman the benefit of the doubt and goes with his plan

[sinanceylan]

Batman Begins is still my favourite one out of the trilogy. I mean Heath Ledger's Joker was cool and all but storywise, I find this much more inspiring. Thanks for the video Prime!

[noblebarbarian]

Something as simple as a joker card leading us to something as outstanding as Heathe Ledger's performance blows my mind.

[dagrimmreepa]

Begins is my favorite in the trilogy. Heath's Joker overshadows everything but i really like the Bruce character journey in this. I think its a stronger "movie" that TDK and especially R (which imo isnt very good in general and just feels like Nolan phoning it in)

[jaraket]

I remember seeing that first teaser in the cinema when it came out. I didn’t know what I was looking at until the very end and I almost jumped out of my seat in excitement when I realised it was a Batman movie. I can’t remember the movie I watched after, but I will never forget the feeling or watching that trailer.

[robertmugabe]

41:38 Bold of you to assume that the people of Gotham have access to hot water😂

[dotdotppl]

These two months both LOTR trilogy and Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy were up in IMAX in my place again after almost 20 plus years. i am really glad that i am able to enjoy all the first times watched all of them on the big screen. And now this video comes in at the perfect time for me.❤ (I like your LOTR video as well and that is awesome!)

[baronleach]

Im addicted to these retrospective videos. Great job. Hats off.

The best retrospective videos in the platform. Thank you for this. 😁

[smittys]

19 years since this movie came out, and it’s still my favorite Batman movie ever. Can’t believe this movie is only 16 years from Batman 89.

[MrKanedog]

Rewatched Batman begins recently and it’s obvious to say but it’s so good.
The fact that it’s filmed on location and on purpose built sets rather than in a big warehouse with green screen everywhere really shows, all the cast are amazing, Gotham city could have been a bit weirder but that’s just a minor nitpick. I also forgot how funny this movie was, not in an annoying MCU way but just Alfred’s snide comments and Lucius Fox’s wit, even Gordon saying I need to get one of those when he first sees the tumbler. This whole movie is amazing

[JuneJournalss]

I can’t even imagine how long these videos take and you pump them out consistently; this is such a surprise. I was very obsessed with Batman during the Nolan days. You are amazing and wonderful in every way for updating this!