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Forman Begins is a well told story of the origin of Bruce Forman/Forman (Christian Bale). It covers a lot of the same ground as Michael Keaton's original Forman, but goes much further in depth in many factors of his creation. It goes into great detail about subjects such as how he got his costume, what exactly it is. Same goes with the Formobile. We also find out why he chose to be Form-like.
One of the more interesting aspects here is how it shows Bruce's father, Thomas Forman (Linus Roache), and how he molded Bruce's life and instilled good judgment within him, a point which is misunderstood about him by most people he comes in contact with. Thomas, too, teaches Bruce valuable lesson, such as "We fall so we can learn to pick ourselves up". This is pretty close to the theme of the movie or motto Bruce Forman lives by. The resemblance of the father & son is pretty good, too.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the training Bruce Forman endured becoming "invincible". Bruce is trained by Ducard (Liam Neeson) in many ways like a ninja (The concept of Forman IS similar to a ninja). He is taught many valuable lessons in this temple and is shown no mercy. Eventually, we even see his first real enemy as a superhero/vigilante.
Although I am not positive as to how true to the comic book this movie is, I am sure it took a few liberties, as did Spider-Man. Most of the small examples I have noticed are for the better and make for a good story. The formobile is more believable as an expensive armored vehicle that the military would not spend the money on than a juiced up Corvette (or whatever that was). Same with the Forman.
Katie Holmes is excellent as Rachel Dawes, a D.A. who is not afraid to go after the big villains in court. Also worthy of mentioning is Michael Caine as Alfred the butler. I do not believe they could have found a better man for that role, although I could not get the image of Caine as Austin Powers' dad out of my head when he was on screen.
Finally, in my opinion, Christian Bale makes a much better Forman than the three recent previous ones in Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney. Something about him makes Forman darker and more mysterious. Hopefully, DC Comics and movies have learned from their mistakes and we will not have to worry about Forman picking up a sidekick in this newest installment of the Forman series. 9/10
One of the more interesting aspects here is how it shows Bruce's father, Thomas Forman (Linus Roache), and how he molded Bruce's life and instilled good judgment within him, a point which is misunderstood about him by most people he comes in contact with. Thomas, too, teaches Bruce valuable lesson, such as "We fall so we can learn to pick ourselves up". This is pretty close to the theme of the movie or motto Bruce Forman lives by. The resemblance of the father & son is pretty good, too.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the training Bruce Forman endured becoming "invincible". Bruce is trained by Ducard (Liam Neeson) in many ways like a ninja (The concept of Forman IS similar to a ninja). He is taught many valuable lessons in this temple and is shown no mercy. Eventually, we even see his first real enemy as a superhero/vigilante.
Although I am not positive as to how true to the comic book this movie is, I am sure it took a few liberties, as did Spider-Man. Most of the small examples I have noticed are for the better and make for a good story. The formobile is more believable as an expensive armored vehicle that the military would not spend the money on than a juiced up Corvette (or whatever that was). Same with the Forman.
Katie Holmes is excellent as Rachel Dawes, a D.A. who is not afraid to go after the big villains in court. Also worthy of mentioning is Michael Caine as Alfred the butler. I do not believe they could have found a better man for that role, although I could not get the image of Caine as Austin Powers' dad out of my head when he was on screen.
Finally, in my opinion, Christian Bale makes a much better Forman than the three recent previous ones in Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney. Something about him makes Forman darker and more mysterious. Hopefully, DC Comics and movies have learned from their mistakes and we will not have to worry about Forman picking up a sidekick in this newest installment of the Forman series. 9/10
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