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Batman-The-Dark-Knight-Returns-Part-1-Blu-ray-Review.jpg' alt='Free Download Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Movie ' title='Free Download Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 Movie ' />Batman The Dark Knight Returns Bluray delivers great video and audio in this exceptional Bluray release Batman has not been seen for ten years. Amazon Digital Services LLCMovie 4. Prior to seeing this reboot I only liked Tim Burtons renditions, but more so for them being Tim Burton movies rather than actual Batman movies. Hi-Def Quality Frozen Fever. I didnt see Batman Begins in theaters and never even considered watching it till the DVD came out because I was so embarrassed at the debacle that is Joel Shumachers Batman Robin though I will say Forever was decent, despite its inclination for campiness. So I blind bought this on DVD and was blown away by its epic storytelling, characterization, and wonderful production quality. The story starts out with Bruce Wayne Christian Bale in a Bhutanese prison meeting a man named to Ducard Liam Neeson who works for one Ras Al Ghul Ken Watanabe, the leader of the League of Shadows. In meeting Ducard, he recruits Wayne and mentors him in the ways of the League, instilling and debating philosophies of good versus evil, the power of will, and the arts of deception and theatricality. In becoming one of their finest students, though, Wayne must complete his rite of passage by taking the life of a man who murdered his neighbor in a territorial dispute. But in being who he is, Wayne decides not to take the mans life, and instead, destroys the Leagues base of operations. He then returns to his home of Gotham City deciding to transform himself into a symbol of justice to fight crime, protect the innocent, and bring down the corrupt, in which he dawns the masked persona of Batman. And through his initial journey, hes assisted by the likes of his long trusted butler, Alfred Michael Caine, an old family friend at Wayne Enterprises, Lucius Fox Morgan Freeman, and the one good cop left in Gothams police force, Jim Gordon Gary Oldman. As many times as its been done through Batman or any other kind of comic bookfictional writing, really what draws me to this film the most is its presentation and symbolism of Bruce Wayne, his inner conflict with himself over the responsibility of his parents death, his willingness and fortitude to act upon that tragedy, and his continuing efforts to be Batman and live his life for a greater cause by continuing to fight for Gotham City. My favorite aspects of the film are its dark and gloomy atmosphere, the especially wonderful cast, and an extremely well written script that manages to amaze and inspire for both the characters and overall narrative. For an origins story, I really like how it fills in the gap of Bruce Waynes time away from home, the lessons he learned, and how it slowly molded him into the eventual persona of the Caped Crusader. In addition to some excellent plot development and character exposition between him and his one time mentor, I also thought it made for a great climax and clashing of ideals between two similarly minded people, but with completely different approaches. However, being only an origins story, theres just so much depth one can expose, as this is just the tip of the iceberg until the real meat of the story shows itself in The Dark Knight. Video 4. 0 Video codec VC 1 Video resolution 1. Aspect ratio 2. 4. Original aspect ratio 2. Some people say HD DVD is to blame for the apparently weak presentation seen here on the BD, but I disagree. While its true HD DVD does have its technical limitations in terms of disc space and attainable bit rates, their have been some pretty good ports of other films including 3. Blade Runner, The Departed, I Am Legend, The Matrix, or Troy, just to name a few. This transfer for Batman Begins is more a result of video tinkering from the people at Warner Bros. And after seeing The Dark Knight Trilogy in IMAX, I believe I can now give a more accurate assessment to how this BD faithfully preserves the theatrical presentation. To start, lets talk about detail. From what I saw in the theater and what were given on the BD, its not softness in the picture, so much as it is asubdued look. Despite the image not having razor sharp detail, Wally Pfisters photography is duly represented here and is as sharp as I saw in the theater. Very intricate weaving in the costumes and fine texturing in facial features and skin look excellent. Colors are about as bold as they should be, while blacks are almost perfect. The problem, however, lies in two factors contrast and saturation. In seeing the SD DVD, the BD, and the IMAX versions of the film, Ive determined that the main color palette is supposed to be somewhere around a Fall, seasonal orange. The IMAX version looked best with a very balanced dose of orangetan, whereas the BD appears to have a more reddishpale appearance. And because of the slightly boosted contrast and de saturated skin tones, it seems as if everyone is either blushing, coming down with a cold, or just got angry and is trying cooling off. Its not a bad presentation by any means, but I distinctly remember and admired the darker, more dreary look the film had in its IMAX presentation. And as a result of the minor tinkering, colors arent quite as striking, and blacks arent as deep and inky. Nonetheless, its a much better job than what they did to The Dark Knight. Unless Nolan just really feels the need to remaster this himself for some kind of anniversary edition down the road, dont let the stigma of HD DVD port fool you. Its still a pretty good transfer. Audio 5. 0. Languages English Dolby True. HD 5. 1 English Dolby Digital 5. French Dolby Digital 5. Spanish Dolby Digital 5. Portuguese Dolby Digital 5. Japanese Dolby Digital 5. Subtitles English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin TraditionalThe Dolby True. HD 5. 1 track may not show much in terms of numbers averaging around just under 2. Mbps, but the sound quality is deceptively top notch. Dialogue is clear and never distorts through the center. Everything from the various voices of Bruce Wayne, to his Batman growls, to Lucius Foxs echoes down in R D, to Dr. Cranes synthesized voice are reproduced perfectly. Separation is stunning from the get go of the opening sequence with the immersion of bats flapping around, and especially later on during the discovery of the Batcave and breakout at Arkham. The Bhutanese prison fight does a good job of a silence and isolation effect between Waynes beating up of the prisoners and when Ducard confronts him with the proposal for joining The League of Shadows. Directionality is also well placed to the rears during action sequences in the form of more bats, a scene of rainfall where all the drops are nicely divided, and of course the final battle sequence on the monorail. The score by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard keeps up great pace and mood between all the action and drama, though not nearly to the effect of their work in The Dark Knight, but thats for another review. Low Frequency Effects, by the way as per the score, are booming. The crackling ice on the frozen lake is the first example of subtle, but good, bass levels, while the Batmobile chase, and the various explosions at the end of the movie all make for reference material with some excellent fidelity and dynamics in oomps and thumps. Part of the difference between what I thought I heard the first time and now, though, lies completely in the newer home theater setup I have. In fact, it makes a big difference in a lot of the movies I watch these days, so make sure youre somewhat up to date on your gear. My favorite scenes for reference are any of the bat immersion scenes opening title, discovery of the Bat Cave, or when hes breaking out of Arkham, the training sequence on the frozen lake awesome directionality and bass in the ice cracking, and the Batmobile chase lots of booms and a great chance for the music to shine as well. Extras 4. 5 The Dark Knight IMAX Prologue HD 6 3. Presented in MPEG 2 and Dolby Digital 5.