Episode #707 - Batman Begins (W❤️M)
Added 2023-11-14 05:00:02 +0000 UTC“I, in my home, right now, have a bat from the movie Batman Begins” - Steve
On this week’s episode, W❤️M month continues as we chat about Chris Nolan’s fabulous comic book adaptation, Batman Begins! Has there been a softer Little Boy Bruce Wayne in cinema? Why couldn’t they have put a little more spirit gum on Liam Neeson’s goatee at the beginning? How fantastic is Cillian Murphy in this and shouldn’t Scarecrow have been a larger character? Does anyone have proof that Pennyworth was a real show and not just a tax shelter? And why can’t more studios look to these Nolan films to reassure themselves that it’s… okay to recast an actor? Hmm? PLUS: Batman blows his fortune on movie merch!
Batman Begins stars Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Watanabe, Rutger Hauer, Linus Roache, Mark Boone Junior, Morgan Freeman, Richard Brake, and Sir Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth; directed by Christopher Nolan.
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Comments
So is the pronunciation of Ras in this movie right or is it the Raysh pronunciation from BTAS thats right? Growing up with the animated series it has always bothered me that they say Ras in this movie instead to Raysh .
Kureigu
2025-03-20 05:24:52 +0000 UTC“I’ve always been a Nolan girlie” lmfaooooo Eric ily
Nathalie Pena
2025-03-05 16:00:29 +0000 UTCRas Al Guhl means “the demon’s head” in Arabic ❤️ The English word “ghoul” comes directly from an Arabic word.
Noura Sarayel
2024-03-28 20:20:17 +0000 UTCWoo, I can't wait to hear this one! Got to see Batman Begins in theaters with my dad when I was 17. Great times and my first introduction to Nolan! Also my first introduction to most of these characters like Falcone and of course Scarecrow.
Zora McBride
2023-11-21 14:50:12 +0000 UTCTo give Steve's Joe Chill Malaquoteism a bit of credit. It sounds a bit like what Michael Jeter says in the Green Mile before he is executed. "I'm sorry for what I do, I'd give anything to take it back, but I can't."
Lono's Oboe
2023-11-20 16:12:01 +0000 UTCThe best casting that Gotham show made was Alexander Siddig as Ras Al Ghul. Just put him in the new Batman please Matthew.
Tala Hobballah
2023-11-17 18:33:36 +0000 UTCThe ABC family ad is one thing but the Nickleback Batman Begins TV Spot is a 2005 fever dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYh7mrJxbXw
Matt
2023-11-17 16:48:34 +0000 UTCIs it just me or was Eric funnier than ever on this episode?? The fat lil bitch comment sent the guys and me laughing for a while 😂
Watch_N_Rewatch
2023-11-17 13:50:56 +0000 UTCThis is such a good ep. I will forever have Alfred and Lucious having a frat house while Bruce is away as my personal canon for the movie 🤣
Kristian James Chayer
2023-11-16 23:47:16 +0000 UTCAnd also in Tenet. Caine doesn't even stand up from the table in that one.
Jen Fred
2023-11-16 21:42:17 +0000 UTCGreat episode! This is one of my favorite Batman films of all time
Deitrich Tennin
2023-11-16 16:45:44 +0000 UTCSteve’s Spinner Rack.
Jason
2023-11-16 11:06:29 +0000 UTCNow that's more like it We Hate Movies.
Tristan
2023-11-16 01:47:40 +0000 UTCI’m surprised Nolan didn’t squeeze Michael Caine into Oppenheimer like he did in Dunkirk
Kevin Lynch
2023-11-15 23:10:40 +0000 UTCLoved this episode, about to do another listen.
Matthew Lloyd
2023-11-15 18:59:08 +0000 UTCI want a "Steve's Soapbox" where he explains comics to the gang, Gleep-Glossary style, Patreon tier more than anything
Matt
2023-11-15 16:17:48 +0000 UTCAbsolutely hilarious from start to finish 🤣
Christopher Bruce
2023-11-15 11:37:47 +0000 UTCAs for movies ending with a movie title card, I know Nolan would be too old but I remember to this day being a kid in theaters and the incredible title card at the end of Lion King giving me goosebumps. Culminates perfectly with Circle of Life ending with that beat and the image of the new young cub being held out in that iconic shot
RJ Cunningham
2023-11-15 06:15:42 +0000 UTCCillian puts me to sleep all the time on the Calm app. Idris is on that app too.
Paul
2023-11-15 04:32:20 +0000 UTCPattinson's Batman is a natural enemy for Dog Saw
Tim O'
2023-11-15 03:59:44 +0000 UTCThank you, Andrew, for acknowledging Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow. I think he's fuckin iconic and underrated in this movie and sets the standard for the character (although you may be interested to know Robert Englund plays him decently in Injustice 2). I would love to see Matt Reeves' take on him.
Trev Herron
2023-11-15 03:17:14 +0000 UTCPodcasters are a cowardly, superstitious lot.
Adam Lewis
2023-11-15 01:21:08 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/iSe6tvfedb0?si=T3bOLiyaCxX81wNI Holy moly, they weren’t kidding! When has The Dark Knight of Gotham ever “lived for love”?
jribs
2023-11-15 00:00:10 +0000 UTCLove this episode!! Y’all’s closing comments about it, I’m going to have to rewatch it and dark knight. I love them all but I’ve seen dark knight so many times and this one only a couple of times.
Jaime Lee Ezell
2023-11-14 23:48:18 +0000 UTCSame haha
Jaime Lee Ezell
2023-11-14 23:46:47 +0000 UTCI'm just surprised there was only two little pot shots at Marvel in this one.
Mark D Myers
2023-11-14 21:38:48 +0000 UTCI fell down a tunnel of sausages once too
Matt
2023-11-14 21:21:21 +0000 UTCI've always been a fan of the concept that Ra's Al Ghul is more of a title and that Ducard was only the latest in a long line over the ages. Thus making Ra's Al Ghul "immortal."
Justine Prudhomme
2023-11-14 18:33:02 +0000 UTCI have a theory that Nolan is a fan of the Toxic Avenger films. I can’t remember if it’s TA two or three, but the actor who played gambol is one of the main baddies in one of them, and in the same movie they use “we are tonight’s entertainment” Common enough line I know, but idk, just seemed like a coincidence and I just heard the gang talk about how Nolan would sometimes use 80s character actors so it KINDA adds up 🤷♂️
Wesley Hall
2023-11-14 17:22:34 +0000 UTCHere’s the fourth film, Batman vs Dog Saw
Brandon
2023-11-14 16:52:27 +0000 UTCIt makes more sense that Thomas Wayne emotionally invalidates his son by taking him to see "Bats! The Musical," brags about himself and his family's empire, and that he thinks he's above the possibility of reproach as he chooses to exit the opera via the seedy alley when you know he's a surgeon, not a GP
Smaug
2023-11-14 16:46:09 +0000 UTCI think I said "that's insane" out loud at the same time as Eric in response to Cabin's bonkers statement that he didn't really buy into Nolan until Tenet and Oppenheimer.
jribs
2023-11-14 16:13:06 +0000 UTCAm I psychotic for wishing I could watch that Andrew Jupin booth cut print? Sounds like an infuriating warm hug of a watch.
MarkNM
2023-11-14 16:06:13 +0000 UTCLike Andrew I too have thought about the Ras Al Ghul advice when it’s cold!
Jason
2023-11-14 14:38:18 +0000 UTCWhat we need is a whole movie about what happened in The Narrows
James C Harris
2023-11-14 14:36:28 +0000 UTC"Batman Begins stars Christopher Nolan"!! I thought that was Inception
Felipe Sobreiro
2023-11-14 13:25:19 +0000 UTCSpeaking of lunatics, do you think that guy from the mailbag a while back who identified as Batman listening to this right now? The opera was Gounod's Faust btw. I guess Bruce Wayne made a deal with a devil figure(Ra's al Ghul) to become Batman or Batman himself is the devil.
Eren Keskin
2023-11-14 10:37:41 +0000 UTCI love this movie, but I get absolutely bothered by the geography of Nolan's Gotham/Chicago. Also Nolan's aversion to blood really sticks out in this series of movies. I did always appreciate how Bruce's arrogance would always bite him in the ass and it would cost the city and people close to him dearly, because at the end of the day he's a rich sheltered college dropout who did some time in a Chinese prison and thought it was then a good idea to join a guy training literal assassins, SURVIVE it somehow, and then decide he's smart enough to do detective work.
Daniel Garcia
2023-11-14 07:25:36 +0000 UTC“I won’t kill you, but I don’t have to save you.” “That is technically killing me, you know.” “No it’s not bye”
Paul
2023-11-14 06:49:40 +0000 UTCThe Best Superhero Movie EVER. (Yes better than its sequel)
Geoff Gershon
2023-11-14 05:20:09 +0000 UTCThe only softer child Bruce Wayne was the kid who played him in Joker.
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2023-11-14 05:16:59 +0000 UTCY'all just made my day.
Zach
2023-11-14 05:11:12 +0000 UTC🤘!!!
Matt Doenges
2023-11-14 05:02:50 +0000 UTC
