A real game changer in the Batman world, it meant an end to the campy vision left by the live-action TV series from the 1960s. With a dark gritty story played out by a flawless cast including Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, no wonder it changed Batman forever. The blu ray quality is amazing, the picture is great and the sound is good and it comes with more than enough special features. This includes commentary by Tim burton, an on set with Bob Kane featurette. Also a documentary called 'Legends of The Dark Knight: The History of Batman' which goes through how the comics have changed over the years. The whole anthology comes with a set of documentaries called 'Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga', each film has different parts, this one has one to three and it is possibly the most interesting thing i've ever watched on a blu ray. It goes through the marathon they went through to get this movie made, how 'Superman: The movie' helped get Batman to the big screen, the casting, the story, the reinvisioning of Batman, it goes incredibly in depth. On top of that we have galleries, showing how they designed Batman and Gotham, three Prince videos, heroes and villains profile galleries and also, an animated story board which shows how Robin was supposed to fit into the movie, voiced by Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill. Finally it includes the theatrical trailer. For the first film I've watched from this Anthology, it looks like my mates got value for his money and i am really looking forward to watching the rest of this 'Shadows of the Bat' documentary. Definitely worth your time and money, an amazing film with more than enough special features to justify purchasing it, a 10/10.
The first chapter in one of the greatest spy film series ever made. This was the film that made those in charge of the Bond films to reboot them and make them more gritty and realistic to compete with Bourne. The picture looks pretty good throughout, although it does drop a bit in areas and the sound sounds really good during the major scenes, but sometimes it sounds like its been taken straight from the DVD. The special very are very good. It includes a three-piece documentary called 'The Ludlum Identity', 'The Ludlum Supremacy' and 'The Ludlum Ultimatum' which goes through Ludlum's life, his other writers, his inspiration and his legacy. There's also deleted scenes, along with an alternate opening and an alternate ending (which is alright, nothing major), there's also bits on the making of the film. I got this as part of the Bourne steelbook edition, with the first film being quite good quality I am looking forward to watching the rest of them, I just hope they didn't use all the special features on the writer in the first film of the boxset. I am going to give 'The Bourne Identity' an 8.5/10, it is still a good quality blu ray and definitely worth your time.
That's it for this week, next week I will most likely be reviewing one or two Batman films and the second installation of the Bourne Trilogy. Also look forward to my 'Ted' review tomorrow night and after that I will be doing a piece of the original 'Total Recall' and how it is a great film.
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