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Loading Snacks Movie Club PodcastAuthor: Loading Snacks
Every month the admins from the Loading Snacks Movie Club Facebook group get together and have an in-depth discussion about our chosen Movie of the month. This includes basics like setting, characters, and plot but also the score, audio, and cinematography. Language: en-us Genres: Film Reviews, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Batman Begins 20 Years Later – Loading Snacks Movie Club Deep Dive
Wednesday, 10 December, 2025
Batman Begins turns 20, so Gage and Jokes dive back into Christopher Nolan’s first Dark Knight story to see how it holds up. From midnight screenings and casual viewings to today’s superhero-saturated world, they revisit the hype, the expectations, and what this movie meant in 2005. They break down the all-star cast — Christian Bale’s take on Bruce Wayne and Batman, Michael Caine’s Alfred, Liam Neeson as Ra's al Ghul, Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes, Gary Oldman as Gordon, Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow, and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox — plus why Gotham feeling like a real city matters so much. They also dig into Nolan’s grounded approach, the League of Shadows and fear toxin plot, and how the third act shifts into full comic book chaos. Along the way, they compare Batman Begins to the animated series, the Burton films, and the wider Batman pantheon, and debate whether this movie is a 9 or a 7.5. If you love DC’s live-action films or you’re revisiting Batman Begins for its 20th anniversary, this Movie Club discussion is for you.#BatmanBegins #Batman #ChristopherNolan #DCMovies #SuperheroMovies #MovieReview #MoviePodcast #LoadingSnacks #DarkKnight #BatmanMovie #BatmanBegins20th00:00 - Intro, Batman Begins as Movie of the Month02:10 - Remembering the 2005 release and first theater experiences06:00 - Breaking down the all-star Batman Begins cast12:30 - Christopher Nolan’s work and early reactions17:45 - Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes and personal scores23:40 - Where Batman Begins sits in the larger Batman pantheon30:05 - Gotham’s setting, Chicago vibes and grounded worldbuilding36:10 - Christian Bale’s Bruce Wayne vs Batman and Alfred’s influence42:20 - Villains, League of Shadows, Scarecrow and the fear toxin plot47:30 - Third-act chaos debate and final scores51:30 - Wrap-up and next Movie Club teaser
