Batman Begins & my version of "I believe I can fly" - First Time Watching Reaction & Commentary 

Liam Neeson trained Batman, Obi-Wan and ruled Narnia. He really has particular set of skills...

"If I had an experience like Bruce I probably would have become traumatized for life." I mean, he became Batman. That's not exactly "Well adjusted." lol

My favorite dialogue is where Lt. Gordon says he hasn't thanked Batman and Batman says "And you'll never have too."

* I think that Batman Begins will always be my favorite Batman movie, simply because of how well it was done. The story was brilliant. Everything fit together perfectly. They explained everything. It worked very well, and I had been waiting since I was a small child to see this story be told. I was never much of a comic book guru, so I didn't know Batman's backstory, until I saw this. Great movie. Very well done.

"Also... I don't recall seeing a creature in the world, that it's... ugly or it's scary." You rock, Duaffy.

“They’re all two-faced”. Interesting that you said that, Duaffy. 😉

Bruce: "I'm Batman" Duaffy: "BLYATMAN!"

"I love this actor!" There is not a human being alive that I'm aware of who doesn't love Morgan Freeman.

Ras Al Ghul has always been a darker mirror of what Bruce could be

“He didn’t kill anyone, he didn’t hurt anyone..”well, depending if you count beating bad guys into a pulp hurting haha

"Don't tell me you are afraid of bats" - Although in the early comics that was not an issue, over the time the figure of the bat came to be used as a recurring theme in the life of Bruce Wayne. Eventually, it became kind of poetic that he inspires in other fear with a symbol that frightened him too. "How do you have a teather like that with an exit to a street like that?" - Short aswer... it's Gotham. Long answer: the zone is nicknamed Crime Alley for a good reason. "If I had the same story like Bruce, I'd be traumatized for life" - Although he rose to be a hero (or antihero, depending on how you want to see him); Bruce Wayne's path to becoming Batman actually has an underlying truth not much people consider: he is still traumatized and will always be. Although it's mostly in the comics and other media, but Bruce Wayne's secret is that he sees himself mostly as Batman (that's his primary identity); Bruce, the child, died with his parents that night. "Another one, please!/Your father would be ashamed..." - I guess that last bit was even worse than a dozen slaps. And what he will just find in the restaurant. "And that's how he decided to become Batman" - Although I love this film, I like the more dramatic take the comic/film Batman: Year One does of the bat apparition XD. Maybe one day you should try the DC Animated Universe, if you haven't. "I am not an executioner" - Well, Bats considers "being an executioner" as "being the one who ultimately kills the criminal"; as long as they can live for the following day... any damage to the body is mostly ok (he doesn't execute them XD). "He didn't do any harm" - But two things in mind: the laws are not that forgiving with vigilantism and the GCPD mostly responds to the crime... so, yeah, for better or worse the cops are going after Batman. "Batman didn't damage property, nobody was hurt..." (three Doritos later) Batman explodes a wall, Batman crashes cars, Batman runs over roofs XD.- What we can say... he is Batman :P. Just kidding, because most of the time Batman's actions won't be so... clean to the city. You will see... you will see. "I believe I can drive..." - My God, I had to repeat that part twice XD. "Why do we fall...?"/Duaffy fighting back tears - Besides the action scenes, the jokes on his money, his traumas and all that stuff, I think that's what I like the most about Batman stories: how do you find the courage to go on when life seems to crush you. Notice to that it is knowledge of his father and Alfred... people Bruce has so far kept aside in his quest to define what he wants to do as Batman (he is a great stand alone figure... but his crusade won't be won just on his own). "You kiss him, you break up with him and now you hold hands?" - It's not that... strange; at least no to me. She loved the Bruce that left, the Bruce that grew up in Wayne Manor, the troubled guy who tried to be the playboy while dealing with his troubled mind with anger and revenge... But the guy that came back is not Bruce Wayne anymore, not the one she fell in love with. Batman is not Bruce Wayne; Bruce Wayne is the mask Batman will use to blend in the corrupted elite of the city to be functional, but underneath, his true acts, will be those of the vigilante that finally embraced darkness. And that's a completely different man she may not love ever; but... that doesn't mean she can't be her friend enough to hold hands... for old times. "Rah al Ghul" - Actually it's Ra's and it could be said literally like that (although the right pronunciation is something along the lines of "Reish"). Just a fun fact XD. And that would be all, it was fun to watch you react to what is one of the best adaptations of this character to film. See you in the next video.

Love this trilogy so much. The next one, The Dark Knight is one of my all time favorite movies. Heads up, they recast Rachel with a different actress, so don’t be confused when she looks different. Other than that, can’t wait for the next video!

"Can you drive stick?" He is referring to the vehicle having a Manual Transmission, and asking if Gordon knows how to operate it. It's probably not an idiom where you are.

It's amazing how everyone I've ever seen react to this instantly recognizes 'Joffrey'. Hope he doesn't get typecast. Still my favorite comic book movie even after all of the MCU. As you said, Ra's al Ghul's way is the 'Knight Templar' solution, killing the innocent along with the guilty to deter crime. Bruce's route of compassion is the right way to go, even if it is much more difficult.

Despite the fact that what Batman is doing is good if a vigilante with military grade tech was running around the city it would raise some concerns and of course the police wouldn’t necessarily like it, so it makes sense why they would want to apprehend him.

Theatre guy here. It's very common to have doors like that at a theatre.

"You kissed him for that?!" I lost it LOL

Batman "I'm not an executioner" Meets Joffrey "You're the exception that proves the rule."

Duaffy: "I want one too." Me: "I can't see you driving a crazy thing like that over roofto---" Duaffy: _(begins singing)_ Me: "...NEVERMIND"

"If I had the same story as Bruce, I would have been traumatized for life" I think another RU-vidr, I believe it was HiTop Films, put it in a beautiful way in an video essay of his: "The story of Batman is essentially the story of a child who is so haunted by its own past that it sets out on a journey to try and make sure no child ever has to go through the same pain."

I love how the story is told three parts Present,past,present and finally the present and of course the caracthers specially Gordon incredible performance by Gary Oldman

17:20 "You're Joffrey!" Come Batman! You know what to do!

love how Chris Nolan/Bale and makes a superhero so grounded and serious, you don't doubt for a second the world you're in ,even when it shows you bat-tanks, ninjas, and mobster scarecrows. Plus ninja batman works so well, I always grew up with batman being a weird billionaire with issues and an affinity for bats, having that introduction to his character really makes his character you know?

Duaffy:"They are just bats" Me: True, just mouses with wings, how cool is that?

Rachel is played by a different actress in the second movie, just so you know.

Potentially unpopular opinion: Batman Begins is my favorite of the Nolan Batman trilogy.

One of the best origin story movies. Your reactions are such treats.

Alfred is for sure one of the best played characters that always makes me cry too :)

MY FAVORITE PART IS WHEN " BATMAN BEGINS ". 😌

One of my favorite trilogies ever! You're in for a treat.

15:25 "He didn't hurt anyone". I get your point, but I'm sure most of them were in quite a lot pf pain... :)

"Never seen a creature in this world that is ugly or scary"- I have.

28:00 there is this that you talked about, but also there is another thing, a thing that batman said himself, he doesnt kill because if he did, he would know he would never be able to comeback, he would become a killer, and he would start looking at "killing" as a solution to his problems, so he doesnt allow himself to do that, bcause he doesnt want to become a monster, he is constantly checking himself so that he wont go beyond the line of insanity. he even said once, this thing about superman in a comic where superman was acctuly a "villain" he said that he could beat superman for a simple reason, deep down, superman was a good man, and deep down, he (batman) wasnt.

Duaffy, I'm having oodles of fun doing my impression of you doing your impression of Christian Bale. "I'm Duaffy." Best. Leo.

Appreciate your sense of humor.

Adam West doing the Batusi is still the greatest batman moment ever.

Wonderful reaction!! I always enjoy your feelings!

I like your genuine and colorful reactions. Also feel cuteness overload when you say "I am Duaffy" :D

Love your reactions. I appreciate your thoughts about prisons and jails.

Probably been said already by others, but regarding the police being upset about Batman attacking Falcone's gang: 1. Most obvious reason: many of the police were corrupt and working for Falcone instead of doing their actual jobs. 2. Better reason: having a private citizen going around attacking members of the public is usually a bad thing. They have no way of knowing Batman wouldn't attack innocent people, they can't take someone to court with their only evidence being "Batman says this person's guilty ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ", the very fact that Batman assaulted them and left them for the police could invalidate certain types of legitimate evidence that the police would've had from an actual investigation, it also places any undercover cops at risk of getting attacked by Batman for doing their job, and (perhaps too philosophical for most Gotham cops) recognizing the legitimacy of a private citizen to commit acts of violence against other private citizens undermines the authority of the government. TLDR: there are good reasons why the more realistic depictions of Batman tend to have him work closely with Gordon to support an actual police investigation for the "regular" criminals.

Even before he trained, this man was deadly

worth tuning in just for your version of i believe i can fly.

24:17 "Fire it up" Now you HAVE to react to The Crow.

Just to give you a heads up, they recast Rachel in the next movie.

My favorite superhero of all time. One of my favorite film franchises of all time. And I get to watch it with one of my favorite reactors. Can't wait for you to react to The Dark Knight. Get a bowl of popcorn.

I just find it funny sometimes when batman causes an explosion or something massive to happen he saves a few people but then others just die and he still says "no killing" lol I know its his rule but its just funny like how he causes such damage and people just happen to die sometimes

Such a beautiful reaction. Thank you!

I love the fact that she spotted young Joffery right away lol

Thank you for your videos. I enjoy hanging out with you.

love your vids, keep up the great work

Fun fact, the batcave is completley practical, they took molds and built the entire thing, no cg exept maybe the roof.

The fact that you pointed out that the mask had an imprinted frown illustrates why this is my favorite movie reaction channel! (That and the song and the empathy.)

At least you were honest about having fears. That's more courageous than what most people think!

Love your reactions, looking forward to the next Batman movie

You are the one that makes your reactions great. You are always yourself and not fake. So much fun to watch you and forget about all the stupid stuff for a while. Thank you much and stay safe girl. :)

You're very funny, Duaffy! Thanks, I enjoyed this :-)

Dang the Dark Knight and the MCU at the same time?

What I like best about Nolan's Batman Trilogy is how he researched the comics and put some of that information in his scripts. Ras Al Ghul initially introduces himself as Ducard, Henri Ducard. In the Batman comics he's a French private detective who trains Bruce Wayne in detective work and manhunting skills when Bruce is traveling the world gather skills to become Batman. Ducard, like Ras, knows Batman's real identity, so it was logical to combine both characters. In the comics Bruce is the cover Batman is the real person. Bruce is the drunken playboy with a different woman on each arm every time he's in public. Dr Crane is the villain Scarecrow in the comics who is psychologist. He doesn't commit crimes he is obsessed with human fear and uses his fear gas to study the effects it has on people.

Thanks duaffy have a good weekend

Okay, the "I believe I can drive" bit was adorable and killed me. I am ded. LOL. As for infrastructure, he *did* ruin one thing (the elevated train tracks his dad built, ahem), but I guess technically Jim Gordon destroyed it, so, yeah, I guess you are right.

You were right the first time, he asked “Do you know how to drive stick”. Stick is American for Manual transmission as opposed to Automatic..

best reaction channel out there, and a fellow spaniard as well, You're great

3:39 Such wise words... I don't know why but i absolutely loved your reaction at 23:05. Must have mirrored my thoughts at that moment somehow...

Marvellous reaction. Thank you Duaffy. Please, keep going on with the DC universe.

Yay I've been hoping you react to this trilogy for a long time

Great reaction D! This has to be one of the best (if not the best) superhero origin stories from DC -

Yes Finally!! You rock Duaffy!! Eres la mejor!

I can’t wait for the next one !!! Which is the best superhero film of all time

@3:38 that's straight wisdom you're saying.

I can’t wait for u too watch the next one, sooo good

This movie was way better than I expected. I like how Nolan kept Batman as he should be. The next movie is outstanding

-Are you just one man? -Now we are two...

Oh, I cannot wait for your reaction to The Dark Knight. Best of the trilogy.

Batman Begins will always be the best of the trilogy no matter what anybody says

Thanks a lot for share... Wish you all the best. Big hug from Brazil.

I so glad you started this trilogy. I am not comic fan but this is my favorite superhero series

5:35 that is exactly what hapeded to bruce, he got raumatized for life, and this is why in the comics he pick up robin, so that robin does not pass trough the same thing that him, bruce, passed trough.

The guy running Wayne Enterprises was super casual that Bruce Wayne is essentially back from the dead. "Oh, we thought you'd been brutally murdered. Good to see ya Bryce." "It's Bruce actually." Yeah whatevs. I don't need your entire life story, I've got your company to run."

briefly thinking about Batman just before checking your channel, wow

if you haven't seen the featurette would heavily consider checking out how they made the tumbler batmobile

Cutest laugh i have heard in a while

Ironically the batmobile is an actually a real vehicle that's used for military applications. But their are three different models of it which they use all three on the films.

A good movie, they did a good job with the whole story line. FYI, I just noticed how beautiful your EYES are.

@05:29 - there are two things I hate absolutely in this world: fear... and goodbye.

Can’t wait for you to see the dark night!!

28:00 Very much so, never settle for anything because the world is not static you're either always improving always trying to do better, or you're regressing, stagnating.

Well played on the singing of I Believe I Can Fly. I'm actually going to save you a guest vocal spot on my upcoming album. :-)

Girl you are in for a treat for the next movie

I love that Rachel after her taser failed on Batman's chest due to his armour the next time she uses it on Scarecrow she aims for the head

Yer too cute Dwaffy......I'll never get tired of your reactions.... Loved yer quick wit.....yer I believe I can drive was awesome!!!

Wow your eyes look so beautiful in this video! Somehow didn’t notice on the other ones I watched.

I was a Corrections Officer. Some states have different rules. Laws that allow bounty hunters in some States, will not protect a person in another State. He could be committing a felony by kidnapping these criminals against their will to deliver them to the police. I know some laws that should protect people get used against them in America... but these are the facts. You'realso right about Gotham having corruption on every level of the justices system. I developed my ideal of fairness from decades of comics.

Can't wait til she gets to The Dark Knight.

23:49 best Batman impression

Why do we fall? I use it with my son. Very good phrase

It's been a while since this style took place. Superman in 1978 showed who he was, how, from where, and why. I might be forgetting some from the 80s and 90, but here in 2005 for a start, lots of movies went that way, and are great!. Daredevil hasn't had a good movie yet, but his series that started in 2015 is really good. Season one explains a lot. Daredevil seems more like Batman. He seems to "see" like a bat, or a dolphin with sonar-echo location. He'll get a good movie sometime...

My city has a theater like that, with a street like that right outside.

That wasn’t a rock in the beginning. It was an arrowhead. I mean technically it was most likely a rock, but it’s what Native Americans used to tip their arrows with here in the US.

"If you're new here, welcome, I'M BATMAN and this is a reaction channel..."

The young versions of Bruce and Rachel at the start where holding a Native American arrow head not a rock just to let you know