QWas Commissioner Loeb corrupt?
AThere were no indications that Loeb was corrupt, although his comic book counterpart was. The subsequent installment in the series, The Dark Knight, also shows him to be an honest if somewhat ineffectual civil servant.
QHow did Ra's Al Ghul learn that Bruce Wayne is Batman?
ADucard/Ra's Al Ghul trained Bruce Wayne in combat, ninjutsu, and explained how theatricality and deception were powerful agents to the League of Shadows against their enemies. So after Bruce Wayne escaped the League of Shadows and all of a sudden a man dressed as a giant bat fighting criminals in Gotham City appears; Ra's Al Ghul likely didn't have a hard time figuring it out.
QShould I watch this before any other Batman movie?
ABatman Begins is not connected to any of the theatrical incarnations of Batman that came before it. It is a reboot, the beginning of a new series with its own internal continuity, and has no ties to the previous Tim Burton films, Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), nor to the Joel Schumacher films, Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). This accounts for apparent contradictions between the films, such as having Joe Chill, instead of the Joker, kill Bruce Wayne's parents, the new origin of the Bat-Signal, the use of the Joker at the end of the film, and Batman's relationship with Lt. Gordon. However, it is loosely connected to the 2008 direct-to-video, animated movie Batman: Gotham Knight. It is also recommended that you view Batman Begins before watching The Dark Knight or The Dark Knight Rises.
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