Intercepting the Backbone.View initialize method.

gistfile1.js

  var _View = Backbone.View;
  Backbone.View = function () {
    logger.info('before');
    var init = this.initialize;
    if (init) {
      this.initialize = function () {
        logger.info('before initialize');
        init.call(this);
        logger.info('after initialize');
      }.bind(this);
    }
    _View.apply(this, arguments);
    logger.info('after');     
  };
  Backbone.View.prototype = _View.prototype;
  Backbone.View.extend = _View.extend;