The guy sitting behind me kept snickering at the dialogue. Being an action film I didn't really expect much in that category but he was right to laugh.
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link
YAY
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
It was okay, but certainly no great shakes. Like Spider-Man, it was too concerned with setting up the backstory for sequels so that the Arkham plot was rushed and unsatisfying. If the entire movie had been the setup, I think I would have been happier (obv. this would never sell as a blockbuster action movie).
Way too thick on the Will to Power speechifying from Neeson at the beginning, and Holmes last "man I loved" speech was ridiculous and unbelievable given the amount of screen-time they shared. Basically read as a Spider-Man 2 'time to win over the girl's heart this time' play, or else an excuse to insert a new starlet/love interest for Batman Begins Again.
Bale's 'deep/gruff' superhero voice was mega-lame.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 22:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 22:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link
GTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― CUT MY LIFE INTO PIZZAS ^_^ (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 00:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― CUT MY LIFE INTO PIZZAS ^_^ (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:18 (eighteen years ago) link
What was the point of Caine's speech right at the end of Holmes' hallucination sequence, "it can't be one man's revenge" etc. only to forget about all of that and everyone gets along happily everafter even though Batman shows no sign of changing?
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― CUT MY LIFE INTO PIZZAS ^_^ (Adrian Langston), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 01:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 12:30 (eighteen years ago) link
If you'll remember, people only got freakout vibes from people whom they identified as menacing. Katie was protecting the kid, ergo he didn't freak out at her. Also, the kid was using Batman as a calming mantra; his unwavering hope and faith in his hero helped him counteract/deal with the worst effects of the hallucinogen.
Why did she suddenly start sobering up in the car (at least becoming semi-mobile), only to fall back to near-death when they arrived in the cave?
She initially fell completely out at the shock to her system. Her body started to acclimate to the drug, leading her to become more coherent and mobile, but her hallucinations were getting worse and worse thanks to the harrowing car chase, leading her brain to finally overpanic and shut down. (Also, have you never seen knocked on their ass by an initial rush, followed by wandering around semi-coherent in some altered state? Because that's basically what happened to her.)
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link
-- s1ocki (slytus...), June 20th, 2005.
it's not like "batman year one" being good means you have to say all other batman comics are bad!!
sorry to backtrack, BUT:
I even like the Adam West Batman. All those Adam West hataz fail to wreck-o-nyze, that if it hadn't been for that show/movie, there might not even BE Batman anymore, things were so dire in the 50s/60s. That's the thing with MYTHS, if they don't relate to the times, they're worthless. THAT's the real key to Batman, and why he's outpaced Superman since the 70s. Batman is transmutable, Superman is rigidly fixed. Burton's original Batman movie was 1989. Steve Englehart's Batman remains 1974 (which is very unfortunate for Englehart's current miniseries Dark Detective, as it's set NOW).Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns is Reagan-Era the same way that Watchmen is, FM's Year One is a little more nebulous, riffing on Taxi Driver and Dirty Harry and 70s urban decay memes.In 15 years, Nolan's Batman will seem aswim in 00ism.
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Burton's Batman okay but less absorbing than either since it can't quite decide whether it wants to be silly or serious and sorta makes a slapdash combination of the two which works sometimes and doesn't work others... the Schumaker movies are abominations. No ideas.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 15:54 (eighteen years ago) link
By kind of glossing the serious themes underlying the Batman myth but not fully embracing the silliness of it, I think Burton's films did both a disservice. Second one being better than first, etc.
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Bat ManI AmBat ManI AmBat ManI AmBat ManI AmBat Man
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I AmBat ManI AmBat ManI AmBat ManI AmBat ManI AmBat Man
― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
I am Batman, Batman I am Batman, Batman I am Batman, Batman I am Batman, Batman I am Batman, Batman I am Batman, Batman I am Batman, Batman I am Batman, Batman I am Batman, Batman
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 June 2005 18:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link