Batman carries on beginning in ... The Dark Knight

other reasons-

michael caine
morgan freeman
looks great
fighting/action scenes & setpieces all great

love catching bits of this movie on HBO, as far as heavy-handed blockbusters go, there's a lot of bells and whistles and actors I like.

xpost!

do people think "I like michael caine/morgan freeman"?

what a very strange question

That scene w/Morgan Freeman and the dude who has figured out that Bruce Wayne is or is funding Batman is A+

i can't remember if it worked better the first time i saw it or not, but i think the movie would be pretty great if Nolan was capable of really injected an element of chaos (and fear of that chaos) into the movie. prob the best non-ledger scene in the movie is just before the big action set piece in the middle, with the police convoy setting out and you're wondering just what in the hell is about to happen...

i think the first one is a more enjoyable watch tbh

ilx hates all cinema, it's a conspiracy to send us back to the flipbook era

nah that's just morbs pining for what he grew up with

because he's old

(<3 morbs)

Morbs =

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This movie is great

BUT

I did like The Prestige more than either Batman movies.

prestige love always kind of astounds me.

because no morgan freeman in it right

The Prestige was awesome!

i saw the twist coming p early and i think maybe didn't enjoy as much as i should have? might re'screen'

bowie makes up for no freeman, obvs

which "twist" iirc there are like 3

also prestige was raaadd

one of my fave flicks of the 2000s

I think it's kind of a toss-up as to whether "The Prestige" or "Memento" is better, but yeah "The Prestige" is fucking great.

Memento didn't take it far enough. not only should movies be shot in reverse order, they should be shot with scenes from other movies spliced in

I might have liked The Dark Knight had Bowie played the Maggie Gyllenhaal character.

David or Sam?

Angela.

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When I told you that if Gotham no longer needed Batman we could be together, I meant it. But I'm not sure the day will come when you will no longer need Batman. I hope it does and if it does I will be there, but only as your *friend.* I'm sorry to let you down. If you lose your faith in me, please keep your faith in people. Love, now and always, - Rachel.

ahahahaa

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Bruce, don't make me your only chance fr a normal life :(

prob the best non-ledger scene in the movie is just before the big action set piece in the middle, with the police convoy setting out and you're wondering just what in the hell is about to happen...

kind of agree, and did like the chase scene as a whole, but that was the point at which i began to disengage from the film. and i'd managed to fool myself into thinking that it must be nearly over, so i spent the next hour+ in increasing frustration that it was still fucking going. i mean, i love ledger, freeman and caine in it, but really did not enjoy this film.

then again, i haven't liked anything nolan's done since memento, so i guess i'm doomed to hate.

I agree that The Prestige was better than both Batmans. Even if it kinda relied on the twists, they weren't there just for pure mindscrew value, they actually added depth to both main characters. Inception was probably more impressive and than The Prestige, but at times it felt like Nolan was too much in love with its cleverness, the plot was kinda needlessly complex. The Prestige was more streamlined, basically just a ripping yarn with good characters, with no particular message or anything. But the best bits in Inception were still better than anything else Nolan has ever done, hard to say which of the two is better.

Rewatched Begins last night for first time--it really is a bit of a mess. Kind of surprised, actually, that it did well enough to spawn a (much, much better) sequel. Ra's as villain? Tedious and silly first hour? Stupid supervillain microwave panic gas plot? What IS this shit? It's as though they did their 'Batman & Robin' before their 'Batman Returns', rather than after.

ehhh....Batman is a kind of ludicrous premise to begin with...I imagine all the Year One stuff is at least a little necessary if you want to even begin to take it seriously.

I haven't seen Inception yet. I heard it was loosely based off another Christopher Priest novel--A Dream of Wessex--which I've wanted to read for a long time. I imagine I'll read it before I go see it (and yes that means that I will miss the experience of seeing it in the theater, but my policy dovetails nicely with my poverty...)

"michael caine"

all he does is the tangerine thing really

"morgan freeman"

Useless character, rote performance

"looks great"

yeah I guess

"fighting/action scenes & setpieces all great'

Except for the China one which is fast forward city for me.

I really loved the effect of the helicopter crashing into the building.

Next movie: more shit blowing up, less batman dealing with moral dilemmas, plz.

less batman, period, plz.

just blow shit up, call the movie batman 3.

I really am gonna be mad if they go with the batman growly voice again.

Except for the China one which is fast forward city for me.

― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, September 1, 2010 8:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is awesome wtf

batman is **about** moral dilemmas

that's true, and it's potentially an interesting angle. but this version of the franchise doesn't seem to be able to do anything interesting with that idea.

don't get me wrong, i liked the last batman movie. but ledger's joker was the only good thing about it.

so then how could you like it if Ledger was the only good thing in it?

so then how could you like it if Ledger was the only good thing in it?

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, September 2, 2010 3:21 AM (47 seconds ago) Bookmark

Cuz he's in a lot of it?

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i don't know why i don't like the prestige, but i don't. i like the novel, but only kinda. i mean, of christopher priest i've only read that and inverted world, and i like christopher priest, but it's not my favorite book or anything. and it succeeds by virtue of its ideas more than its storytelling. in the movie, the ideas get refined (streamlined and improved, frankly), but the characters become even more two-dimensional, and for some reason it just doesn't work. i loved thinking about the movie after the fact, but watching it did nothing for me. and (can i say this?) i fucking loathe christian bale in this visceral way that is 100% unfair, i'm sure, but is nonetheless unavoidable. i just do not like looking at or listening to him.

have yes to see inception. in spite of everything, i'm looking forward to it...

never mind 'in spite of everything' it's awesome.

i don't know why i don't like the prestige, but i don't.

i fucking loathe christian bale in this visceral way that is 100% unfair

also I mean this in nicest way possible but gtfo.

don't get me wrong, i liked the last batman movie. but ledger's joker was the only good thing about it.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I dunno I really kinda liked Eckhart as Harvey Dent before he turns into Two-Face. I thought he made him a very dynamic character and it was cool that the first two-thirds of the movie was a sort of Joker/Dent binary with Batman being a sort of combination Dent henchman/looney third-wheel (that voice!)

I still have a soft spot for Bale because of Empire of the Sun, despite increasingly weird behaviour and acting.