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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:24 pm
by R00k
Wow, good to hear. Batman hasn't been good for shit since Keaton. Even the second one with Keaton wasn't great.
I've been looking forward to this one though - good to hear it stands up. The trailers have looked really good.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:37 pm
by sliver
it's a good movie but not THAT good.
The flashbacks are top-notch, all of the good guys (bale, holmes, freeman, caine, oldman) pull off their roles well, plus there's a small role for Rutger Hauer, who's now been in both the frank miller-inspired comic book adaptations (this + Sin City) -- but the bad guys suck.
EDITED BECAUSE IT'S A SPOILER
It's sad to see something that starts off so well trail off into something closer to mediocre, but this is still a film well worth seeing because it offers a fresh, dark look at batman and has an excellent cast.
The dialogue, surprisingly, is excellent, although i got sick of characters glibly parroting lines back to each other in their moments of triumph -- "it's really quite technical, i wouldn't worry about it" followed by "didn't you get the memo?" was just pathetic.
The only other thing i want to say is that it has an excellent little teaser at the very end which will remind Thomas Harris/Hannibal Lecter fans of the ending to the film version of Red Dragon. (At the Toronto premiere, it got more applause than the start of the credits did.)
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:38 pm
by phantasmagoria
Pauly wrote:Christian Bale is superb
I'm really glad he's beginning to get the recognition he deserves. I'll be seeing this with a load of people at the weekend.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 4:59 pm
by Pauly
Ignore sliver. He's wrong.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:10 pm
by sliver
why does my post not say "last edited by Pauly at XXX; edited 2 times in total"?
p.s. cunt
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:12 pm
by Pauly
sliver wrote:why does my post not say "last edited by Pauly at XXX; edited 2 times in total"?
p.s. cunt
Because the middle part of your review had some info that was a spoiler.
p.s who are you?
p.p.s nevermind I don't give a shit
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:16 pm
by sliver
Pauly wrote:sliver wrote:why does my post not say "last edited by Pauly at XXX; edited 2 times in total"?
p.s. cunt
Because the middle part of your review had some info that was a spoiler.
I know, i understand you edited it ... why DOESNT it say edited by pauly?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:17 pm
by Pauly
Oh I see yeah. Fuck knows.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:29 pm
by SplishSplash
Is it better than Sin City? Cause Sin City is just so damn good.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:32 pm
by Pauly
Well I thought they were both excellent. Why does one have to be better than the other? Can't they just all get along?
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:38 pm
by SplishSplash
I just wanted to put them in cardinal order.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 8:50 pm
by Therac-26
sliver wrote:it's a good movie but not THAT good.
The flashbacks are top-notch, all of the good guys (bale, holmes, freeman, caine, oldman) pull off their roles well, plus there's a small role for Rutger Hauer, who's now been in both the frank miller-inspired comic book adaptations (this + Sin City) -- but the bad guys suck.
Which Frank Miller book is this based on?
It's certainly not Year One, if that's what you're thinking.
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:00 pm
by rgoer
it wasn't exactly based on year one, but it borrows some origin aspects, that's for sure
I don't think it is based concretely on any particular story arc
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:05 pm
by saturn
I'll have to see this....if it's based on Miller's story.
I just saw Sin City last week and it blew my head off.
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:40 pm
by Don Carlos
This film is amazing
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:40 am
by Chupacabra
Just got back from seeing it. I thought it was brilliantly well done. :icon14: :icon14: :icon14:
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:22 am
by l0g1c
saturn wrote:
I just saw Sin City last week and it blew my head off.
:icon28:
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:27 am
by saturn
twas nice to have my girl holding me firmly while Jessica Alba did the stripdance (though with her clothes on
)
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:27 am
by Don Carlos
oh her arse....*dribble*
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:35 am
by l0g1c
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SomethingAwful had a PS Phriday for Sin City. This is one the of the gems you just reminded me of. :icon25:
But yeah, Batman. I'll have to go see it.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:50 am
by Mogul
I like the idea of Batman sounding raspier -- more Solid Snake like. Bale does an OK job with it sometimes.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:52 am
by Dave
Im still waiting for The Dark Knight Returns to come to film
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 9:18 am
by o'dium
If the films half as good as Batman 1/2 then it has my money :icon14:
Lets just blank out 3 and 4. I love the fact then Keaton laughed in their faces and turned down 3 because of how gay it was :lol:
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:08 am
by Dave
Well, I saw it tonight and it is the best Batman movie by far. Im surprised no one mentioned Liam Neeson's performance as Ra's al-Guhl, reprising his role as Qui-Gon Jinn... easily the coolest Batman villain because he's the only one Batman didn't create through his vigilantism and he was well chosen as the villain to begin Batman's career.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:09 am
by Dave
Oh and Michael Keaton is a pussy compared to Bale