'...I'm Batman.'
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 21:48
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Quote:Unlike the 60's one, Keaton's Batman has no trouble getting rid of a bomb!!
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:
The part that really made me jump was when Batman stuck the bomb it the strong dude's pants, then kicked him down the sewer! That was SO cold! He even smiled. Chilling.
...Now I wanna see them again!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Okay, now I just watched Batman (Keaton), and I watched Batman Begins the other week. Man, I am SO split on which I like better...
Batman has:
A peerless Joker performance (no, this is NOT a debatable point, TDK's Joker just copied Brandon Lee's Crow, but in colour).
A cool Batmobile.
A hot love interest.
Great fight scenes.
A visually interesting & goth Gotham, and fascinating production design in general.
Funny jokes.
An excellent Elfman score.
A twisted mentality.
Drawbacks:
Some cheesy FX, rushed & thin storyline (writer's strike).
Which of his bimbos were you referring to as hot? The one who promised she would finally leave America, but reneged on her end of the bargain?
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Batman Begins has:
Lush photography.
An excellent Zimmer score.
A cool Batmobile chase.
Insane fight scenes.
A super-serious tone.
Gary Oldman.
Morgan Freeman.
Michael Caine.
Drawbacks:
CGI sometimes makes me sleepy, Bale's Wayne performance can be rather unsympathetic compared to Keaton's (or Clooney's).
You seem to lose sight that Katie was the ultimate Bat-hottie.
Begins might not be perfect, but beats all previous by far.
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Quote:Meh. Cruise's ex in Batman Forever was hotter.
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
You seem to lose sight that Katie was the ultimate Bat-hottie.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
The part that really made me jump was when Batman stuck the bomb it the strong dude's pants, then kicked him down the sewer! That was SO cold! He even smiled. Chilling.
Batman was excellent superhero adventure IMO.
Batman Returns was twisted high superhero art.
As much as I like the movie, that scenes shows a massive, fundamental misunderstanding of the character.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Quote:It's said they based that Batman off the Dark Knight graphic novel.
Originally posted by Storymark:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
The part that really made me jump was when Batman stuck the bomb it the strong dude's pants, then kicked him down the sewer! That was SO cold! He even smiled. Chilling.
As much as I like the movie, that scenes shows a massive, fundamental misunderstanding of the character.
One that does not play well with others.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Which I view as a lame, after-the-fact attempt to brush away bad writing. And nonsensical, as even that version of Batman STILL wouldn't kill, much less with a smile. So, it's a BS excuse, at best.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Hey, know what? I don't care all that much. I wasn't into Batman from the comics, so my latitude for interpretation is rather wide here. I *DO* understand that comic fans will be much more strict (as evidenced by two of my friends going on and on back in 1989 with their "Everyone knows Joe Chill killed the Waynes, NOT JOKER!!!" meme).
The laughing Chrisisall
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It'd be like... say in Shindig, right before Mal fought Atherton.... he knealt down and asked Ath to pray with him.
Not. Right.
I didn't care about combining Joe Chill and the Joker. For reasons of brevity, it worked.
But to violate the character's core defining characteristic of the last several decades, is just bad writing. And their excuse was lazy and simply factually wrong.
But you bought it, so I guess it worked to a degree....
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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I like the Timm Batman a lot, and I hear it's the most accurate. Now that Bat would never kill a bad guy if he could help it.
The Burton/Keaton Batman is, for me, like, the mean one.
or a leeeetle bit nutz
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Yeah, the Timm version is the gold standard.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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