There are a grand total of about 2 IMAX screens in the UK, I think, and none of them are remotely near me... so I think that's out the window (if they're even showing it there)... damn!
gauss - lots of chicago, lots of london too ... my girlfriend was keen to point out that the restaurant where bruce went swimming was one she'd been to at Canary Wharf ...
Really good. I mean, really fucking good. Gritty as hell, didn't seem at all like a comic book ... which might have been a problem some years ago, but actually was really refreshing after the last two films. The last film killed the comic book character on the big screen, made it a laughing stock ... so backtrack, knock it over, fuck it in the face, make it scream with fire and bile ... top stuff.
Actually getting an actor to play batman was a major coup, as was getting a filmmaker to direct it ... not a jot of apparent CG or slo-mo or any other lazy action-film motifs, it let the characters and atmosphere do the talking ... really impressive.
SPOOYLER
The only thing that confused me was the inistence in trying to segue into the 1989 film at the end, when it had already spent 2 hours contradicting it ... hey ho. Maybe Batman Begins 2 (which i hope upon hope will come about) will fuck about with the myhos-on-film even more, bring back the Joker, kill him again, bollocks to burton, bollocks to the 90s, i really hope so. YEAH!
dark horizons had a poll which pick mark 'luke skywalker' hamill for the joker as he's the voice in the animated series...
joker will NOT die in batman continues. nolan says 2 will be about bats and harvey dent going after joker, and that the THIRD movie will see joker on trial and he does the acid attack on dent, turning him into two-face. he said that killing joker in the '89 movie was a mistake.
danr, batman begins is actually not connected with the other 4 movies. I believe they're trying to start over, since the last movies left such a bad taste in everyone's mouth.
"Following Insomnia, his next project was going to be a Howard Hughes biopic starring Jim Carrey. Nolan had the screenplay written (calling it "one of the best things I've ever written"), but once it became apparent Martin Scorsese was making his own Hughes biopic The Aviator (2004), Nolan reluctantly tabled his script and took up directing Batman Begins (2005)."
thank goodness for THAT! arguably the best batman film(s) might never have been made, and we'd be saddled with another biopic. don't get me wrong, i'm sure Nolan would have made it interesting (interesting choice of casting as well), but somehow i really care very little about huge biography pictures about historical figures. especially from someone like scorses... i'll watch any movie of his that involves new york (gangs of new york was borderline, a little too 'sprawling historical epic'). so thank you, scorses, for helping ensure Nolan got on board with Batman
easily best comic movie ever, and besides that a damn good movie in general, i love it when movies like this come out, and prove that you CAN make actual GOOD movies like this, no idea how many times i've heard "daredevil was good for what it was" "vanhelsing was jsut a popcorn action movie, and it was good for a popcorn action movie"
it is completely possible to make really awesome superhero / mindless action movies, and this proves it
only complaint i have, is that bale makes funny faces when he talks, it wigs me out
Saw it in all its IMAX glory. Other than this woman next to me who laughed or awed at every single emotional cue. Enjoyed it immensely.
I agree with people who talk about the frantic fighting style. But I consider this directing growing pains.
I did also notice the editing was competent, but a few seconds too fast. Some of the characters finished their lines and BAM next to the next view or scene without giving the audience enough time to visually "finish". Maybe the editor had to go this route because of length constraints?
The best Batman movie that leaves the others sulking in the back.
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oh one question: What happened to Ras al gul ? Did I miss something? Did he escape? I knew he was immortal, but since he was the master mind, and we didnt see a confrontation with him..
Finally found some time to see this. Pretty much just echo all the positive comments said. Gary Oldman was just, awesome. I don't think I'd be mad if he was in every movie I watched. One of the best character actors around. Great flick and I hope it really catapults Nolan as a director.
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oh one question: What happened to Ras al gul ? Did I miss something? Did he escape? I knew he was immortal, but since he was the master mind, and we didnt see a confrontation with him..
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That was his servant. That and Ras was immortal. Or did I miss something in the womans antics?
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um no, that was ras. the asian fellow was simply a decoy, a symbol. ras was the leader of the stealth ninja people, and qui-gon was the leadingest ninja of them all.
seen it. loved it. can't wait for more. bale is now the best batman, and no surprise since he's already one of my favorite actors. he has reinvented the hero and, along with scarecrow, delivered lines perfectly with great facial expressions. "the bat..man!". i was shocked and impressed with scarecrow's character. that's acting. movies achieve success with actors, not celebrities. the worst part of the movie was the annoying kid across from me, and her parents' cellphone. watching the new batmobile tear through the city and rooftops made me feel like a kid again. so much of it was fiction, but felt so real. Excellent movie. Go DC!
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Really good. I mean, really fucking good. Gritty as hell, didn't seem at all like a comic book ... which might have been a problem some years ago, but actually was really refreshing after the last two films. The last film killed the comic book character on the big screen, made it a laughing stock ... so backtrack, knock it over, fuck it in the face, make it scream with fire and bile ... top stuff.
Actually getting an actor to play batman was a major coup, as was getting a filmmaker to direct it ... not a jot of apparent CG or slo-mo or any other lazy action-film motifs, it let the characters and atmosphere do the talking ... really impressive.
SPOOYLER
The only thing that confused me was the inistence in trying to segue into the 1989 film at the end, when it had already spent 2 hours contradicting it ... hey ho. Maybe Batman Begins 2 (which i hope upon hope will come about) will fuck about with the myhos-on-film even more, bring back the Joker, kill him again, bollocks to burton, bollocks to the 90s, i really hope so. YEAH!
joker will NOT die in batman continues. nolan says 2 will be about bats and harvey dent going after joker, and that the THIRD movie will see joker on trial and he does the acid attack on dent, turning him into two-face. he said that killing joker in the '89 movie was a mistake.
thank goodness for THAT! arguably the best batman film(s) might never have been made, and we'd be saddled with another biopic. don't get me wrong, i'm sure Nolan would have made it interesting (interesting choice of casting as well), but somehow i really care very little about huge biography pictures about historical figures. especially from someone like scorses... i'll watch any movie of his that involves new york (gangs of new york was borderline, a little too 'sprawling historical epic'). so thank you, scorses, for helping ensure Nolan got on board with Batman
it is completely possible to make really awesome superhero / mindless action movies, and this proves it
only complaint i have, is that bale makes funny faces when he talks, it wigs me out
other than that, good movie.
I agree with people who talk about the frantic fighting style. But I consider this directing growing pains.
I did also notice the editing was competent, but a few seconds too fast. Some of the characters finished their lines and BAM next to the next view or scene without giving the audience enough time to visually "finish". Maybe the editor had to go this route because of length constraints?
The best Batman movie that leaves the others sulking in the back.
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SPOILER QUESTION:
oh one question: What happened to Ras al gul ? Did I miss something? Did he escape? I knew he was immortal, but since he was the master mind, and we didnt see a confrontation with him..
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SPOILER QUESTION:
oh one question: What happened to Ras al gul ? Did I miss something? Did he escape? I knew he was immortal, but since he was the master mind, and we didnt see a confrontation with him..
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I didn't realize that the movie cost 150 million to make. All i know is that there be a part 2 (or would that be 6?)....
That was his servant. That and Ras was immortal. Or did I miss something in the womans antics?
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um no, that was ras. the asian fellow was simply a decoy, a symbol. ras was the leader of the stealth ninja people, and qui-gon was the leadingest ninja of them all.
Batman is finally scary instead of clooney.
Frank the Avenger
they've greenlit a sequel YAY!
That was the flaw in the philosophy of Jean Paul Valley, and not something Bruce Wayne believed. Otherwise, great film.
Ras A gul takes pupil,pupil turn on him and destroys evil roginization