Re: The Dark Knight
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:01 am
Well, A lot of the pacing toward the end made it drag. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved the the 2 last scenes of Wayne buying his company back & between Gordon & Batman on the rooftop. It was some of the stuff that preceded them by about 20-30 min made shit stretch out. & Nolan & screenwriter Goyer's ethos of "Let's keep it grounded in the Real World" just got thrown out the window toward the end i felt. All that subplot with the microwave emitter could have been handled better.Kumicho wrote:Just out of curiosity Jig, what issues did you have with Batman Begins..? Considering what the franchise was prior to, I found it hard to find fault in it, lol...
Most of the fight scenes were in that goddamn shaky cam. I hate that shit! The one thing that any competent dircetor should come correct with in making a superhero movie are the fight scenes.we should get to clearly see niggas hittin' other niggas. Nolan makes excuses about wanting to show the mystery of Batman, but with him especially because he has no superpowers, the on;y action you can really have him doing is beating motherfuckers down in a slugfest. The only fight scene in Begins that should've been quicker than the eye & vague was the ninja shit in Rhas' temple in Tibet. Dude had no excuse. I hate to say it, but the previous four batfilms had better fight scenes.
I feel Holmes was badly miscast as assistant DA/Love interest. That's where i think most superhero films fuck up: Unecessarily adding a love interest. it's ok for them to have a hottie to save, but they do not have to have them involved, or at peril during the final battle. Saving a city or the world is enough. The Spider-Man franchise is a good case study of this. Much as i love the first 2 movies, how many fucking times are you gonna have Mary Jane held hostage to coax Spidey into a final showdown with <insert villain> ?!? Also, no bloody way does one believe Holmes & Bale are the same age! there's a story behind that though. Goyer used a bit of pull to get her cast so he could mack on her...except that's when Mr Scientology first cast his eye on her.
I think both Batman Begins & Blade Trinity's scripts suffered due to Goyer trying to be involved with both at the same time & mack on starlets who marry Alien Worshippers.
Ultimately, don't get me twisted, I dig BB muchly. I just think it had it's flaws & could've been better. Still a 7 or 7.5/10 from me. It's by no means Iron Man. But, Hey What is?! :laff:
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In other news:
[center]Bale's Batman Doesn't Want a Robin
Source: comicbookmovies.com
Says the Batman actor, "If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work."
That is what Christian Bale told entertainment content provider WENN. I'd have to agree with him. Let's keep batman working alone a little while longer. It all went to pot when they added Robin in the previous franchise. That is when things got corny and ambiguously gay
Riddler Revealed to be Villain in Next Batman Movie!
Gary Oldman, who plays Comissioner Gordon in the latest Batman movies, may have spilled a spoiler about the next villain for the franchise.
Note, director Nolan was sitting right there and seemingly didn't correct Oldman's spillage. So, this may be more than conjecture!
This from MovieWeb.com...
While conducting interviews with the cast of The Dark Knight this afternoon, I got a chance to chat with director Christopher Nolan and Gary Oldman about the proposed third segment of their supposed Batman trilogy... When asked if he thought they should recast Ledger for the third film, or just not include the character, Gary thought it was a good idea...
Oldman then took a moment to think about it some more, "Maybe we don't need the Joker. Because we'll have The Riddler." Yes, Oldman alluded to the fact that The Riddler may in fact be the next on-screen Batman villain.
What of Two-Face you say? Maybe Harvey IS the central villain in the next film, but that doesn't mean they won't set up The Riddler as the headliner for a 4th film by giving him a part in the 3rd. Sounds logical.[/center]