Batman Begins

[Kid_Eternity]

And it looks as if it won't be as big a hit as it could have been (judging from early box office results), because the public are maybe a bit tired of Batman films, don't appreciate that it's a complete restart than a prequel, and because Batman and Robin was so bloody bad. Which is a crying shame.

Still, it will probably be one of these films which ends up a big hit because of word of mouth...

So... who do you think should play the Joker in the sequel? I've seen crispin glover mentioned a lot...

I would prefer that they get a new actor, somebody that can actually act but doesn't detract from the BM himself. For me thats what made this film, it was the fact that it spun on its axis around Bruce Wayne/Batman not the guest starring bad guy or the stupid Batmobile/flying thing with stupid scissors!

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I would prefer that they get a new actor, somebody that can actually act but doesn't detract from the BM himself. For me thats what made this film, it was the fact that it spun on its axis around Bruce Wayne/Batman not the guest starring bad guy or the stupid Batmobile/flying thing with stupid scissors!

And of course there's a danger that they could go back in that direction if its not as big a hit as they had hoped...

 

[Random One]

And of course there's a danger that they could go back in that direction if its not as big a hit as they had hoped...

i don't know-it felt like a film being made by a real fan of the whole thing so even if it's not as big a hit he may still make the others in the same way just for the "real fans" as it were

 

[The Groke]

Hmmm didn't do it for me I am afraid!

Nor my wife and flatmate....!

Looks like I am going to be the first to post a negative review here

....wait - actually negative is too strong a word: Indifferent just about sums it up.

As the credits rolled, my wife, mate and I all turned to each other and made the international sign-language for "meh".

The odd thing is, when I try to dissect the thing and work out why I didn't "get it" I am left feeling that the whole ended up less than the sum of its parts.

Good cast? check.
Well acted? Pretty much a check.
Good script? see above
storyline? well I guess it is as "check" as you can get in a "superhero" movie.....
Action scenes? a slightly blurred and rushed "check"

So, the formula is:

check + check + check + check x [Batman Begins] = ?


Well it still equals "meh" I am afraid.

I wish I could explain why this movie failed to press any of my buttons.....

Maybe it was because I am not sure that a movie of this genre needs so much demystifying. Take away the myth, the legend and the magic from a superhero franchise and ground it too much in "reality" then I think it loses half of its point before it even begins.

I think I need to give it a second chance, but that will have to wait for the DVD I think!

I really wanted to like this film too

 

[Termite Man]

For me thats what made this film, it was the fact that it spun on its axis around Bruce Wayne/Batman not the guest starring bad guy or the stupid Batmobile/flying thing with stupid scissors!

I actually disagree with this ! For me the great thing about batman is the villians ! If you can get them right then you don't need to focus so much on batman/bruce wayne . One of my favourite batman stories is from the batman - Black and White . Where the story focuses on Two Face being made back into harveyt dent and being "cured" of his psychological problems ! Batman only appears in the last scene which IMO makes it a much better story than if he had been more involved !
The whole idea of Batman inspiring fear in the criminal world could be explored mush better if he has less of a role in the films !

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I actually disagree with this ! For me the great thing about batman is the villians ! If you can get them right then you don't need to focus so much on batman/bruce wayne . One of my favourite batman stories is from the batman - Black and White . Where the story focuses on Two Face being made back into harveyt dent and being "cured" of his psychological problems ! Batman only appears in the last scene which IMO makes it a much better story than if he had been more involved !
The whole idea of Batman inspiring fear in the criminal world could be explored mush better if he has less of a role in the films !

So did you like the new film or not?

 

[the B]

One of the things about Batman on the whole is that he has a great catalogue of villians to come up against... much better than most other comic series...

 

[The Groke]

hmm - so it seems I stand alone as the only one completely underwhelmed by the film so far!

 

[Termite Man]

So did you like the new film or not?

I did like it ! But not as much as I had hoped

 

[CNT36]

hmm - so it seems I stand alone as the only one completely underwhelmed by the film so far!

I was really looking forward to this but sadly my reaction was pretty much meh. Batamn was to nice and I didnt really get any feeling of fear in gotham. These criminals are meant to be inspiring fear but it doesnt seem to me like they are. The scarcrow was under used and not really explored and the way the league of shadows are broguth in as the enemy (which I guess was meant to be a twist as I never eead it in any o the previews) was predictable from the start. It wasnt a bad film just a wasted oppurtunity.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

Something to drive RenegadeDog completely mental!


Warner Bros. is targeting a 2008 release date for a sequel to Batman Begins.

heheh..

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I've seen that pic before... is that Vincent cassell?

 

[MightyAphrodite]

I've seen that pic before... is that Vincent cassell?

Not sure who it is really. But i certainly hope that's the direction they go in.

I heard Sean Penn was already being wooed to play the next joker. (which would be a good choice IMO!)

But whadda i know?!

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Not sure who it is really. But i certainly hope that's the direction they go in.

I heard Sean Penn was already being wooed to play the next joker. (which would be a good choice IMO!)

But whadda i know?!

Sean Penn would be decent. But I like Tim roth as a possible option too. He's definitely got the face!

Whatever they do it should be totally different to Jack nicholson's one, there's no point just trying to copy that...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

That pic looks mental much better than the shitty Jack Prickleson version of the Joker! Excellent stuff, hopefully they'll continue with the excellent thing they got going with BMB but 08? That's an age away, why not end of 06 or early 07 dammit!!?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

That pic looks mental much better than the shitty Jack Prickleson version of the Joker! Excellent stuff, hopefully they'll continue with the excellent thing they got going with BMB but 08? That's an age away, why not end of 06 or early 07 dammit!!?

True, but 3 years is quite a standard gap in a trilogy. The only exception I can think of off-hand is LOTR (which was filmed all at once).

That picture isn't an official warner brothers thing btw, but something a batman fan made.

 

[Balbi]

what are the odds that you see the sequel before the original?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

True, but 3 years is quite a standard gap in a trilogy. The only exception I can think of off-hand is LOTR (which was filmed all at once).

That picture isn't an official warner brothers thing btw, but something a batman fan made.

Oh, yeah well they should do it fast dammit!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

If its fan art were did who is the guy in the pic?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

what are the odds that you see the sequel before the original?

True... although we've just found out it will be opening in Chinese cinemas as of the 29th june, i'm just hoping they've got a showing in english.

 

[Balbi]

I have heard Joker is between Mark Hamill (who has voiced the joker in the cartoons since the early nineties) and Crispin Glover.

Skywalker v Batman

fanboy wank fantasy

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I have heard Joker is between Mark Hamill (who has voiced the joker in the cartoons since the early nineties) and Crispin Glover.

Skywalker v Batman

fanboy wank fantasy

I reckon it will be Glover though.

 

[Balbi]

Yeah, because he isn't Luke Skywalker innit

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah, because he isn't Luke Skywalker innit

But he was George McFly...

 

[Balbi]

And in Friday the 13th part 4 He got killed though.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

And in Friday the 13th part 4 He got killed though.

I think that one slipped me by...

He was also in a rather dodgy film about rats called Willard...

 

[mwgdrwg]

I watched it last night and must say it's just one of the best films I've ever seen!!!

Bale is perfect as Batman...the jawline, the voice, the menace. The cast was superb. The story was great and the look was fantastic.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I watched it last night and must say it's just one of the best films I've ever seen!!!

Bale is perfect as Batman...the jawline, the voice, the menace. The cast was superb. The story was great and the look was fantastic.

Yep! Loved it I did too!

 

[Cloo]

Saw it last night - yes, some great performances in there from Bale, Caine, Oldman and Neeson. And who spotted St Pancras staircase in the film?

 

[Allan]

A lot of it was filmed in London. Where BW comes out dripping wet with two girls was filmed in Moorgate, the theatre where young BW gets the shits over an opera is in Charing Cross Road, etc.