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Batman Begins

Did you like Batman Begins?

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Anyway... to bring this thread bang up to date...

This film is on Wednesday, I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned it, it looks awesome.

Check out the reviews from Rotten Tomatoes:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_begins/?critic=1

On the unofficial tomatometer, 29 fresh, just 5 rotten (85%), its doing bloody well for a superhero film so far.

The trailers look quality, the cast is amazing, they've got a good director - what could possibly go wrong, other than nobody sees it because Batman and Robin was so bad?
 
Saw it at a preview a few weeks ago. I thought it was fucking brilliant, loved it, very very dark for a summer blockbuster - someone's definitely been reading Arkham Asylum. This from someone who left Batman and Robin swearing never, ever, ever to see another Batman film as long as she lived.
 
LJo said:
Saw it at a preview a few weeks ago. I thought it was fucking brilliant, loved it, very very dark for a summer blockbuster - someone's definitely been reading Arkham Asylum. This from someone who left Batman and Robin swearing never, ever, ever to see another Batman film as long as she lived.
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:) Great news... I've hardly heard any fans say it was bad. Just one on IMDB.

The rest have ranged from good (8/10) to absolutely outstanding.

I can't wait to see it - but am panicking I might not be able to find a cinema showing it in English here, and I'll have to wait ages for a decent pirate DVD copy :(
 
Atlast! I've been waiting bloody ages for this film (as evidenced by the age of the thread started by me under my old name!)!! Going to go see it this weekend!:)
 
LJo said:
Saw it at a preview a few weeks ago. I thought it was fucking brilliant, loved it, very very dark for a summer blockbuster - someone's definitely been reading Arkham Asylum. This from someone who left Batman and Robin swearing never, ever, ever to see another Batman film as long as she lived.
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Fancy writing a review for the Urban Film Blog (http://urbanfilmreview.blogspot.com/)? PM me your email address and i'll send you the invite if you're interested.;)
 
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was a shite joker, all he did was ponce around being himself, he didnt bother to even try and get the character right. It was a performance comparable to that camp bollox they put out as Batman in the 60s tv show.
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Uh-oh! Someone hasn't been using their Joker brand products! :p

The third was the best.

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Camp as tits, and great stuff :cool:
 
Nope utter shit, glad the franchise has clawed back some self respect (he says going by the look of the new one).
 
LJo said:
Saw it at a preview a few weeks ago. I thought it was fucking brilliant, loved it, very very dark for a summer blockbuster - someone's definitely been reading Arkham Asylum. This from someone who left Batman and Robin swearing never, ever, ever to see another Batman film as long as she lived.
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Saw this yesterday thanks to a friend... Its very good, but not as good as the first one as (a) Jack Nicholson isn't in it and (b) the BatMobile looks like a tractor... Oh and Mr Wayne doesn't get his kit off that much.
 
The first film was crap, the second pretty fucking good, the other two fucking dire if you ask me. This one looks like it is restoring the franchise back to something worthwhile...
 
jæd said:
(b) the BatMobile looks like a tractor....
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I saw the new Batmobile on the news and it looked like a squashed hummer to me. I expect batmobiles to look all sleek and sexy and scary looking.
 
jæd said:
Saw this yesterday thanks to a friend... Its very good, but not as good as the first one as (a) Jack Nicholson isn't in it .
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That was a plus point for me. I remember a mate telling me about seeing the first one in the US. The audience sat quietly until Joker went off on about his fifth crazy, twitching monologue.

Then someone yelled: "Oh, just fuck off, Joker," and the place erupted in cheers.

I find a little of Tim Burton's circus-inspired dark-tinged whimsy craziness goes a very, very long way with me.

But hey, at least he wasn't shouting: "You vill not take me to ze cooler! Ice to see you!"

<cringes>
 
Kid_Eternity said:
The first film was crap, the second pretty fucking good, the other two fucking dire if you ask me. This one looks like it is restoring the franchise back to something worthwhile...
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As I said above, I used to love the first film, but I watched it recently and didn't like it anywhere near as much. I still like the second one for its gothic snowyness.

But I think this one will be better.

Remember though that is technically not 'the same' franchise... It is meant to be a completely separate/new franchise - it has someone totally different kill Batman's parents, for instance.
 
souljacker said:
I saw the new Batmobile on the news and it looked like a squashed hummer to me. I expect batmobiles to look all sleek and sexy and scary looking.
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Apparently it makes sense when you see it in action though.
 
It looks cool in the context of the film though. From what I've seen of it, a dildo-style Burton Batmobile wouldn't look right.

This is gritty, realist, noirish Batman.
 
It's also real. Nolan wanted to use as little CGI as possible to counteract the shininess of Revenge of the Sith.

Wait till you see it in action, it fucking rocks.
 
LJo said:
Wait till you see it in action, it fucking rocks.
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Nope -- it looks a childrens toy. The sequence with the Batmobile looks very fake/cheesy. But yes, the Batmobile does look real (becuase it is) but the sfx version looks like a toy tractor.
 
LJo said:
It's also real. Nolan wanted to use as little CGI as possible to counteract the shininess of Revenge of the Sith.

Wait till you see it in action, it fucking rocks.
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That's one of the main reasons I'm so looking forward to this. ROTS was a huge improvement on the other two star wars prequels, but in the cold light of day I still dislike the overuse of CGI.

The fact that this Batman film looks so earthy and real is much better.
 
RenegadeDog said:
Yeah the Schumacher one was sooooooooooooooo gay. :mad:

This new one looks more like the sort of thing you'd actually expect Batman to have.
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it's a pile of shit.. looks like something out of starship troopers!

if they'd wanted a proper noirish style, i reckon the old batcar design could have been worked on, give it a bit of a retro car look or something.
 
LostNotFound said:
it's a pile of shit.. looks like something out starship troopers!

if they'd wanted a proper noirish style, i reckon the old batcar design could have been worked on, give it a bit of a retro car look or something.
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You are Joel Schumacher and I claim my five pounds :)
 
I saw Batman Begins last week, and i though it was good. I'm not a Batman comic fan but from what my friends who are have told me it is pretty true to the comic. There are slight differences.

It's not as dark as Tim Butron's Batman but it has a good balance of making Gotham feeling dark but not overly dark.

Katie Holmes was not as bad as I thought she'd be, Christian Bale pulls off Batman & Bruce Wayne nicely. Michael Caine is brilliant as Alfred.

Overall a good summer flick.
 
Caine as Alfred was my mine grip/reservation about this; I think they got it bang on with the dude that was in the first two film.
 
Kid_Eternity said:
Caine as Alfred was my mine grip/reservation about this; I think they got it bang on with the dude that was in the first two film.
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True, but apparently Caine is very good in this. I too, thought he was too cockney to begin with, but I think it seems like he fits well into the universe they've created.
 
RenegadeDog said:
Is Tom Wilkinson a dead ringer for Steve Norris or what?
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I think Tom Wilkinson is a REALLY good actor.

That film he was in with Sissy Spacek called 'In The Bedroom' was excellent. One of my favorite films in fact-and hes in my all time favorite, Eternal Sunshine, so he's alright in my book. :D (except hes from leeds!:mad: :p)


I'm not keen on on the whole Batman thing really though :oops:...but i'm gonna download it and have a look anyway.
 
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