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dtsou

On The Bat

Jun 20, 2005 08:13

Saw Batman Begins over the weekend and thought it was quite good. What I liked best about the movie was that it took more time to really tell a more complete story, resulting in the movie being 140 mins. I enjoy getting to know the character(s) more and think that a lot of movies these days lose a lot by trying to pack everything into a shorter ( Read more... )

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pessen June 20 2005, 14:17:05 UTC

I enjoyed the movie too, although there were a number of things that bothered me. I thought Bale did a wonderful job as Bruce Wayne, but I wasn't thrilled with him as Batman. I think his voice was what bothered me. I also felt that Gary Oldman did a great job. Actually, I think pretty much all the actors did a great job ( ... )

dtsou June 20 2005, 14:58:26 UTC

Yeah, I thought that Batman's voice was rather interesting too. It definitely seemed like they purposely had him talk differently as Batman, kinda more raspy. At first I thought it was cool, because I've always thought that if someone who knew him well (in this case Katie Holmes) talked to him while he was dressed up as Batman, they would be able to tell it was him right away from his voice - so talking different would be good. What I was disappointed with was they just kinda had him do it without employing a voice-changing device or even really mentioning it (tho I can't think of how they would mention it ( ... )

pessen June 20 2005, 15:18:50 UTC

It just bothered me that he caused so much damage and there seemed to be no good reason for it other than to have some crazy chase. There also didn't seem to be any way he could've known that no cops would've been killed. Makes it seems a lot more valid that the cops would consider batman a villian considering all the needless damage he caused.

I think I would've preferred it if she just didn't have feelings for him at all. I mean, what's the point in her kissing him if she was going to turn him down RIGHT after doing that?

I thought that they were just planning on ignoring the first movies because Batman Begins already has a big thing which contrasts with the first movie if you think about how his parents died. Right there, they already broke away from the first movie.

More Thoughts dtsou June 20 2005, 15:05:19 UTC

Just some more comments that I thought of -

+ I like how the movie explains how Bruce isn't really a part of the day-to-day operations of the company. It's much more realistic than thinking that he can do all the Batman stuff and CEO stuff at the same time. This may have been a result of the movie following the comics more closely.

+ I just realized the joke about when Bruce drives up in his Lamborghini and the doorman is like "nice car" and Bruce is like "you should see the other one." Talk about a delayed reaction...

Re: More Thoughts pessen June 20 2005, 15:32:11 UTC

That actually reminds me, I did like a lot of the references in the movie to earlier parts. Little things like that can make a movie a lot better IMHO. For instance, the whole "It doesn't matter who you are underneath, but what you do" or whatever the quote was. Even stuff like Rachel's gift to Bruce ("Finders, keepers") and Bruce's comment about how he bought the shares for Wayne industries. I like little touches like that.