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libee

Batman

Aug 23, 2008 17:51

We all went to see Batman last night. It was okay, apart from one thing:

What the FUCK was he doing with his voice?!

Comments 10

maninasack August 23 2008, 16:58:13 UTC

Exactly! If Batman was a 40 fag a day kind of Batman then maybe.....but no! Jokey head was good though.

libee August 23 2008, 17:06:37 UTC

Yeah, he totally made the film.

I thought they overdid Two Face too.

Cue Jeff Albertson voice.... balamuthia August 23 2008, 17:18:45 UTC

Okay, here goes:

In the Tim Burton films (Batman 1 and 2), the animated series, and the animated movies (all voiced by Kevin Conroy) there has been a tradition of Batman changing his voice from that of Bruce Wayne.

It makes more sense for him to change his voice than not (either physically or with digital enhancement) for two major reasons:

1. He's hiding the fact that he's Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne is heard every day all over Gotham in press conferences and speeches- so it makes sense that in addition to altering his appearance he'd need to alter his voice ( ... )

Re: Cue Jeff Albertson voice.... libee August 24 2008, 11:20:01 UTC

I know why he was putting on a stupid voice, I just thought he was really fucking bad at it. He was concentrating on it sooo much he kept forgetting to act! :D

Re: Cue Jeff Albertson voice.... balamuthia August 24 2008, 12:51:54 UTC

*shrug* I thought it was fine, but to each their own.

Then again I could have been so completely enthralled with the Joker that I failed to notice much else.

Re: Cue Jeff Albertson voice.... miss_soap August 25 2008, 20:00:48 UTC

I actually thought it had been digitally altered in this film. At the end of the first one it sounded like him putting on a deeper voice, in this one it sounded very peculiar indeed.

I wanted to pass him a Hall's Soother the whole time.

hothothot August 23 2008, 19:43:58 UTC

He was speaking?

darkstream August 24 2008, 10:42:59 UTC

yeah, the "batvoice" was one of my few gripes with the film too. I understand the reasoning behind it, but it was a bit 'much', yes? Top movie otherwise though.

libee August 24 2008, 11:20:35 UTC

Yeah, he was so bad at it! It just sounded ridiculous!

zombiemocker August 24 2008, 13:52:40 UTC

That's entirely what put me off about the film!! And two face did my head in aswell, his acting was well over the top.

It was quite good otherwise, but I've not seen or cared about the other batman films so yeah..