Aaaaaah, Sunday. Church, sunshine, an action/adventure movie and a big ol' slab of steak for dinner. Well, at least, that was *our* idea of a model Father's Day/17th anniversary!
Batman Begins was awesome. Awesome. Forget everything you know about the film franchise up to this point. This movie was a departure from all that has gone before. It's less about the comic book-turned-blockbuster genre, and more into the realm of a real action/adventure movie, albeit with a guy in black bat armor.
We're hoping this movie signals a new era in computer-animated special effects. The emphasis was on the plot, characters and dialog. Every detail of Batman's skills and abilities was accounted for in the storyline, and so well, you forgot to ask yourself 'how did they do that?' and you stay in the moment. It was a supurb movie. They've got to continue in this vein.
Hours after the movie, after being subliminally curious, it finally dawned on me where I'd seen the main character before. He was Laurie in Little Women, which we own on DVD and I've seen about a hundred times because Bunny used to love it. Good choice. He was hands-down the best Batman. Not sure what Katie H0lmes was doing there, but oh well. Michael Caine more than made up for lost movie karma.
(My apologies for the lack of links. TypePad went all flooey this morning, so I copied the text to post out of Flickr at work.)
Batman Begins was awesome. Awesome. Forget everything you know about the film franchise up to this point. This movie was a departure from all that has gone before. It's less about the comic book-turned-blockbuster genre, and more into the realm of a real action/adventure movie, albeit with a guy in black bat armor.
We're hoping this movie signals a new era in computer-animated special effects. The emphasis was on the plot, characters and dialog. Every detail of Batman's skills and abilities was accounted for in the storyline, and so well, you forgot to ask yourself 'how did they do that?' and you stay in the moment. It was a supurb movie. They've got to continue in this vein.
Hours after the movie, after being subliminally curious, it finally dawned on me where I'd seen the main character before. He was Laurie in Little Women, which we own on DVD and I've seen about a hundred times because Bunny used to love it. Good choice. He was hands-down the best Batman. Not sure what Katie H0lmes was doing there, but oh well. Michael Caine more than made up for lost movie karma.
(My apologies for the lack of links. TypePad went all flooey this morning, so I copied the text to post out of Flickr at work.)
Yep, Batman was fabulous. What about those glasses on Dr. Crane? I heart Christopher Nolan for making a real Batman movie.
Now we wait impatiently for the 6th Harry Potter book, and the 4th movie--due in November!
I'm so glad the world is entertaining.
Posted by: maya | June 20, 2005 at 11:10 AM
This is a 4-star, not a 3 or 3.5 movie. Anyone taking that .5 off is being genre-bigoted. It's not a drama that set in the real world, or a celebrated english fantasy, so we must take off points for its comic book roots.
Posted by: BB | June 20, 2005 at 04:15 PM
Happy Anniversary--a day late ;)
Posted by: Wende | June 20, 2005 at 05:07 PM
I agree BB. I want to make a shrine to Batman Begins. And I also agree, Pam, that Christian Bale is the most perfect Batman ever.
Posted by: maya | June 21, 2005 at 10:01 AM
Are YOU a genre-bigot? Here are the warning signs:
1) You think Gandhi was a better movie than Tootsie because it was English and therefore More Important!
2) You actually like Manon of the Spring even though it's French with subtitles.
3) Claire Bloom has to be in A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy....
4) Actually had the temerity to walk out of The Pirate Movie during best scene ("Pumpin and Blowing")!
5) To this day has never seen "Can't Stop the Music"!!
Posted by: Anthony | June 21, 2005 at 01:51 PM
I'm very psyched to see this movie. Have been ever since I learned that Christian Bale was going to be B-man. I've loved him ever since Empire of the Sun. Yes, he was the bratty little kid. And yes, what was once a creepy age difference is now suitably Hollywood, thank you very much.
Bad news for Katie Holmes (but good news for us)--according to IMDB news (granted, not the most trustworthy, but plenty buzzworthy, source) she's been dropped from future Batman movies (Bale, Caine and Freeman are all on board) because of the recent Cruismania and because they want a "stronger actress." Oooo dis!
Posted by: Kathryn | June 21, 2005 at 03:48 PM