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Wonder what the next "Batman" will be called.
The Batman Returns
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Wonder what the next "Batman" will be called.
That was a perfect batman movie! The overall aesthetics, environment and tone of the city, the collective work of everybody made it a gem, which is what reviewers might be suggesting when saying, "Gotham is alive and is the organism of the movie"!
The cast was spot on, it was very mob/godfather and sometimes James Bond-esque! and real in feeling, the storyboarding and cinematography was crafted like a fine wine(I don't even drink wine!!). When i say cinematography, i mean comparable to oscar winners like JFK and Shindler's List and classics of yesteryear, top level use of camera effects, scenery, angles, editing, lighting, the whole lot. So good that you don't realise the movie was 3 hours long. It felt like you were watching a classic film from 1994 or something, surely not in 2022, lol. Next was the music, what a fantastic score and use of certain songs that i won't spoil here.
You cared about the characters, they weren't just hollow containers with zero arch in a sterile film filled with cgi nonsense.
Anyone else notice Batman's theme sounded a bit like Darth Vader's imperial march? Probably just similar notes...
9.5/10 best film of the year with ease!
Batman is back for a fifth or maybe sixth reset of the character in non-animated feature length film. Starring as the title character is Robert Pattinson who was in The Lighthouse and High Life. It won't be part of the ongoing DC Extended Universe. This decision may have been influenced by the fact Robert Pattinson looks much younger than Ben Affleck.
Pure West.
In cinemas October 2021.
It did, yes. Quite likely it’s first active use. I noticed from the very first Batcave/Wayne Terminus scene at the start of the film, the car is unfinished and underneath a cover. Tools and parts are around it, he is still working on finishing it (excellent decision to have this version hand built by Bruce).
This sound is mesmerising:
This sound is mesmerising:
Spin tingling, but I was trying to work out where I’d heard something similar. Think I found it (23 seconds in).
I agree with your assessment. Personally I prefer the Bale's style of batman, but credit to them for trying something different and going down the detective batman style. I just found it a little slow in patches but that's my preference.9/10
Excellent movie. Better than Bale's Batman Begins but not as good as the next two. R-Patt was excellent as Batman but not quite 100% sold on him as Bruce. Too much emo IMO.
TDK sure but TDKR is not good, not even as a comparative assesment against this one.9/10
Excellent movie. Better than Bale's Batman Begins but not as good as the next two. R-Patt was excellent as Batman but not quite 100% sold on him as Bruce. Too much emo IMO.
This would make sense, in reality from a character arc. Angry teen angsty Batman who despises Bruce and his privelege - into - Philanthropist playboy Bruce who does the dirty work by night as Batman actually makes the most sense. Most of the Batmen we have seen were pretty much fully formed as the latter right from the start (we saw a glimpse of Bale as the angry boy but not the angry Bat)Watching TDKR last night I am firm in my belief that Bale was a good Bruce Wayne but a terrible Batman which makes sense as Batman is hardly ever shown in that trilogy.plus I’m still firm in my belief that the action was ******* terrible as well as some of the acting .
I’m hoping they flesh out a more balanced Bruce Wayne in the next film, which again makes sense as he realises that Gotham needs Bruce Wayne and how close the riddler came to working out that he was Batman.
Was thinking they’d do the scene from the comics where riddler calls out Bruce is Batman, but Batman counteracts saying what’s a riddle that everyone knows the answer to… and therefore riddler doesn’t tell the worldhow close the riddler came to working out that he was Batman.
The prequel novel touches on how much he hates his public image which is why he so reclusive and being Batman all the timeThis would make sense, in reality from a character arc. Angry teen angsty Batman who despises Bruce and his privelege - into - Philanthropist playboy Bruce who does the dirty work by night as Batman actually makes the most sense. Most of the Batmen we have seen were pretty much fully formed as the latter right from the start (we saw a glimpse of Bale as the angry boy but not the angry Bat)
Batmobile and imax, what a ******* combination. I swear the walls shook when it fired up. I felt that sh*t in my bones. This was a ******* glorious scene worth the price of admission alone. I was taken back to my 9 year old self when I first saw the 89 Batmobile rescue Vicky Vale from the Joker and his goons, and race back to the Batcave.
This beast is like a fire breathing monster, when it roared I was losing my sh*t even though I’d already seen it. fu** yes.
This would make sense, in reality from a character arc. Angry teen angsty Batman who despises Bruce and his privelege - into - Philanthropist playboy Bruce who does the dirty work by night as Batman actually makes the most sense. Most of the Batmen we have seen were pretty much fully formed as the latter right from the start (we saw a glimpse of Bale as the angry boy but not the angry Bat)
this was legitmately the best part of sound i have seen in a movie. It was like what Tenet was trying to do. Amazing.
I liked Bales portrayal of the rich playboy and it fit that universe but i think i like the R-Patz portrayal better overall. The Bale Bruce was almost fully formed, he had the scene with the gun to shoot Joe Chill but then he pissed off and got trained and then came back as the billionaire playboy alter ego. It worked but R-Patz trauma allows for more development i think (personal opinion).I really didn't mind this aspect of the film, and understand why it is quite noticable to many how little of Bruce Wayne there was in the film (or any main differentiator between him and Batman, they were almost one and the same in terms of character). This iteration has had to make a few key decisions from the outset, in order to draw a distinction to the other live action Batman films.
In the context of the universe it established, this Bruce Wayne fits very well. And can see the trajectory that he will (hopefully) embark on over the course of the unfolding trilogy. He doesn't as yet have the charm or the playboy nature associated with Bruce Wayne. This was an aspect that was executed very well in the Nolan films - loved the quips that he would be the hotel he's eating in during Batman Begins, riding in his Lamborghini Murcielago with 2 models on his lap, told the waitor in The Dark Knight to combine tables with Rachel/Harvey Dent because "I own the place" etc. It was gold.
I will add however there were 3 main issues that remain with me in The Batman, one of them being I felt the Alfred/Bruce relationship was quite undercooked. Which is odd in almost 3 hour film. They had that great scene in the hospital, however overall I felt that glimpse was a bit underwhelming in the broader scheme of their dynamic together.
Does he act? He seems to 'play' the same character in each film.....this includedI remember reading an interview with Pattinson where he was saying just how hard it is to emote and act when half your face is covered and he ultimately had to overact just so you could see it.
Reeves would ask him to give a bit more and Pattinson was gobsmacked as he was effectively squeezing a vein out of his head by acting so hard but then he would come over to the monitor and notice that you couldn’t even see his eyes.
He did a tremendous job.
I said that in the previews, shoot at the head......villains, even sniper villains are terrible shotsThe villain soldiers are morons. They run at bats guns drawn until they’re within arms length. Stay back and fire!