Hey, had to be me...
I'm seeing this tomorrow night at 11:59pm. There is one single film i have wanted to see more, and that will be out next year. But i'll make do with my second fave this year.
It looks GREAT.
See i always HATED Tim Burton's interpretations. He admitted that he had never picked up an issue, and it SHOWED. The damned first one should not have been called Batman, it should have been called "The Joker." It's called "Batman" shouldn't Batman be IN the movie? Then to Batman Returns. Lets not mention Catwoman's here-not-there platforms that appear and vanish... And the Penguins quest to be "gasp" MAYOR! *cowers in fear*
Then...
The bat-nipples...
I don't even want to mention the bat-nipples.
Please don't make me talk about the bat-nipples.
Jim Carrey was cool, though they dressed him up in the old Riddler costume from 1966! Look the last thing i wanted to see was Jim Carrey's package! And Tommy Lee Jones acting like the Joker. You know the thing that pissed me off about that movie the most? Two face is my fave Bat-EvilDude. That flick had him flipping the coin and flipping the coin until he got the desired resuld. MY Two Face, the one from the comics, takes the result of a coin toss 100%. See, he's only 50% evil. That's what makes him a great Villan, his good side will start arguing with his twisted side sometimes, he's NUTS. He's evil as hell but sometimes you see the man he was, the man who was consumed by the split personality... They RUINED Two Face.
Then the next one. Gawd. All i have to see is Uma Thurman, a great actress, actually have to spill a line like "CURSES!" to just sink into my chair. Not to mention the hockey playing thugs. And we are supposed to take this movie seriously? And, oh god, Ahnuld. I could have seen him as Mr. Freeze, even though he is more of a thin Captain Picard type, but i could have seen Ahnuld... With a real script. Then there's Bane. Bane is a pretty much one trick pony, BUT the Batman writers won't allow him to be one. He broke Batman's back when he first appeared. But he has since grown to respect Batman. He is still an enemy, but he is all concerned about honor and respect. Did anyone see even a scrap of that in the last Batman flick?
My opinion is this, when you neuter Batman's villans you also neuter Batman. They need good parts, too. But Batman/Bruce most of all.
We are talking about the MOST human Superhero of all. He has no powers, yet he kicks SUPERMAN'S ass every time they fight. Superman can lift a 747 in modern continuity, a mountain if he really has emotional investment in it (since 1986 gone are the planet poving days, they scaled him back). But at the end of the day, we are talking about a regular guy that can kick SUPERMAN'S ass! And do it more than once!
I just want it to be Batman. The Batman. I want it to get it right.
ALL i ask for is a flick that takes Batman as seriously as Spiderman and Spiderman 2 took Peter Parker.
Cuz lemme tell you something about Batman, from someone who has read his books as second best (which is saying something, for me). Bruce Wayne doesn't really exist. The Billionaire playboy is the real secret identity. When Bruce Wayne's parents were axed in front of him the real Bruce Waybe died, and what was to become Batman was born. There is no Bruce Wayne, it's all an act. And from everything i hear about Batman Begins it NAILS that part.
I cannot wait. If you want i'll review it for you folk (and i'll even promise to keep the comic stuff to as minimum as i can under the circumstances).



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