Roger Ebert gave Batman Begins four stars in a very spoiler-filled review that I won't post a link to (I'm highly disappointed about his lack of spoiler warning, especially since I knew nothing about the storyline before reading it).
Roger Ebert has been notoreous for years for giving away spoilers.
I didn't realize that more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on high-tech action was just what was needed.
From
The Onion
(photo caption):
Warner Bros. reportedly green-lit Batman Begins after surveys suggested that audiences would be interested in seeing a Batman movie that didn't entirely blow.
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eta: now I want to read the comic "The Batman Wars Against The Dirigible Of Doom."
The NYT review warns: "People with bat phobias should take care."
She really liked it, too.
And because I am a shameless pimp, DH's review is up at FJI.
That NYT review is notable for being the only time the phrase "a restrained Gary Oldman" has ever been typed.
Salon hated it. Sample quote:
In fact, it makes us feel virtually nothing at all, except maybe a shuddering, reluctant nostalgia for Joel Schumacher. Schumacher's two "Batman" pictures may have been wretched, but at least they didn't mistake oppressiveness for emotional depth.
Now that's just cruel.
(She liked Gary Oldman a lot too though).
from kind of weird, but generally OK, Hollywood guy to Our Weirdest Fucking Celebrity, completely vaulting over both Madonna AND Courtney Love.
Michael Jackson & Mel Gibson are still 1-2 right?
I think that Tom may have gone further than Mel.
I think that Tom may have gone further than Mel.
Tom just joined a cult. Mel is running one.
I'm with Hec. Though actually, I think Mike and Mel are pretty much neck and neck...
...ew. Squicky.
Tom's a distant third compared to those two.
