I think with the fight scenes, Nolan was trying to put us in the villains' perspective, with Batman's mad ninja deception skillz making him hard to follow. I appreciated the effort, and thought he pulled it off -- I was completely confused, and a little annoyed that I couldn't follow the fight scenes blow for blow.
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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Jessica - Jun 19, 2005 4:38:08 am PDT #4389 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Cashmere - Jun 19, 2005 4:45:14 am PDT #4390 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
As much as I love Tim Burton, I really think he tried to downplay the scariness. Rewatching Batman , The Joker wasn't scary. He was freakish and strange, but he wasn't scary.
Scary Joker for me is Arkham Asylum. I want to see him this way all the time.
Kevlar/Nomex
Bullet proof AND fire proof. Very practical.
Gris - Jun 19, 2005 6:15:41 am PDT #4391 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Today I really do get to see it! I bought tickets for the 12:30 showing yesterday!
By the time I bought them, about 9:20 p.m. before going to see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with my sister at the same theater, though not the IMAX screen - movie still good, by the way - the 4 p.m and 7 p.m. were ALREADY sold out. Sisterhood was also quite full by the time the movie started, which surprised me a bit as it's several weeks old: this theater must just be very popular.
I was the only boy in the theater when I walked in. Was joined by a few more by the start of the movie, but not many. Twas funny.
Kalshane - Jun 19, 2005 7:41:24 am PDT #4392 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Jessica, I agree with you for the gaffling people from the shadows scenes but my complaint was directed more at the straight-up fight scenes like the one on the train at the end.
ETA: Plei- Huh. Though it looks like the real stuff is tough and fireproof, but not exactly bullet proof. Though I could be wrong. The site is kind of vague.
As for the other thing, it seems silly to me, but I guess it's a little a reassuring that the Batman letting women find out who he is thing is apparently a problem of the source character, and not created specifically for the movies.
Cashmere - Jun 19, 2005 12:22:46 pm PDT #4393 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Holy. Crap.
So freakin' good. I can see why ita requested an nerd airlift so she could have someone to gush about the film with.
tiggy - Jun 19, 2005 1:09:13 pm PDT #4394 of 10002
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I saw it last night and gushed about it here. i really really want to go see it again tonight. this time with mom in tow because i think she'd really like it.
Mr. Broom - Jun 19, 2005 2:38:51 pm PDT #4395 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
The X3 suck train keeps right on rolling: alancumming.com reports that Fox hasn't picked up the option to include him in X3. No Nightcrawler.
Sue - Jun 19, 2005 2:43:44 pm PDT #4396 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Wasn't Alan Cumming really ambivalent about doing another X-men movie?
§ ita § - Jun 19, 2005 2:43:45 pm PDT #4397 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can live without him. Signs are still negative for the movie as a whole, but he wasn't "my" Kurt.
Cashmere - Jun 19, 2005 3:19:10 pm PDT #4398 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
tiggy, I clicked, I gushed.
Gary Olman rocked my world. As did Cillian Murphy. Beeauuutiful. And Michael Cain. Damn. I loved it all.