I saw not one but two trailers for Chocolate Factory. The first was one I'd already seen, with the goofy song. The second one made it look like an actual movie, although I still have reservations.

Anne, I loved that film! I was SO in love with Daniel Craig after it.

"Would you like to see my mask?"

Which made me think, "How do you like my darkness now?"

Katie Holmes is suffering in comparison with Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Liam Neeson. It's not that she did a bad job at all, I just don't think she's an Oscar-worthy talent like everyone else with a speaking part in the movie.

Tonight the local Fox News broadcast aired 5-second interview clips with Bale and Caine and did a story about the film. Hilariously at one point they said "Christian Bale plays the part of the hero and Tom Cruise's fiance... Katie Holmes plays his childhood friend" with about a three second pause where the elipsis is. Either it was really odd phrasing or the newspeople were making a dig at the Greatest Love of All.

The thing I didreally like about Katie Holmes is that she's not uber-pretty.

I liked the fight-scene style, for not being able to tell what's going on. Made it scarier, though, yes, frustrating.

We saw Howl's Moving Castle last night, which was good. We were debating the cultural Pedigree (I assumed the original author was British, which, it turns out, yes). I think that explains a lot of the difference from Myazaki's other stuff. And, after the preview for Mirrormask (which, omg I must see), I was thinking about how differently it would have played as a Henson (or BBC) film.

Katie Holmes is suffering in comparison with Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Liam Neeson. It's not that she did a bad job at all, I just don't think she's an Oscar-worthy talent like everyone else with a speaking part in the movie

Point.

It's not that she did a bad job at all, I just don't think she's an Oscar-worthy talent like everyone else with a speaking part in the movie.

I agree. I even liked her character, and the role she filled. (I really liked that she rejects him in the end. ) I agree with the argument that she fills the same role as Harvey Dent could have, and in that sense it's a shame she's there when he's not, but at the same time, without her, the only women in the entire movie would have been Bruce's dead mom, Rutger Hauer's secretary, and the two hookers he takes to the party. So I didn't mind seeing an original female character with some agency of her own beyond her role in Bruce/Batman's story.) I think the role could have been better played by someone like Carla Gugino.

Saw the Bat Movie. It was pretty awesome, although I think Spidey2 still holds its position as my favorite superhero flick. Bale embodied the role beautifully, and the scene in which Bruce finally faces his fears straight-on, with his arms stretched out and gazillion bats flying in that huge cave, will probably remain with me for a long time.

I thought Katie Holmes acquitted herself decently, except I cannot NOT see Joey Potter whenever she crinkles her eyes or gives one of her patented lopsided smiles. Hugely distracting. Damn Dawson's Creek with its suck-ass addictiveness.

I desperately want a screencap of that moment, Vonnie. It was the moment of the movie for me. Just thinking about it makes me want to go see the movie again.

So, I've never read a Batman comic in my life. Will the film's kickassitude suffer from my lack of cred?