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?

If you have Quicktime 7 Pro, you can get one off the HD trailer on the Apple site.

"Would you like to see my mask?"

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

Hee!

It was the moment of the movie for me.

It really, really was for me as well. What an incredible image.

"What is that sound?"

"Backup."

you can get one off the HD trailer on the Apple site

I didn't remember the scene from the trailers. But I have the HD one on my Powerbook, so I'll have a look.

Will the film's kickassitude suffer from my lack of cred?

Depends. So far I think people who like Batman are pretty solidly liking the movie -- however, if you're just not a Batman person at all (or thought the TV show got him right), it may not be for you.

I liked the movies a lot. Well, the first two. (And secretly, kind of the third.)

This movie is a distinct departure from all the previous movies. It's a hard reset of the series into a more realistic vision, different from Burton's dark cartoon or Shoemaker's neon, nipples and codpieces.

It was the moment of the movie for me.

Yeah. Such an indelible image, both epic and personal.

Lilty, I have not read a single Batman comic (or any comic for that matter, outside a few issues of Sandman), and thought the movie worked very well as the introduction to the whole Batman mythos. Actually, this is the only Batman movie I've liked so well, since the first Tim Burton flick left me sort of blah and I actively disliked the rest of the franchise until now.

If nothing else, it sounds interesting to me. I'd like to see why he's Batman (I know the basics and all, parents dead, evil BAD!), but I'd like to see it unfold, taken seriously. The cartoonier the other movies got, the more I was turned off.

I have not read a single Batman comic (or any comic for that matter, outside a few issues of Sandman)

Heh. The only comics I've ever read in my life were the Tales from the Crypt comics my brother bought for a month or two. Like I said: No Cred.