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.
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§ ita § - Jun 19, 2005 6:34:26 pm PDT #4414 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lilty Cash - Jun 19, 2005 6:36:02 pm PDT #4415 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
So, I've never read a Batman comic in my life. Will the film's kickassitude suffer from my lack of cred?
Jessica - Jun 19, 2005 6:36:13 pm PDT #4416 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If you have Quicktime 7 Pro, you can get one off the HD trailer on the Apple site.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2005 6:43:29 pm PDT #4417 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
"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."
§ ita § - Jun 19, 2005 6:44:05 pm PDT #4418 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Lilty Cash - Jun 19, 2005 6:45:40 pm PDT #4419 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I liked the movies a lot. Well, the first two. (And secretly, kind of the third.)
Sean K - Jun 19, 2005 6:53:08 pm PDT #4420 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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.
Vonnie K - Jun 19, 2005 6:54:30 pm PDT #4421 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
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.
Lilty Cash - Jun 19, 2005 6:57:33 pm PDT #4422 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
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.
Lee - Jun 19, 2005 7:02:40 pm PDT #4423 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Lilty, I am not a comic book person at all, and I think that made me less squee-ey over the movie than most here. I did like it though, even if I didn't love it, and was not sorry I saw it.