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.
...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!
Spike ,'Selfless'
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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.
Gris - Jun 19, 2005 7:06:07 pm PDT #4424 of 10002
Hey. New board.
My dad would give me a funny look at the implication that he might even conceivably ever read a book made almost entirely of pictures, and he talked to me about how much he liked the movie (specifically, he mentioned the acting an awful lot) for several minutes during our Fathers Day Phone call.
And my sister, equally a comic virgin, saw it for the second time today and loved it again.
So, yeah. It's good without the cred.
Aims - Jun 19, 2005 7:39:15 pm PDT #4425 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I thought the Pengiun and Catwoman were... well.. OK, maybe not scary, but completely uncompromising. Which is as good as scary in my book.
ITA. Not that I scared of Catwoman, but hey, if I met her in a dark alley, I'd make sure I had some catnip. And Penguin, freaked my shit out. Loved Danny DeVito.
I need to see this again. And again. And again.
ita, busy next weekend???
Gandalfe - Jun 19, 2005 7:48:14 pm PDT #4426 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I never watched Dawson's Creek. My introduction to Katie Holmes was in Go!, which may dispose me more kindly to her.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 19, 2005 8:30:17 pm PDT #4427 of 10002
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
For me, Katie Holmes character validated itself with the scene in the car, after Chill has been killed and Bruce shows her his gun. She slaps him and it's so right. A male DA in that scene just wouldn't have worked.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2005 9:04:36 pm PDT #4428 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, just because I want to flaunt esoteric knowledge -- the handgun that Bruce took to the courthouse to kill Joe Chill with was a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 Special, a revolver that was developed especially for Air Marshall program, and is notable for only holding five rounds in its cylinder, instead of the usual six in most other revolvers.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 19, 2005 9:08:50 pm PDT #4429 of 10002
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Sean, are you geeking again?
Sean K - Jun 19, 2005 9:12:30 pm PDT #4430 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yes. On guns, of all things.
Polter-Cow - Jun 19, 2005 9:16:28 pm PDT #4431 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Is that...relevant in any way, or is it just trivia?
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 19, 2005 9:32:14 pm PDT #4432 of 10002
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Careful, P-C, you may derail Seany in one of his headlong geek charges.
Oh, and to keep a sense of continuity with the last few days of posts - Yay Batman.