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.
What'd you all order a dead guy for?
Jayne ,'The Message'
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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
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.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2005 9:42:59 pm PDT #4433 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Is that...relevant in any way
Well, if you're being hunted by a guy who's carrying a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 special, and he's got you pinned down, but he's fired five shots at you, I guess it would suddenly be some pretty relevant information.
It's all situational, really.
tiggy - Jun 20, 2005 2:17:12 am PDT #4434 of 10002
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Lilty, i have no comic book cred at all and i adored the movie. i want to go see it again right now. all the things you said you wanted to see are there.
you should definitely go see it.
Nutty - Jun 20, 2005 4:27:46 am PDT #4435 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I saw the other Christian Bale movie, Howl's Moving Castle, and liked it very much. It's considerably more western and conventionally-plotted than other Miyazaki movies I've seen, but a good story well-told. Also, surprisingly funny. Perhaps coincidentally, Bale plays two different self-involved, melodramatic superheroes in one weekend. Except that Batman doesn't have an excessive devotion to hair dye, and he does not swoon and ooze slime when he doesn't get his way. I hope.
Anyway, fun movie, seen in the restored Coolidge Corner theatre, all bright colors and art-deco brass relief figures of the Greek pantheon. Half the theatre was children and the other half Miyazaki-attuned adults, and both halves of the audience enjoyed themselves.
Kate P. - Jun 20, 2005 4:37:40 am PDT #4436 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
"Would you like to see my mask?"
Which made me think, "How do you like my darkness now?"
Heh. It made me think, "'Would you like to see my mask? It raises the dead.' Bloody Americans."
I tried to see Howl's Moving Castle yesterday, but was thwarted, first by Boston traffic/roadsigns/blockades, and then by my own inability to finish my laundry in time to catch the 7pm showing in Northampton. Hopefully it'll be there for a couple of weeks. I loved the book, and I've really liked everything of Miyazaki's I've seen. And Christian Bale and Lauren Bacall among the voices? Double-plus good.