Ah. I thought I read somewhere that Rex Reed trashed Batman Begins, but idk about Armond White.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
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amyth - Jul 16, 2012 6:45:58 am PDT #21698 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2012 6:48:22 am PDT #21699 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can tell from your whitefont that they suggest you pee when Channing Tatum does something. That seems like a good idea. However, that seems to be the only thing I'd ever be interested in seeing his character do other than die quickly or let the door hit him where the good lord split him.
Choices are so complicated.
Matt, you saw Schindler's list with a girl date?
I love the premise that people will trust the runpee guy or people to say what's missable in a movie, or can be left to a brief summation. I'd think a community springs up around that, of people that share similar viewpoints on the diverse narratives. It's kinda cool.
Also, I have a hard time working out when in Prometheus is a pee point and what's not, but I'd just say--don't miss anything with David, because the performance was great, and don't miss anything with Captain Heimdall (did he have a name?) because he was hot, but you might as well pee any other time.
Connie, why wouldn't you use the website?
Jesse - Jul 16, 2012 6:57:59 am PDT #21700 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Matt, you saw Schindler's list with a girl date?
Oh yeah, I meant to comment on that, too!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 16, 2012 8:33:03 am PDT #21701 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, this was back in college when I was dating women (and being a perfect gentleman while doing so).
askye - Jul 16, 2012 8:45:14 am PDT #21702 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I had to pee during Star Trek, I waited until I couldn't stand it and ended up going right when Kirk is shot off to Hoth, or whatever their ice planet was called, and came back when he met up with Spock.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 16, 2012 10:18:06 am PDT #21703 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Perfect timing, bladder!
Strega - Jul 16, 2012 11:57:08 am PDT #21704 of 30000
I think if you dropped the Hong Kong trip and the thing with the hospital, you would have an absolutely killer 2-hour film.
I don't think that works without major rewrites. Or leaving a lot of weird plotholes, I guess.
The Hong Kong stuff could definitely be shorter; Nolan gets Soderbergh-y about explaining every detail with the ballerinas and airplanes and phones. But you have to retain the core: they go outside the law to get Lau. Unless that happens, the mob’s problem is the MCU, not Batman, and there's no reason to set the Joker after him.
I guess Batman could just say "You need that guy? I'll go get him." and cut to "Ta da!" But that’s probably not a crowd-pleasing move.
The hospital scene isn’t quite as critical, but without it the audience is going to have some questions: Why does Dent go after Gordon instead of the guy who actually made Rachel go boom? How does the Joker know for sure that Dent's gone bananas?
le nubian - Jul 16, 2012 1:53:20 pm PDT #21705 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So I just bought tix for TDKR (and showings are getting bought up)...I worked it out. We are seeing the 12:10 showing. I literally won't be going to sleep until 5 am, right?
3+ hours for the movie, previews, etc. another 30-60 minutes being up and restless. Holy crap.
Polter-Cow - Jul 16, 2012 1:56:17 pm PDT #21706 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I couldn't do that and still go to work in the morning, but I'm seeing it in IMAX Friday night.
§ ita § - Jul 16, 2012 1:58:27 pm PDT #21707 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Shit, I need to make that decision. I had requested the day off, but I have a software release at 5PM...LIFE WHY DO YOU HATE ME???
I actually told a business user it was Batman Day on Friday and nothing they were doing was important to Batman. I might have the entire day free due to unemployment at this rate.