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meepa · 07-04-2005, 12:09 AM

Just gonna spoiler tag the whole thing cause I'm lazy.

Spoiler: I thought the movie was great. Let me be the first to admit that I'm not very familiar with the comics at all. I've seen the movies, some cartoons, and the really old show when Batman wore a felt-costume and Robin had the "Holy super-pun, Batman!"

I'll say what I didn't like. Although I really liked the history of the man and his transformation, I had a hard time getting into the whole idea of a super-secret cult that has the power to bring down civilizations basically. From reading the posts here, I'm guessing this plot was in some of the books or comics or something and it's all fine~ that's cool. It's no worse than Arnold trying to freeze the whole city, but for a movie that did a good job of trying to make everything seem more "real", this was a little much for me.

I agree with what many already said about the fight scenes. Some were good because I think it emphasized the confusion and such that Wayne's training emphasized. But some also seemed sloppy.

I didn't notice the music in the movie AT ALL. So I guess I can't say that it sucked, but usually music enhances movies a lot. The Batman theme in the original was awesome and I would have liked something like that here.

As for his disgruntled voice when in the Batsuit... It didn't bother me. Maybe he was overdoing it some, but I just figured 1) he's trying to hide his identity and 2) he's trying to instill fear in his enemies. When he strings up that one crooked-cop and his grilling him, and he says "I swear to God", and Batman says "Swear to ME!!!"... Well I thought that was the sweetest part in the whole movie. Even I was like "Holy shit don't mess with that guy!"

07-04-2005, 12:09 AM	#136 (permalink)
meepa Insane	Just gonna spoiler tag the whole thing cause I'm lazy. Spoiler: I thought the movie was great. Let me be the first to admit that I'm not very familiar with the comics at all. I've seen the movies, some cartoons, and the really old show when Batman wore a felt-costume and Robin had the "Holy super-pun, Batman!" I'll say what I didn't like. Although I really liked the history of the man and his transformation, I had a hard time getting into the whole idea of a super-secret cult that has the power to bring down civilizations basically. From reading the posts here, I'm guessing this plot was in some of the books or comics or something and it's all fine~ that's cool. It's no worse than Arnold trying to freeze the whole city, but for a movie that did a good job of trying to make everything seem more "real", this was a little much for me. I agree with what many already said about the fight scenes. Some were good because I think it emphasized the confusion and such that Wayne's training emphasized. But some also seemed sloppy. I didn't notice the music in the movie AT ALL. So I guess I can't say that it sucked, but usually music enhances movies a lot. The Batman theme in the original was awesome and I would have liked something like that here. As for his disgruntled voice when in the Batsuit... It didn't bother me. Maybe he was overdoing it some, but I just figured 1) he's trying to hide his identity and 2) he's trying to instill fear in his enemies. When he strings up that one crooked-cop and his grilling him, and he says "I swear to God", and Batman says "Swear to ME!!!"... Well I thought that was the sweetest part in the whole movie. Even I was like "Holy shit don't mess with that guy!"