I hate Batman Begins
For being so close to perfect and then fucking it all up at the end.
Also, never ever let me prep for a Batman movie by watching the Animated Series ever again. They'll never come closer to hitting the core of the character and its best to just go in clean and let whatever new interpretation they throw at you stand on its own.
Verdict after a day of thinking about it: Better than Batman, in many regards better than Batman Returns and Phantasm, but for a variety of reasons (mainly good dialogue) I think I still hold them in higher regard. The look of Batman Begins is flawless, but it has nothing even close to the Batman/Catwoman relationship/freak romance throughline of Returns. That shit fucks me up every time.
I have to go see Begins again, I know I do. And I'm going to really hate making myself do it. Want to go, Alex?
Also, never ever let me prep for a Batman movie by watching the Animated Series ever again. They'll never come closer to hitting the core of the character and its best to just go in clean and let whatever new interpretation they throw at you stand on its own.
Verdict after a day of thinking about it: Better than Batman, in many regards better than Batman Returns and Phantasm, but for a variety of reasons (mainly good dialogue) I think I still hold them in higher regard. The look of Batman Begins is flawless, but it has nothing even close to the Batman/Catwoman relationship/freak romance throughline of Returns. That shit fucks me up every time.
I have to go see Begins again, I know I do. And I'm going to really hate making myself do it. Want to go, Alex?
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I think the most important question you haven't yet answered is this: "Does Batman have nipples on his costume?"
Toby
Yes, yes I do. Saturday?
Oh, and my official posting on Begins is coming soon.
I'd also like to add that Batman Beyond has quite a few cool character bits as well. Particularly this exchange between Terry and Bruce about Terry's girl troubles.
(I'm doing this from memory, so it's not 100% accurate...)
Bruce: When I was younger, the most beautiful women in the world would throw themselves at my feet.
Terry: What did you do?
Bruce: I stepped over them.
Not Batman-related at all, but I just wanted to point out that Alex should be honored in some type of official ceremony for using "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart as his icon. Bonus points for you, friend.
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