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- tejastech08
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Re: The BATMAN Thread
Walmart has Batman Begins for 7.98 so i bought it...i've never seen it before so it better be good
if not i'm blaming tejastech08
That's a really good deal actually. And if you don't like it, you have no taste in movies. 
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Re: The BATMAN Thread
I think Bale is a better everything than Keaton, although his Batman growl did come off as goofy sometimes. But it almost made sense with the character, that Bruce wouldn't be a great actor wth his super-hero persona yet.
Keaton to me was never believable. Val Kilmer shits all over him.
The growl was weird to me at first too, but then by the end of the movie it really fit i thought.
His Bruce is amazing imo. He really plays the billionaire playboy well, way better than any of the former actors ever had. Val Kilmer was great as Batman. To me, Keaton and Clooney were too unbelievable. Their take on Batman was just missing a lot.
I think Bale whispering instead of the growl wouldn't be as good.
- tejastech08
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Communist China wrote:I think Bale is a better everything than Keaton, although his Batman growl did come off as goofy sometimes. But it almost made sense with the character, that Bruce wouldn't be a great actor wth his super-hero persona yet.
Keaton to me was never believable. Val Kilmer shits all over him.
The growl was weird to me at first too, but then by the end of the movie it really fit i thought.
His Bruce is amazing imo. He really plays the billionaire playboy well, way better than any of the former actors ever had. Val Kilmer was great as Batman. To me, Keaton and Clooney were too unbelievable. Their take on Batman was just missing a lot.
I think Bale whispering instead of the growl wouldn't be as good.
Well the growl works incredibly well when he is dealing with a criminal and trying to make them shit their pants, but I don't think it works as well when he's talking to his allies like Gordon or Rachel. His best voice in Batman Begins is the part where Rachel is drugged and he is talking to her in the Batcave. There's not as much growl, but it is still very well disguised to the point that I don't think she could tell he was Bruce. I wish he would use that version of it more often, but I certainly respect the hell out of Bale and Nolan for at least TRYING to make this shit somewhat realistic. I mean for this crap to work, even in a fictional world, you have GOT to disguise the voice. Otherwise it makes the other characters look like fools when they can't tell who Batman is.
- Communist China
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Oldman was good on Late Night and the clip of Gordon, Dent, and Batman on the roof was interesting too, I think it was new.
- tejastech08
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Oldman was good on Late Night and the clip of Gordon, Dent, and Batman on the roof was interesting too, I think it was new.
It's not "new" per se, but it is the highest quality of it I've seen. They released 12 clips a week or two ago. Conan had it running in high def so that was cool to see it in great quality. The Internet release of those clips was in fairly low quality. That particular clip feels like something out of L.A. Confidential. If Batman wasn't there, you'd never guess it's a superhero movie during that scene.
Re: The BATMAN Thread
I adore Bale's Batman and am excited as shit for The Dark Knight, but Keaton's Batman is legend. Don't forget that. They both play Batman so very differently, but really work best at making their prospective director's visions come alive on screen. Keaton would be unbelievable as Nolan's Batman, but he worked better in Burton's nightmarish, fairy tale landscape. Bale brings a weighty plausability to the role that fits Nolan's world perfectly.
So I'll be lining up sometime between 9 and 10 PM on Thursday for this one. Hope that's early enough. I can't believe the hype coming into this. I remember Batman Begins' midnight showings being half-full at best. Those were the days. It was as much a "cult" hit as a big budget superhero movie could be. A mid-$40 million opening. This one is like The Matrix Reloaded. The fanbase has grown so much more since people caught on to the sheer brilliance of Batman Begins after word-of-mouth and on DVD that the opening will be tremendous. I just hope it has the legs Batman Begins had. That was a rare summer-long hit.
- Communist China
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I adore Bale's Batman and am excited as shit for The Dark Knight, but Keaton's Batman is legend. Don't forget that.
Shitty legend then. I'm sorry, but Keaton sucked, Burton sucked, Nicholson was decent at best, and everything about Batman Returns is awful. There is no redeeming quality in that film.
Anyone watch Gotham Knight? I liked all but the first one, I think 2, 4, and 6 were the best. Some of those city shots were fantastic. And the featurette on Villains in Gotham on the bonus disc was pretty cool too.
- tejastech08
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I adore Bale's Batman and am excited as shit for The Dark Knight, but Keaton's Batman is legend. Don't forget that. They both play Batman so very differently, but really work best at making their prospective director's visions come alive on screen. Keaton would be unbelievable as Nolan's Batman, but he worked better in Burton's nightmarish, fairy tale landscape. Bale brings a weighty plausability to the role that fits Nolan's world perfectly.
So I'll be lining up sometime between 9 and 10 PM on Thursday for this one. Hope that's early enough. I can't believe the hype coming into this. I remember Batman Begins' midnight showings being half-full at best. Those were the days. It was as much a "cult" hit as a big budget superhero movie could be. A mid-$40 million opening. This one is like The Matrix Reloaded. The fanbase has grown so much more since people caught on to the sheer brilliance of Batman Begins after word-of-mouth and on DVD that the opening will be tremendous. I just hope it has the legs Batman Begins had. That was a rare summer-long hit.
Batman Begins opened on a Wednesday and already had $24 million in the bank before the weekend even started. So its legs are actually inflated compared to what they would be if it opened on a Friday. It would have made around $60-65 million if it opened on a Friday, giving it less impressive legs than people give it credit for. If TDK opens huge, then it is guaranteed to be a far bigger hit than Begins and that's all that matters. Legs won't be necessary.
