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Brian 04:46 pm UTC 04/20/07 |
| In reply to: | re: re: - rockfenris2005 07:47 am UTC 04/20/07 |
| I dunno, it doesnt place itself in any specific time (other than someone using a cell phone, but then again dick tracy always had a wrist video thing). its not as gothic as you might like but its more faithful to the comics and is just a good movie to boot. and the jokers not in it, its scarecrow and rhaz al ghul. but its certainly not crap any way you slice it. > > > > Who, besides maybe Joel Schumacher, would say Batman > > Begins is crap? Its by far the best 'comic book' movie > > ever made. > > I haven't seen the film so I don't know. Is it set in > modern-times? Why would you set it in modern time? I love > the Burton films because they're so mythic and operatic. I > mean, who could be a better musical villain than the > Joker? Danny DeVito's Penguin is the iconic grotesque, > like something out of Wagner, Michelle Pfeiffer's > Catwoman. "Batman Returns" is the most amazing gothic / > operatic film I've probably seen. Going modern and > realistic and less OTT than that wouldn't appeal to me. > But that's what I've heard. And, I'm sorry, I think Jack > Nicholson is irreplacable as the Joker. In my mind, no one > else could be more perfect in the part. I love Burton's > franchise, flaws and all, and I definitely see it being > the musical DEFINITELY with Steinman's music. > > If I enjoyed the Burton ones (don't care for the Shoemaker > ones) would I like this? > > | |
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