tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555405196944746092.post1927495733811624385..comments2023-10-20T02:23:38.202-07:00Comments on Geeked: That Batman MovieKristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10231032292970942791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555405196944746092.post-68332557580429790652008-08-05T06:57:00.000-07:002008-08-05T06:57:00.000-07:00Great review, and hey, you gotta be critical on so...Great review, and hey, you gotta be critical on some points. People who review, their job is to be critical, point out flaws. <BR/><BR/>That being said, I definitely loved this film. But now that the shock and awe has worn off me after the midnight premier, I agree with pretty much everything you say.<BR/><BR/>granted, I didn't think much about Batman in this film. This felt like more of a story than a character film. Whereas the characters where simple parts of the plot that moved the story. It was the other way around with me for Hellboy 2.Andrennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079087380136661701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555405196944746092.post-65913104418427827782008-08-04T18:37:00.000-07:002008-08-04T18:37:00.000-07:00Ok, I'd agree that Joker was messing with Harvey, ...Ok, I'd agree that Joker was messing with Harvey, spinning his half fried brain out into crazy-ville by giving him the chaos speech. He deliberately spins the truth any way he can to frak with peoples heads (aka-the, 'you want to know how I got these scars?' speech). IMHO his plans were as intricate and complex as Batman's and they kept weaving in and out of each other the entire movie, much like a game of chess.<BR/><BR/>I was totally enamored with the movie and at 3am opening, very excited and very generous with my point of view. :) GF, you did have a good point with a Bat-plot for a whole other movie being his use of an OMAC like device to keep tabs on the world. It could've been a whole 'nuther movie but I think the less hardcore fan would be baffled at the lack of villian presence. That said, the comic geek/Batfan would gobble it up.<BR/><BR/>Loved the IMAX experience and the yummies at Jalisco's. Mostly it was nice to spend time with good people doing what I love. *smiles*<BR/><BR/>Promise to talk less next time!(I get very gabby in crowds of new cool people *grins*)Oracle_Batgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764431828142182477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555405196944746092.post-22688257923275097922008-08-04T16:39:00.000-07:002008-08-04T16:39:00.000-07:00Hanging out was the most fun part for me. =DWe wil...Hanging out was the most fun part for me. =D<BR/><BR/>We will talk about the movie (finally) on Wednesday. Now that you've seen it we can talk about it without you getting all spoiled.Mike Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613018407883090887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555405196944746092.post-26352248502800292292008-08-04T12:48:00.000-07:002008-08-04T12:48:00.000-07:00I think the biggest problem with talking about TDK...I think the biggest problem with talking about TDK is that it's been praised so much and the hype is so unbelievable that it makes it almost impossible not to talk about the numerous flaws in such a "perfect" movie.<BR/><BR/>So, while everyone and their mother loves the movie, actually sitting down to talk about it ends up being a, "well, this and this and that and then this were all pretty bad", simply because there's nothing else to say that hasn't been said before or doesn't consist of, "ZOMG WTF BBQ THAT WAS AWESOME". <BR/><BR/>Like, take the Joker, for instance. His big speech is about how he doesn't have plans and that the police and Batman are the only ones with plans. This from ag uy that coordinated a bank robbery at the start of the film that saw the getaway bus drive through the building at the exact moment his henchman turned on him and kills him and then, once the bus is loaded, he drives out into the middleo fhte street into a perfectly planned opening in the school buses to make his getaway.<BR/><BR/>Later, he has the foresight to plant a cell phone bomb in a guy's stomach, planted bombs in a hospital AND on not one, but two separate boats (somehow knowing theyd be used once the bridges were shut down).<BR/><BR/>Hell, Joker in this movie has more prep time than any Batman comic known to man and his every action is planned with the utmost precision.<BR/><BR/>But he's an agent of chaos and has no plans....right.<BR/><BR/><BR/>It's simple things like these that just stand out the minute you sit down to try and review the movie. Even though you loved it and want to see it again and so on, it's hard to discuss it without realizing the sheer number of plotholes and mistakes in the film. <BR/><BR/>It's almost like you are compelled to point these out to somehow disprove the whole "greatest movie EVAR" hype that's permeating the internet.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's how crappy movies have been over the past several years that makes the quality starved masses go apeshit over TDK and had it atop the greatest movies ever lists. I know I loved it, but it wasn't THAT great a movie.Kirk Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00458175001451977684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555405196944746092.post-82279915420168334252008-08-04T12:22:00.000-07:002008-08-04T12:22:00.000-07:00. . . I'm a terrible person that I have to say 'if.... . . I'm a terrible person that I have to say 'if I didn't criticize it, that was praise'. Note to self: be more positive! I did have my Writer Brain on, damn me. Going with all you guys and hanging out for it was the best part, imo.<BR/><BR/>The effects were all astonishing. Truck flip was fan<I>tastic</I>. I really enjoyed al lthe special effects--especially the seamless blend of old and new schools. Very, very nice.<BR/><BR/>And dude, who could pass up flipping a truck for real? No one in their right mind!Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231032292970942791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555405196944746092.post-18036065532519748772008-08-04T12:14:00.000-07:002008-08-04T12:14:00.000-07:00I'm with Eddie here...you went into the movie with...I'm with Eddie here...you went into the movie with your writer brain on. Still, I'm glad that you finally saw it and that we could all share inyour experience.<BR/><BR/>No praise for the Two-Face effects? The old-school special effects - the truck flip, the hospital explosion, all done for real - were impressive in this CGI-heavy age.<BR/><BR/>Steph's fav scene was the police station, too.Elwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00025147948683497899noreply@blogger.com