Zed-F Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Saw it. Liked it. Ra's Al Ghul was the best-portayed Bat-villain yet. Even if he did get a little too wacky toward the end, for at least the first half of the movie you could almost believe someone like that could actually exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fry Daddy Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins I saw it last night on the IMAX screen. Very good. Blows away the other four combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Saw it. Liked it. Ra's Al Ghul was the best-portayed Bat-villain yet. Even if he did get a little too wacky toward the end, for at least the first half of the movie you could almost believe someone like that could actually exist. Ra's Al-Ghul is in it? Okay, apparently the reviewer in the paper I read didn't catch that part; he said there wasn't a 'costumed villain' in the whole movie. I suppose Ra's didn't actually wear a costume, per se, but he still qualifies as a supervillain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhamin Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Well, he does wear the "mysterious far eastern secrect-society member" costume for most of the middle of the film. And how can anybody miss the Scarecrow? If a guy running around with a burlap sack on his head chucking weaponized fear powder at people doesn't count as a costumed villian then I'm not sure what the bar is anymore....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Well, he does wear the "mysterious far eastern secrect-society member" costume for most of the middle of the film. And how can anybody miss the Scarecrow? If a guy running around with a burlap sack on his head chucking weaponized fear powder at people doesn't count as a costumed villian then I'm not sure what the bar is anymore....... They said that the closest thing to a costumed villain was a psychiatrist putting on a scarecrow mask for a couple of minutes to traumatize his patients. Guess he wasn't paying a lot of attention. Still ... I'm iffy on it. I tend to prefer 'fantastic' movies to 'realistic' movies, though. This one may be far too gritty and dark for me to want to watch it (Yes, I actually LIKED Batman and Robin. I love bad puns). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Absolutely incredible story and utterly amazing acting in this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yogzilla Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Saw it, loved it!! Plan to see it again!! You will believe a man can... um... bat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Well, he does wear the "mysterious far eastern secrect-society member" costume for most of the middle of the film. And how can anybody miss the Scarecrow? If a guy running around with a burlap sack on his head chucking weaponized fear powder at people doesn't count as a costumed villian then I'm not sure what the bar is anymore....... It's obvious that the reviewer's only exposure to Batman was either the Joel Schumacher travesties or the old TV show where the villains all dressed in bright primary colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loraxxx Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Still ... I'm iffy on it. I tend to prefer 'fantastic' movies to 'realistic' movies' date=' though. This one may be far too gritty and dark for me to want to watch it (Yes, I actually LIKED Batman and Robin. I love bad puns).[/quote'] NO SOUP FOR YOU!!--YOU COME BACK, 3 MORE SEQUELS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins I quite enjoyed it. I think Ken Watanabi was under used, but it was appropriate concidering the "misdirection" theme. If you haven't seen The Last Samurai. You are doing yourself a great dissearvice. Awesome movie and I may see it again. After "Layered Cake" QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed-F Posted June 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins I thought as a villain the Scarecrow was rather lame. Definitely a one-trick pony; get around his gimmick, and he's basically a wimp with no combat ability whatsoever. Of course I haven't read any comics featuring him, so maybe he's supposed to be that way. Ra's Al Ghul was tres cool, however. They made him a wacked-out social engineer instead of a wacked-out ecologist, and it strengthened the character IMHO. Classic "no-one could have survived that!" moment as well. Batman himself was quite well done as well. Especially the 'persistence in the face of setbacks and adversity' bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herolover Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 Re: Batman Begins I quite enjoyed it. I think Ken Watanabi was under used, but it was appropriate concidering the "misdirection" theme. If you haven't seen The Last Samurai. You are doing yourself a great dissearvice. Awesome movie and I may see it again. After "Layered Cake" QM Completely agree. I was hopping to seem more of Mr. Wantabi. As for Batman Begins....well, I never thought I would say this, but it might just beat the Keaton Batman's. I always liked the Keaton Batman's but wow. Batman Begins is....wow. Can't wait to see it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karma Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Ra's Al-Ghul is in it? Okay' date=' apparently the reviewer in the paper I read didn't catch that part; he said there wasn't a 'costumed villain' in the whole movie. I suppose Ra's didn't actually wear a costume, per se, but he still qualifies as a supervillain![/quote'] And possibly he missed the bit where Dr Icabod Crane puts a sack over his head, uses 'fear gas' and became Scarecrow. He only did it 4, maybe 5 times (of course he only started refer to himself that way until the end and you probably need to know the subject material to get the reference so I suppose he's forgiven). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Re: Batman Begins odd thing about this movie was how umm british it was obviously it was an american story set in an american city but most of the main cast where from somewhere in the United Kingdom or Eirenot only that but the bat mobile wa sbuilt from the ground up here. not to mention stately wayne manor which i think is the same house used for tomb raider . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Completely agree. I was hopping to seem more of Mr. Wantabi. As for Batman Begins....well, I never thought I would say this, but it might just beat the Keaton Batman's. I always liked the Keaton Batman's but wow. Batman Begins is....wow. Can't wait to see it again. Oh, this blows away the Keaton Batman, which wasn't that bad. Put it this way, I'd recommend this film even to people who aren't fanboys, and I wouldn't say that about Star Wars Episode III, which I liked. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Oh, this blows away the Keaton Batman, which wasn't that bad. Put it this way, I'd recommend this film even to people who aren't fanboys, and I wouldn't say that about Star Wars Episode III, which I liked. JG - Definitely not a Batman fanboy and I thought it was fantastic. - Speaking of SW, I've seen Batman twice now and during my second viewing, while watching Ducard's training of Bruce, I actually caught myself thinking that if Liam Neeson was this good and had this kind of dialogue in SW, then the prequels might have turned out completely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted June 17, 2005 Report Share Posted June 17, 2005 Re: Batman Begins - Definitely not a Batman fanboy and I thought it was fantastic. - Speaking of SW, I've seen Batman twice now and during my second viewing, while watching Ducard's training of Bruce, I actually caught myself thinking that if Liam Neeson was this good and had this kind of dialogue in SW, then the prequels might have turned out completely different. I already knew he was that good- just as I knew Natalie Portman and Samuel L. Jackson were that good. So if they come across as flat, blame the director.... JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Archeville Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Re: Batman Begins And possibly he missed the bit where Dr Icabod Crane puts a sack over his head' date=' uses 'fear gas' and became Scarecrow. He only did it 4, maybe 5 times (of course he only started refer to himself that way until the end and you probably need to know the subject material to get the reference so I suppose he's forgiven).[/quote'] Jonathan Crane, actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Re: Batman Begins The best part: The acting, hands down. Four cast members were oscar nominees (or winners). This was by far the most watchable comic book based movie for a non fan. Even my mom enjoyed it to the point that she didn't regret not seeing some pants sisterhood movie (which I surmise did not have anything to do with comics). The second best part: Now we know where "he gets all those marvelous toys" The ending (and clear tie-in to the possible sequel) was pure comics "tune in next time...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Cross Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Re: Batman Begins It's funny,but I can't find anybody who dislikes Batman Begins.It's good to see that DC has started making great superhero movies again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted June 22, 2005 Report Share Posted June 22, 2005 Re: Batman Begins I like the explaination of the calling card too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Just got back from seeing it. One word...... WOW. As close to perfect as any superhero movie Ive ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent X Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Re: Batman Begins Just got back from seeing it. One word...... WOW. As close to perfect as any superhero movie Ive ever seen. I thought Spider-Man was closer to perfection but hey, I liked both movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamashii2000 Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Re: Batman Begins I thought as a villain the Scarecrow was rather lame. Definitely a one-trick pony; get around his gimmick, and he's basically a wimp with no combat ability whatsoever. Of course I haven't read any comics featuring him, so maybe he's supposed to be that way. Actualy as far as I have ever been able to tell, that pretty much sums up Scarecrow perfectly. Every time Batman has faced him in the comics it works pretty much like it did in the film. Batman gets hit with the fear, gets over it,then beats Scarecrow into the ground. They need to rework his character a bit in the comic.. like they did with the Riddler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamashii2000 Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 Re: Batman Begins It's funny' date='but I can't find anybody who dislikes Batman Begins.It's good to see that DC has started making great superhero movies again.[/quote'] Yep, this film almost made me forgive them for Catwoman Almost... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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