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[gloating]I know exactly what you mean about seeing the Serenity trailer, and let me tell you the movie is well worth it [/gloating]
Wednesday, June 29. 2005It seems Batman has begun(10:30:59) TML: Went to see Batman last night I had to stop and think about that for a minute. What *did* I think about this newest entry into the foray against "You can't make a good comic book into a good movie"? As I said to Curtis, I think part of the reason I didn't enjoy as much as some of you may have done is because the theatre we went to chose to show a trailer for Serenity before the movie started. This was a horrible, horrible mistake on their part, as I spent the first 15-20 minutes, and the last 45, of 'Batman Begins' thinking "I wish this were Serenity."
After I told Curtis what I thought, he pointed out:
Well, that's true, but it's a subject for another time. Suffice to say, I *am* picky. And I find myself less than fond of this film. Allow me to tell you what I enjoyed and didn't enjoy, without going into too much detail so that I don't spoil it for those of you who haven't seen it yet. First of all, I can't think of a single role in the film that wasn't excellently portrayed. I was more than pleased with the performances of Mssr.'s Caine, Bale, and Murphy. Once again, Gary Oldman floored me with his versatility. . .nearly the equal of Sir Ian McKellen, that one is. Even Katie Holmes left me pleasantly surprised: for once, I wasn't immediately thinking "Oh, look. It's that girl from that 'Darvin's Creek' show." The Director had a top notch crew working for him, and it's obvious that he has some long term plans for this proptery. However, unless David Goyer (the writer) gets his head on straight, I'm afraid I'm going to have to personally stop him before he destroys The Flash and Ghost Rider. Because it is my personal opinion that he is almost solely to blame for the failures in this movie. There's a scene, right around the middle of the movie, where we see Batman looking down on Gotham from a perch high above the city. It comes just as the character of Batman has really become solid in the minds of the town, as well as in the mind of Bruce Wayne himself. Right at that point in the movie, I found myself getting excited. "Wow! They've done it! They've pulled it off!" Unfortunately, I came to realize there was more symbolism in this scene than I had initally thought, because it is my opinion that this is the high point of the film. It's all downhill from this point. I can't say anything more specific about what I didn't like without giving away plot points. However, I can say that I felt like a REALLY GOOD writer wrote the first half of this film, and then he got busy doing something else, because the rest of the plot feels very rushed, half-hearted, and even disjointed in places. Acting: 7 of 10 (some of the ancillary "bad guys" were more one dimensional than the part seemed to call for, but the stars were truly "stars" here) Directing: 8 of 10 (I'm excited to see what Nolan does next) Tech: 5 of 10 (some of the science was too "psuedo-" for my taste. . .if you can't make it work with real science, stop trying to "explain" it and rely on people's "willing suspension of disbelief" to carry the point) Writing/Story: 3 of 10 Overall: From a purely mathematical standpoint, this would be a 5.75. However, we're talking about a movie about one of the most consistently brilliant and compelling comic books of all time. There was *so much* good material to pull from! A poor story is absolutely inexcusable. The writer destroyed what could have been a brilliant film. I'm giving it a 4. Trackbacks
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