BATMAN BEGINS in a nutshell:
End of Act 1: Wow! This is as good as big summer blockbusters get!
End of Act 2: Boy, they sure did hire a lot of great actors for supporting roles. Why did the process fail in the casting of Murphy and Holmes, who can't sell their roles? They're a negative, but I'm still enjoying the movie.
End of Act 3: Ugh; two solid thirds hurt by a final third that's just loud and ridiculous. And this movie could have been great.
Bits I liked, overall: Bale, Hauer, Caine, Freeman, Wilkinson, Oldman.
Bits I disliked, overall: Murphy, Holmes. The editing of the fight scenes (Why hire the Equilibrium guy if you aren't going to show us what he can do?). The downgrading of Sgt. Gordon to a goofball.
Verdict: Eh, it was ok.
Yeah you pegged it pretty good, but I have too say I loved it. I of course am biased because I have had love of superheroes for many years and I think this has the ability to lead to greater things. It reminds me of X-Men 1 which lead to the much better X-men 2.
ReplyDeleteI think it is the best batman so far and it could possibly lead to better. Did you notice that very few cast memebers were from the U.S.A..
Bale,Caine,Oldman,Wilkenson,Nolan:England
Neeson, Murphy: Ireland
Watanabe: Japan
Hauer:Netherlands
and I hear Holmes will not be back, so there is that to look forward too.
Well, you know, with that cast, I have high hopes for the next installment. I like to think of BATMAN BEGINS as Nolan knocking the rust off the franchise. Perhaps now he can have some fun with it.
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