Batman Begins

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Batman Begins

Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:40 pm

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Post by Kaylee » Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:44 pm

I hope its good. It's about time WB resurrected it after its shockingly bad treatment. Going to be good to see a comic book movie that doesn't rely on a cigar chomping wise-guy, the all american jock, the empathic one etc. etc. (Fantastic 4, X-Men, Hell Boy and so forth).

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Post by Best First » Mon Jun 13, 2005 3:42 pm

I'm off to see it on Friday.

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Post by Obfleur » Mon Jun 13, 2005 4:12 pm

I'll have to wait about 50 days more :(
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Post by snarl » Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:03 pm

Batman B-egg-ins? :o
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Post by IronHide » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:02 pm

Hope its as dark as the first one.

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Post by Guest » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:03 pm

IronHide wrote:Hope its as dark as the first one.
The one where the UN delegates got reduced to different coloured powders?

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Post by IronHide » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:05 pm

..................possibly.

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Post by Obfleur » Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:21 pm

Rebis wrote:
IronHide wrote:Hope its as dark as the first one.
The one where the UN delegates got reduced to different coloured powders?

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Post by Autobloke » Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:48 pm

Rebis wrote:The one where the UN delegates got reduced to different coloured powders? ;)
I love that film! I HAD to buy it on DVD.
I also liked 'Batman and Robin' - that Arnold, eh? He's a first class actor.
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Post by Guest » Wed Jun 15, 2005 7:39 pm

Interesting, I thought.

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Post by Professor Smooth » Thu Jun 16, 2005 2:44 pm

I don't have time for a full review so I'll just say the following things:

Best Batman movie ever.

Possibly the best superhero movie ever.

Kinda wished they'd pronounced Ra's and Falcone's names correctly though.

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Post by Autobloke » Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:50 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:Kinda wished they'd pronounced Ra's and Falcone's names correctly though.
How the hell do you mispronounce 'Ra'? :eyebrow:
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Post by Guest » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:50 pm

Autobloke wrote:
Professor Smooth wrote:Kinda wished they'd pronounced Ra's and Falcone's names correctly though.
How the hell do you mispronounce 'Ra'? :eyebrow:
Ra's al-Ghul is pronounced (in my head-to-alphabet, anyway) as Raish Al Goo Ull. Isn't it?

Falcone, I expect, would be pronounced as Fal Coe Knee, rather than Fal Cone? Haven't actually encountered that character's name audibly.

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Post by Señior's Covenant » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:57 pm

I'd think the same on both accounts. :up:
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Post by Guest » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:36 pm

It does tend to help when you were at college with a couple of people called Ra's and Ras, though. ;)

Humourous too, on the odd occasion.

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Post by Obfleur » Fri Jun 17, 2005 9:58 am

Professor Smooth wrote:I don't have time for a full review so I'll just say the following things:

Best Batman movie ever.

Possibly the best superhero movie ever.

Kinda wished they'd pronounced Ra's and Falcone's names correctly though.

See it.
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Post by the uiltmate prime fan » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:08 pm

i echo smooth's comments. best batman movie ever, tied for best comic movie with spiderman 2. mask of the phantasm was a great movie, but i liked this one more.
i had a longer, involved statement here, but it all comes down to this:

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Post by Obfleur » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:50 am

I saw it yesterday - and I loved it :up:
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Post by Darth Aux » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:30 pm

Nice review Shax'
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Post by Autobloke » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:36 pm

On a slight sideways note, I read a review of a tribute film to the camp Batman show. It's like a parody and has Amy Acker in it, I think.
Anybody else heard of this? The DVD review was in 'Model and Collectors Mart' magazine - they have a TF article in most issues too.
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Post by angloconvoy » Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:28 pm

Saw it, loved it, and for any londoners interested, the batman suit worn by christian bale in the movie is on display in hamleys for the next 5 weeks. Saw it yesterday, and it looks as good up close. Mind you, christian bale must be smaller than I thought.

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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Sun Jun 26, 2005 1:37 pm

christian bale went to school just down the road from me
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Post by shaxper » Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:17 pm

Darth Aux wrote:
Nice review Shax'
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Post by Best First » Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:24 pm

i thought it was frigging cool as.

def the best batman movie.

Altho the best comic book movie of all time is clearly Mallrats...
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Post by Stormwolf » Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:19 pm

This movie kicked more ass then the movies in 1989 and 1992.
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Post by Computron » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:05 am

This movie made me feel funny in my pants.

Could this movie have been better cast? Everyone was spot on.

Well save Katie Holmes. Tho I guess we gotta have the eye candy...

Anyways, Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane was perfect, Ra's was an intelligent cold hearted badass, and Christian Bale literally became Batman.
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Post by Obfleur » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:13 am

I loved the Scarecrow! I wanna see it again.
I loved how Scarecrow was introduced (or more like, the way he wasnt introduced).
I really thought the Scarecrow would be the main villain of the movie, and that the movie would center around him.
So I was really surprised :up:
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Post by shaxper » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:31 pm

Computron wrote:This movie made me feel funny in my pants.

Could this movie have been better cast? Everyone was spot on.

Well save Katie Holmes. Tho I guess we gotta have the eye candy...

Anyways, Scarecrow/Jonathan Crane was perfect, Ra's was an intelligent cold hearted badass, and Christian Bale literally became Batman.

You forgot Gary Oldman :)
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