Batman Begins
Could a movie possibly be any more “meh” than this one? Christian Bale plays an okay Batman. Michael Caine plays an okay Alfred. Liam Niesen plays an okay bad guy. Gary Oldman was okay. Katie Holmes was okay. Even the usual outstanding Morgan Freeman was … okay. It was an okay plot that is supposed to fill in some back story on how Bruce Wayne became Batman.
For some reason, you can’t be a superhero without spending some time in an Asian monastery studying martial arts. This is another case in point. And usually your teacher ends up as either a speak-from-the-dead mentor, or a bad guy. In this one, he’s a bad guy. And for all the supposed fighting, the frenetic jump cutting of the fight scenes makes you wonder whether they’re really doing anything at all.
Worth watching if you have nothing else to do.
p.s. the Batmobile really sucked.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
What? That Batmobile was the best part of the movie.
Cut a half-hour off of this one and it could have been so much better.
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I’m much more partial to the GTO style Batmobiles, not the Hummer kind.
I mean, I didn’t keep looking at my watch to see how much longer it had to go, but it didn’t seem like all that much happened.
Where are the supervillains? Don’t they get costumes?
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Oh man. It was so over the top and crazy, I couldn’t help but cackle in delight when I saw it.
Bruce Wayne is an extravagantly wealthy bastard. Extravagantly wealthy bastards drive Hummers. So, of course, Batman HAD to top all. He just had to.
Villain costumes are apparently passe. Should have just let Gary Oldman go batshit (no pun intended), The Professional-style.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:10 pm
But but but it’s supposed to be a Batmobile not a Battank. I mean, there’s a time and place for a Battank, just like there is for a Batcopter, Batboat, Batsub, Batcycle, and Batjet, but the streets of Gotham require turbine powered speed, not a desert storming stomper.
Extravagantly wealthy bastards don’t drive, they’re driven. Unless it’s a little two seat speedster like a Lamborghini or something. Or a Bat-lamborghini, I guess.
March 22nd, 2007 at 1:19 pm
The sheer ridiculousness of this conversation makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.