Runtime:
140 minutes
Directed
by: Christopher Nolan
Starring:
Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy
From:
Warner Brothers
My
apologies for this going up a day late. My schedule was more
jam-packed than expected and the entire evening was taken up by a UFC
show that turned out to not be so good, especially the pay per view
version.
I
already talked about this movie on Friday and how I don't understand
why so many people love it. I'll try now to explain my opinion
without saying too much about the plot, even though most people have
already seen the film by now. It was interesting to see it on an IMAX
screen, I will admit that.
I'm
sure the plot is well-known by now: the title explains pretty well
that you see how Bruce Wayne became Batman, from him as a kid and his
parents getting killed by Joe Chill, to him going around the world as
an adult and meeting up with Ra's Al Ghul and the League of Shadows
to returning to Gotham and becoming the crime-fighting superhero
doing battle against the mob and other elements. Suddenly, a threat
comes and Batman has to do a lot to combat it.
After
seeing it on the big screen it's ultimately a movie I strongly
dislike. It's unfortunate as the Gotham presented here looks nice (I
don't know why the Gothams you see in all three movies look
noticeably different, as that's just dumb), the performers all try
their best with what they're given (even Holmes is better than
expected), and the general idea of the plot is certainly fine.
However,
what turns me off is that too many characters just act like
douches/real stupid, the fight scenes are horribly done to the point
you can barely make any of them out, and just too much makes zero
sense, especially the laughable third act. The Scarecrow as a
villain... come on now. I don't care about what he is in the comics,
some random idiot wearing a cloth sack on his head isn't a scary bad
guy to me; it just makes me laugh. And does more than half of the
dialogue need to come across as EPIC PROCLAMATIONS instead of
something that comes across as realistic and natural?
Yet,
many people love this, and Nolan as a director. I guess I'll never
get it. At least this film had a role for Rutger Hauer, but that's
definitely not enough.
With
my schedule, I am sure I'll be back tomorrow night with The Dark
Knight, a movie that I still enjoy despite itself.
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