Batman Begins

Alpha Sig Scott · #1 06-15-2005, 01:39 PM

New Batman movie opens today.

I've heard that the new one will be more dark like the original with Michael Keaton and Jack Nickolson. The other movies of the series got progressively more cheesy and garish (and not good garish like the TV show Batman)

Whoever the new villian is, it will be hard to top Jacks performance as "The Joker".

Alpha Sig Scott · #2 06-15-2005, 07:46 PM

Just got back from seeing Batman Begins.

It was quite good. The new villian (won't spoil it by telling you who it is) rivals Jacks performance as The Joker. It's a bit of a twist to find out who he is.

I think Christian Bale is by far the best actor to play Batman so far. All in all one of the better movies I've seen this summer.

kafromTN · #3 06-16-2005, 02:37 AM

I liked it a lot. Lived up to my expectations. I am glad they are doing another series.

-Mark

CSUSigEp · #4 06-16-2005, 07:41 AM

I saw it today and it is pretty damn good. I like how they delved into the story of Bruce Wayne more than the other films.

DeeGeePrincess · #5 06-17-2005, 08:45 PM

I saw it last nite.

To me it was ok. Maybe I went into with alot of expectations but compared to the other batman movies it was def. better.

ps. in the BAtman Forever (the one with JOKER) didnt they blame JOker for killing his parents??

pps christian bale...nice eye candy!!! his body was ripped!

Sistermadly · #6 06-18-2005, 05:15 AM

It was good... except whenever I saw Katie Holmes, I couldn't help wondering whether she and Pacey would end up together, or whether she'd run off with Dawson McForehead.

GeoffZ · #7 06-18-2005, 11:24 PM

I saw it tonight and enjoyed it. It's the best of the Batman movies so far. I liked that it was darker and smarter than the others. It's really entertaining.

aggieAXO · #8 06-19-2005, 12:36 AM

I guess I am in the minority. I thought it was ok. Christian Bale is hot, though when he put the mask on and talked I was wondering how many cigarettes he had to smoke to get his low raspy voice. I will always prefer Michael Keaton-I loved his eyes. Katie Holmes bugged me. The psychiatrist looked like a woman-way too much eyeliner.

midwesterngirl · #9 06-19-2005, 12:02 PM

Gary Oldman as Lt Gordon looks like ned Flanders.

jharb · #10 06-19-2005, 01:44 PM

I saw this movie Thursday and LOVED it! It was so good, although I felt some of the fight scenes weren't shot very well. I wouldn't mind seeing it again though!

Christian Bale is great, and I for once thought of Katie Holmes as someone other than Joey Potter!

Xylochick216 · #11 06-19-2005, 02:35 PM

I went (against my will) with my dad today, and actually liked it. I thought Christian Bale was amazing, and I agree with jharb about Katie Holmes. I loved Morgan Freeman, and the villain shocked me. It was definitely much better than the past few Batman movies.

GeoffZ · #12 06-19-2005, 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by aggieAXO
The psychiatrist looked like a woman-way too much eyeliner.

Yeah, I didn't like him at all. I couldn't take him seriously as a villian. He was much better in 28 Days Later.

Rudey · #13 06-20-2005, 09:00 AM

It was OK.

I think the best way to judge how a movie is going is to pay attention to people in the crowd and see how often they open their cell phones to check on the time. They did this more times than I can count for Batman.

Christian is my boy. He's one of my favorite actors and did a good job here.

It's funny how much time they spent on Bruce's early transition and how many evil villains they tried to cram in (3 big ones) as opposed to breaking it up more and not making it so jumbled.

And, as expected, it's just another big hollywood movie with a "no-surprises" script; heck I thought I was watching Spiderman.

-Rudey

epchick · #14 06-20-2005, 11:52 PM

I'm like xylochick. I pretty much went to go see it because I was bored and didn't want to stay at home (plus i had already told my brother yes before i knew we would see Batman).

To my surprise, I actually liked it. I don't remember the other batman movies, so I can't really compare Christian Bale to the other Batmans, but I remember that I did like when Val Kilmer played Batman..lol, don't ask me why.

The "Villian" was rather interesting, but the thing that really freaked me out was the psychiatrist and his "tool to help the crazy people" (lol, don't wanna give it away to those who haven't seen it). But that really creeped me out everytime he used it! lol.

I'd rate it a 3 out of 5 stars.

PureGoldF2K1 · #15 06-21-2005, 04:16 PM

Oh my God, I thought it was AMAZING. Best Batman movie (and I loved EVERY Batman movie...even the ones no one else liked) and one of my top favorite movies of all time now. I loved the story line, the action (Batmobile car chase??? lovvved it) and even Katie Holmes. I didnt think she would fit in, but she did a nice job. Christian Bale was great.

Someone else mentioned this too, but it bothered me too...it the first Batman movie, they definitely showed Jack Nicholson's well to do character as the one who killed Bruce Wayne's parents. In this movie, they showed some hobo. How could they miss that? Anyone?