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winterI need Batman icons. Lots of Batman icons. And Ducard ones.
I was a little worried about the movie, but Christopher Nolan did a bang-up job. There's this rhythm, this angle to the story that means you get right into it. You're not watching a popcorn flick or an elaborate over-the-top allegory, you're living the story. And that's very hard to do with a Batman movie.
It helped that the actors were awesome. About the only one I didn't care about was Katie Holmes, but that was mainly because her role was standard-feisty-chick, while she played opposite Bale's multi-layered complexity. I remain a staunch worshipper of Bale's acting skills: every role I see him in, he's different. I usually have trouble with actors who have distinctive looks (case in point: Elijah both in Eternal Sunshine and Sin City), in that it's hard for me to believe it's this or that person, and not the actor. Bale? Easy.
Though I have to say that he wasn't the hottest thing in the movie. That was Liam Neeson. Come on. Ninja! And that delightful hauteur, too.
With the back lineup being Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman, I didn't have to wonder why I liked it. But Rutger Hauer got a special squee the moment he showed up, because OMG Rutger!
I was very, very iffy on an Asian Ra's Al Ghul until the denouement. But the way it turned out, it was perfect: it's perfectly like Ra's to play mindgames like it. It also means that there's a possibility to bring his character back in further movies, because come on. He's left in a falling rail car more than 10 seconds before it hits the ground and skitters over the floor, without even exploding. Even if we're not taking comic!Ra's into account, it's movie canon that he's a ninja. No self-respecting ninja would be caught sustaining more than a couple of bruises in a stunt like this
Using Ra's as the villain also means I'm not that upset about Bruce leaving him to die, because he knew he wouldn't - it was more of a "this time, get yourself out of there". Because one thing I like about Batsy is how he saves everyone, good and evil. Altogether, Bale's Batman was way fun, with the right mix of darkness and Boys' Own Stories.
(And no, I didn't see any possibility for Ra's/Bruce slash. What three pages of notes? Move along, nothing to see, these are not the fic notes you're looking for...)
As for the rest, I didn't expect anything but the best performance from this cast, and everyone knows Batman movies rock where visuals are concerned.
In conclusion: NINJA!
I was a little worried about the movie, but Christopher Nolan did a bang-up job. There's this rhythm, this angle to the story that means you get right into it. You're not watching a popcorn flick or an elaborate over-the-top allegory, you're living the story. And that's very hard to do with a Batman movie.
It helped that the actors were awesome. About the only one I didn't care about was Katie Holmes, but that was mainly because her role was standard-feisty-chick, while she played opposite Bale's multi-layered complexity. I remain a staunch worshipper of Bale's acting skills: every role I see him in, he's different. I usually have trouble with actors who have distinctive looks (case in point: Elijah both in Eternal Sunshine and Sin City), in that it's hard for me to believe it's this or that person, and not the actor. Bale? Easy.
Though I have to say that he wasn't the hottest thing in the movie. That was Liam Neeson. Come on. Ninja! And that delightful hauteur, too.
With the back lineup being Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman, I didn't have to wonder why I liked it. But Rutger Hauer got a special squee the moment he showed up, because OMG Rutger!
I was very, very iffy on an Asian Ra's Al Ghul until the denouement. But the way it turned out, it was perfect: it's perfectly like Ra's to play mindgames like it. It also means that there's a possibility to bring his character back in further movies, because come on. He's left in a falling rail car more than 10 seconds before it hits the ground and skitters over the floor, without even exploding. Even if we're not taking comic!Ra's into account, it's movie canon that he's a ninja. No self-respecting ninja would be caught sustaining more than a couple of bruises in a stunt like this
Using Ra's as the villain also means I'm not that upset about Bruce leaving him to die, because he knew he wouldn't - it was more of a "this time, get yourself out of there". Because one thing I like about Batsy is how he saves everyone, good and evil. Altogether, Bale's Batman was way fun, with the right mix of darkness and Boys' Own Stories.
(And no, I didn't see any possibility for Ra's/Bruce slash. What three pages of notes? Move along, nothing to see, these are not the fic notes you're looking for...)
As for the rest, I didn't expect anything but the best performance from this cast, and everyone knows Batman movies rock where visuals are concerned.
In conclusion: NINJA!
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Date: 2005-07-23 11:21 am (UTC)I think that, overall, I fancied the villain more. But that's because Brucie-darling, as someone recently said, does not have issues, but lovingly bound collections. I think I need a new version of my Evil icon.
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Date: 2005-07-23 11:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-23 11:39 am (UTC)Which friend was that, for curiosity's sake? Just so I know who to curse ^_~
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Date: 2005-07-23 11:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-07-23 01:28 pm (UTC)And yes, it's soo slashy^^
*ignore the fic being written on her laptop*