Batman Begins - a few thoughts
I just saw Batman Begins last night for the first time. (shameful, I know, but I only saw 1 movie last summer due to... well... life)
I was very impressed.
I really loved how everything had a solid rationale behind it. The film builds up to Bruce Wayne becoming "Batman" step by step so that by the time he delivers the classic and required line from a Batman film - "Who are you?" "I'm BATMAN!" - the audience completely buys it.
Everything about it felt well-rounded to me. The Baddie wasn't a Comic Supervillain, but a much more realistic (in that Batman movie kinda way), and therefore sinister Baddie. The Girl wasn't really The Girl - she was more The Friend who stepped in to help Our Hero when she could. There was a history between her and Wayne, making their interest in each other far more understandable and believable than the typical, "Who is that masked man? I must have lots of sex with him!" that you hear from The Girl in other superhero movies.
There was practically no fantasy about it, and I really LOVED that.
I realized it wasn't a cartoon movie - it was film noir. It was a 21st century, modern special effects film noir. How awesome is that. Pretty damn awesome.
(of course, I mentioned this observation to hubby, and he responded, "what's film noir?" le sigh...)
I was very impressed.
I really loved how everything had a solid rationale behind it. The film builds up to Bruce Wayne becoming "Batman" step by step so that by the time he delivers the classic and required line from a Batman film - "Who are you?" "I'm BATMAN!" - the audience completely buys it.
Everything about it felt well-rounded to me. The Baddie wasn't a Comic Supervillain, but a much more realistic (in that Batman movie kinda way), and therefore sinister Baddie. The Girl wasn't really The Girl - she was more The Friend who stepped in to help Our Hero when she could. There was a history between her and Wayne, making their interest in each other far more understandable and believable than the typical, "Who is that masked man? I must have lots of sex with him!" that you hear from The Girl in other superhero movies.
There was practically no fantasy about it, and I really LOVED that.
I realized it wasn't a cartoon movie - it was film noir. It was a 21st century, modern special effects film noir. How awesome is that. Pretty damn awesome.
(of course, I mentioned this observation to hubby, and he responded, "what's film noir?" le sigh...)