It's possible. I wouldn't say it bored me, but I thought it was vastly overrated. I was thrilled with the casting (Neeson, Caine, and Morgan Freeman are all personal favorites) and right in the middle of a huge obsession with comic books when I watched it.
But in the final analysis... not so impressed. Granted, I'm a Marvel Comics guy and Batman is DC, so maybe I was feeling some geek rivalry or something, but I honestly don't think I was being my contrarian self. It just left me cold.
Maybe Batman's too grim for me. I need my snappy dialogue. ;-)
Haven't actually gotten to see Iron Man yet. I've been spending all my money on Wii stuff instead of going to the theaters. ;-) But I plan to see it, and have high hopes for it...
Neeson, Caine, and Morgan Freeman made the movie at least worth seeing. I absolutely adored Neeson in that role.
My major problem with the movie was just pacing. Yes, I know it's the 'genesis of Batman' story, so there's going to be backstory before the action starts. But that doesn't mean it has to drag so much. Especially since he's training as a freaking ninja. Seriously, how could you take someone who has previously done very nifty sword-fighing scenes in Equilibrium, add them to Qui-Gon Jinn :p, and have them learning to be a ninja....and make it boring?!
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But in the final analysis... not so impressed. Granted, I'm a Marvel Comics guy and Batman is DC, so maybe I was feeling some geek rivalry or something, but I honestly don't think I was being my contrarian self. It just left me cold.
Maybe Batman's too grim for me. I need my snappy dialogue. ;-)
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I hope you at least liked Iron Man! :p
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My major problem with the movie was just pacing. Yes, I know it's the 'genesis of Batman' story, so there's going to be backstory before the action starts. But that doesn't mean it has to drag so much. Especially since he's training as a freaking ninja. Seriously, how could you take someone who has previously done very nifty sword-fighing scenes in Equilibrium, add them to Qui-Gon Jinn :p, and have them learning to be a ninja....and make it boring?!
I'm appalled. :o :p
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