movies

[Superorganism]

I watched TDK a couple days ago. It’s good but not as good as I remember. If not a little…sterile feeling. If I could take that Ledger performance and stick it in The Batman’s universe. I’d be very, very happy.

[CardsofSTL]

Yeah, I love The Batman. I agree that the Riddler performance wasn't great once the mask came off, but that's just about my only quibble.

The Batman is the best origin story of Bruce Wayne I've seen in a movie. I LOVE that they brought back "weird/awkward bruce" like Michael Keaton in Batman '89. I also loved the more grounded/brutal combat mixed in with actual detective work - it's the perfect mix for the Batman universe. Additionally, I'm a sucker for movies with great cinematography and The Batman is easily the best looking super hero movie of all time. Gotham has never looked so good. Oh... and the batmobile is the best ever.

Before this movie Batman 89 was my favorite Batman movie. I can understand liking Nolan films more and I think they are good, but IMO they are mildly overrated. The Nolan films are more action oriented and the pacing is tighter, but The Batman is the better *batman* film. IMO the highs of The Batman are way higher than any highs in the Nolan films. Maybe the Nolan Joker scenes are on par but that's about it.

I agree on the quality of the cinematography...and I am not disrespecting the film at all; I thought it was good. I think 1989 is still my favorite Batman movie. I enjoyed the Dark Knight Trilogy well enough but those movies never replaced the original one for me. I just had a couple of qualms...really I need to wait and watch it again in a few months. I prefer seeing a movie a couple of times before really giving it a final rating/review.

[Michael]

I didn't take it as you disrespecting the movie at all (although I have no problem if you do). I also totally understand anyone who is lukewarm on it. It seems to be kind of divisive. I will say The Batman holds up really well on repeat viewings.

[go birds]

I'm a Ti West guy and i really liked X, but it's definitely not my favorite of his movies.

If i'm being completely honest, i'm not sure what the point was.

[mikechamp]

I need to try and watch The Batman when I'm not tired. I tried watching it last night, and fell asleep about 1 hour in. What I did see felt like a darker re-enactment of various parts of the Nolan Batman movies.

And while I am not opposed to long movies, 3 hours? Really? I guess so... but I can't say I'm going into a re-viewing with much enthusiasm about devoting 1/8 of a day to this movie.

[Jocephus]

[BottenFieldofDreams]

Pig is great. Just learned it was filmed around here but didn't know much about it. It's a cool, very interesting/refreshing take on John Wick or one of the 85 Liam Neeson is old/mad films.

A whole other Cage-centric level I missed was discussed here:
https://youtu.be/MqPSQnNhEiI

[ghostrunner]

Went to see The Northman on Saturday. I think it's Robert Eggers' most accessible movie yet, though there's a good dose of his usual weird stuff. Lots of action. Probably my least favorite of the 3 he's done so far, just because I feel somewhat like I've seen versions of this before. It's based on the same story as Hamlet, so it's like a blend of that, Valhalla Rising, and the better parts of different episodes of Vikings.

I like that Eggers always drops in supernatural or fantastical elements without much explanation or elaboration. Without saying too much, I'd say it's between The Witch and The Lighthouse on that score.

[Fat_Bulldog]

I just watched "The Lobster" with Colin Farrell over the weekend. What a [expletive] up movie.

[go birds]

did i hear about the podcast The Rewatchables here? If not, it's a good podcast by Bill Simmons who is actually a pretty likable dude when he's not waxing poetic about boston sports.

Anyway, i'm listening to the Austin Powers episode and absolutely loving it because:

1) they talk about So I Married An Murderer--my favorite movie of all time that alot of people either haven't watched or even heard of
2) they drop an interesting nugget--apparently there was a huge rift between Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey that i had never heard of. in fact they apparently hated each other. Dr. Evil is based off of a Lorne Michaels impersonation that Dana Carvey would do behind the scenes of SNL. Also according to simmons, Meyers is very difficult to work with, which is something i found to be unexpected.

Anyway, interesting stuff.