Comments on: Batman Begins a New Franchise? http://closetscifigeek.com/2006/07/30/batman-begins-a-new-franchise/ science fiction news and reviews for closet nerds Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: flexnfx http://closetscifigeek.com/2006/07/30/batman-begins-a-new-franchise/comment-page-1/#comment-99 flexnfx Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:26:43 +0000 http://closetscifigeek.com/2006/07/30/batman-begins-a-new-franchise/#comment-99 I remember when Michael Keaton was picked to play Batman back in the eighties. Prior to viewing Burton's Batman, I thought Keaton was a strange choice to play the caped-crusader, but once I saw the movie, thought (and still think Keaton is THE BEST of the batch). Kilmer is my #2 and Clooney...well I just like to pretend did not exist (dear god he was awful, but so was everything and everyone in the Batman and Robin disaster). I liked Bale and feel he is right for the latest take on the series. www.flexfiles.blogspot.com I remember when Michael Keaton was picked to play Batman back in the eighties. Prior to viewing Burton’s Batman, I thought Keaton was a strange choice to play the caped-crusader, but once I saw the movie, thought (and still think Keaton is THE BEST of the batch).

Kilmer is my #2 and Clooney…well I just like to pretend did not exist (dear god he was awful, but so was everything and everyone in the Batman and Robin disaster).

I liked Bale and feel he is right for the latest take on the series.

http://www.flexfiles.blogspot.com

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Two roles that were cast so perfect it was scary, Gary Oldman as Lt. Gordon and Michael Caine as Alfred. They looked and acted as if they had always been in their roles.

]]> By: stephanie http://closetscifigeek.com/2006/07/30/batman-begins-a-new-franchise/comment-page-1/#comment-96 stephanie Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:30:15 +0000 http://closetscifigeek.com/2006/07/30/batman-begins-a-new-franchise/#comment-96 I didn't like Holmes either. She just looked like a wide-eyed child throughout the whole thing and had no *presence* as a full-fledged woman. Think about the great actresses they had in the old Batman movies: Kim Basinger, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman, and Uma Thurman. Now there are some fantastic women! I didn’t like Holmes either. She just looked like a wide-eyed child throughout the whole thing and had no *presence* as a full-fledged woman.

Think about the great actresses they had in the old Batman movies: Kim Basinger, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman, and Uma Thurman. Now there are some fantastic women!

]]> By: Mirtika http://closetscifigeek.com/2006/07/30/batman-begins-a-new-franchise/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Mirtika Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:13:09 +0000 http://closetscifigeek.com/2006/07/30/batman-begins-a-new-franchise/#comment-95 Katie Holmes was a bag of cement in this movie. She didn't add spark, chemistry, or anything remotely resembling charisma. Bale, on the other hand, is so watchable. I liked the change in his voice--it seemed like suppressed rage and madness, and that worked for me. Watching Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman,well, those guys are just talented, period. And Morgan Freeman is one of my top-fave actors, so I'd watch him in anything. I liked the film, but wondered, like you, why the praise seemed so over-the-top. It's a watchable movie and Bale is wonderful, but it's not...well...I don't know, it didn't rise as high as the reviews claimed. But I'd love to see Bale do Batman again. Only I hope they ditch Holmes. What an overrated chick. I'm starting to feel like I'm picking on my gender--first Alba, then Holmes--but really, if they can cast a Caine and a Freeman, couldn't they find in the whole of the US a pretty actress who could keep up with Bale? Mir Katie Holmes was a bag of cement in this movie. She didn’t add spark, chemistry, or anything remotely resembling charisma.

Bale, on the other hand, is so watchable. I liked the change in his voice–it seemed like suppressed rage and madness, and that worked for me.

Watching Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman,well, those guys are just talented, period. And Morgan Freeman is one of my top-fave actors, so I’d watch him in anything.

I liked the film, but wondered, like you, why the praise seemed so over-the-top. It’s a watchable movie and Bale is wonderful, but it’s not…well…I don’t know, it didn’t rise as high as the reviews claimed. But I’d love to see Bale do Batman again. Only I hope they ditch Holmes. What an overrated chick.

I’m starting to feel like I’m picking on my gender–first Alba, then Holmes–but really, if they can cast a Caine and a Freeman, couldn’t they find in the whole of the US a pretty actress who could keep up with Bale?

Mir

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