First shot of Christian Bale in 'Batman Begins'

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-04-06 02:04pm

I expect this Batman to be a huge letdown.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-04-06 02:06pm

verilon wrote:I expect this Batman to be a huge letdown.

Just like the last.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-04-06 02:08pm

YT300000 wrote:
verilon wrote:I expect this Batman to be a huge letdown.
Just like the last.

No, I mean more so than Forever.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-04-06 02:14pm

verilon wrote:
YT300000 wrote:
verilon wrote:I expect this Batman to be a huge letdown.
Just like the last.
No, I mean more so than Forever.

Is that even possible?

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-04-06 02:16pm

Dahak wrote:Is that even possible?

With a Batmobile that looks like that, I think so. One plus to Forever is that some of them could actually act (i.e., Silverstone and Thurman).

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-04-06 02:58pm

Batman and Robin was the last Batman movie. Thurman and Silverstone weren't in Forever.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-04-06 03:20pm

neoolong wrote:Batman and Robin was the last Batman movie. Thurman and Silverstone weren't in Forever.

Err.. that's what I meant. >_> My memory screwed up. Dunno why I thought Forever. Grr.

Sam Or I · Post by **Sam Or I** » 2004-04-06 03:36pm

I have not heard anything about Berry.

Heres what I have from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/

Ken Watanabe .... Ra's Al Ghul
Michael Caine .... Alfred Pennyworth
Katie Holmes .... Rachel Dodson
Cillian Murphy .... Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Christian Bale .... Bruce Wayne/Batman
Morgan Freeman .... Lucius Fox
Liam Neeson .... Henri Ducard
Gary Oldman .... Lt. James Gordon

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-04-06 05:13pm

verilon wrote:
Dahak wrote:Is that even possible?
With a Batmobile that looks like that, I think so. One plus to Forever is that some of them could actually act (i.e., Silverstone and Thurman).

The only thing that kept me alive through that movie was Chris O'Donnell in that Robin-outfit

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2004-04-06 05:15pm

Christian bale is lookin alot like peter north there, but on to the important topic, wow, the batmobile looks messed up. I hope they scrap using that for the batmobile before the movie is finished. perhaps they could let him run around on a tricicle because even that would be more acceptible then that penis compensator. whos the director of this movie anyways?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-04-06 05:21pm

aphexmonster wrote:Christian bale is lookin alot like peter north there, but on to the important topic, wow, the batmobile looks messed up. I hope they scrap using that for the batmobile before the movie is finished. perhaps they could let him run around on a tricicle because even that would be more acceptible then that penis compensator. whos the director of this movie anyways?

check the IMDB link that's provided. the director is Christopher Nolan.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-04-06 05:27pm

Dahak wrote:
verilon wrote:
Dahak wrote:Is that even possible?
With a Batmobile that looks like that, I think so. One plus to Forever is that some of them could actually act (i.e., Silverstone and Thurman).
The only thing that kept me alive through that movie was Chris O'Donnell in that Robin-outfit

Hehehe.. ^^; -agrees-

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-04-06 05:38pm

verilon wrote:
neoolong wrote:Batman and Robin was the last Batman movie. Thurman and Silverstone weren't in Forever.
Err.. that's what I meant. >_> My memory screwed up. Dunno why I thought Forever. Grr.

Because the title actually makes sense.

Really, they don't title the movie that introduces Robin as Batman and Robin? Yet they title the movie where he becomes Nightwing as Batman and Robin? What the hell?

And with the addition of another hero with bat in the name, Batman Forever would have made more sense as the title of the last one.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2004-04-06 07:28pm

neoolong wrote:
verilon wrote:Batman and Robin was the last Batman movie. Thurman and Silverstone weren't in Forever.
Err.. that's what I meant. >_> My memory screwed up. Dunno why I thought Forever. Grr.

Probably becaue bad movies tend to blur together in the memory.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2004-04-06 10:52pm

Wow, fear the Batlawnmower from hell.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-04-06 11:02pm

Sam Or I wrote:Michael Caine .... Alfred Pennyworth

That's the cleverest thing to come out of this movie IMO.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-04-06 11:16pm

verilon wrote: With a Batmobile that looks like that, I think so. One plus to Forever is that some of them could actually act (i.e., Silverstone and Thurman).

You're kidding right?

Thurman was absolutely horrible hamming it up as Poison Ivy (and wasn't she in Batman & Robin not Batman Forever).

They've had a lot of decent actors in the movies but they either let them or encouraged them to ham it up. Jim Carey was a ham from the moment they introduced Edward Nigma and Tommy Lee Jones kept trying to one up him when he should have been playing Two Face straight. Things just went down hill with the next movie, the only thing I thought was tolerable was Arnold as Mr. Freeze amd thats only took his horrible puns as a sort of gallows humor. Really the only thing good about that movie was the freeze ray effect.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2004-04-06 11:21pm

I guess I'm the only one who doesn't mind the new Batmobile. It's not as good as the BTAS one, for sure, but it's not bad. It's basically the same one as in Dark Knight Returns, which is fine by me.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-06 11:28pm

Arnold would have been okay as Mr. Freeze had the character and the costume been played straight.

Shumacher made a horrible choice when he decided to make his two films purposely campy, since coming right off Burton's films, they were like an insult.

Forever was pretty bad, but B&R was literally unwatchable, and I've only seen bits and pieces of it. Only good joke was Batman's credit card, and in concept only.

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2004-04-07 03:13am

SecondStorm wrote:If it doesnt have a pop-up Gatling Gun Ill be pissed off .

Actually, the first Batmobile shouldn't have had them.

Batman is supposed to despise guns.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2004-04-07 03:40am

People, people, people, don't blame the actors for what was the director's and producer's fault for the latter two Batman flicks. Frankly, I think that, with a good director - say, Tim Burton, maybe? - Val Kilmer coulda been just as good a Batman/Bruce as Keaton.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-04-07 04:07am

I agree.
They're nearly all usually good actors that turned in the worst performances of their lives due to Shumacher making some bad judgement calls.

Carrey and Jones, fo example, would have been great in a Tim Burton film, IMO.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-04-07 05:52am

Patrick Degan wrote:THIS is what the Batmobile should look like:

http://www.hotwheels.com/us/images/prod ... _00_lg.jpg
.

Looks like something from GTA2.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2004-04-07 06:56am

I liked Christian Bale in Equilibrium, but i don't think he looks right for Batman, his chin's too pointy.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-04-07 07:25am

Tsyroc wrote:
verilon wrote: With a Batmobile that looks like that, I think so. One plus to Forever is that some of them could actually act (i.e., Silverstone and Thurman).
You're kidding right?

Thurman was absolutely horrible hamming it up as Poison Ivy (and wasn't she in Batman & Robin not Batman Forever).

Yes, that was already discussed. >_>

And she CAN act. I never said that it was good acting in that movie. The overall screenplay could have been MUCH better.