2011-08-05, 14:36 | Link #241 | |
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Nolan is not a great director-- he's not even good. He's simple, basic, and formulaic. |
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2011-08-05, 14:41 | Link #242 |
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I found Joker's behavior and lines to be pretty funny. Not the balls line specifically, but the pencil scene was very amusing, as was his stint in the nurse's outfit, and of course his "You complete me," line. Whole theater laughed at that if I remember correctly.
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2011-08-05, 14:47 | Link #243 | |
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I don't put a whole lot of stock into a theatre laughing. Hell, I remember seeing 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' in theatres and people were laughing at the idiotic jokes Sam's Mom made-- as well as Devastator having testicles, which was unacceptable. No offense intended to anyone on here, but there's a lot of... let's just say "not smart people" that go the movies now-a-days. It's almost impossible for me to take the general film goer serious. Oh, but one more thing... the pencil scene is yet another example of as to why I hate this "pushing the boundaries of PG-13" nonsense. Instead of showing the guys' eye being smashed to a pulp-- or better yet, the "Why so serious?" line before cutting the man's face, the camera quickly cuts away. It's so by the book. |
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2011-08-05, 15:49 | Link #244 |
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I'm guessing it's a deception. I have a feeling she'll be sporting more of a full costume resembling a cat in either other parts of the film or this part that they may be reshooting again. Anne Hathaway does look very sexy in that costume though. Hopefully she has a whip too.
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2011-08-05, 16:30 | Link #246 | |
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2011-08-05, 16:32 | Link #247 | |
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I've always known Catwoman with her short hair and thats how it should be. The suit however is atm all I can say is ok but then I admit I'm a little saddened that it wasn't like the the image I posted before
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2011-08-05, 16:58 | Link #249 | |
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2011-08-05, 19:46 | Link #251 | |
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I totally forgot about that bit in HUSH with the bike and it's actually her look in HUSH I like quite alot. Pity we probably won't get to see Harley Quinn make any kinda appearance.
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2011-08-05, 21:27 | Link #252 | |
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Back to the matter at hand-- I just discussed this Catwoman photo with a friend at work. He's not anti-Nolan or anything, but he made the best comment yet: "It's Anne Hathaway in a Zorro outfit." It was hilariously accurate. |
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2011-08-05, 21:33 | Link #253 |
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Wow. Talk about a broad, completely inaccurate assumption. Yes, not feeling like watching something that makes me squeamish = kiddie pool. I suppose not wanting to watch say, Batman's heart get ripped out by Joker and then explode, triggering a chain reaction of exploding babies in orgiastic showers of blood, makes me childish and immature. Yes, material like that really does broaden one's horizons.
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2011-08-05, 21:44 | Link #254 | |
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2011-08-05, 21:45 | Link #255 |
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Considering that the prime market for superhero movies is teenagers....PG-13 seems reasonable. That has supposedly always been the comic book market of choice. That and children around the age of nine.
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2011-08-05, 21:47 | Link #256 |
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Believe it or not, I understand that. That's the demographic for virtually almost all superheroes. However, with Nolan on record saying he wanted to push the boundaries of PG-13 and Christian Bale himself in the past saying he wants an R-rated Batman, why not go for it? It's not like making an R-rated, uncompromisable 'Batman' film is taking that character into uncharted territory. It's plausible and within reason. It just doesn't help Nolan's case that there is no such thing as "hardcore PG-13."
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2011-08-05, 21:57 | Link #257 |
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Pushing generally means they see just how far they can go before they rate them R, then they edit the scene to get themselves out of R rating. At least that's what they use to do before there was a PG-13 rating. Make a film PG as close to R as they could, then edit so they release a PG movie that is practically an R rated film. Then they come up with PG-13 to cover those...so they try to push it the same way as before.
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2011-08-05, 22:47 | Link #258 | |
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which seems to be the case. About the suit though, well, I'm not a fan of that hair, and those goggles look really awkward, so yeah, I'm not liking it. Glad the bike is back though, I liked that thing.
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2011-08-06, 00:54 | Link #259 | |
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Also, I don't think a movie needs to be bloody or R-rated to be 'mature'. While I'm at it, I really want to know your opinion about Batman: TAS. |
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2011-08-06, 01:02 | Link #260 |
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And that's the problem. Nolan is nothing more than a studio's bitch. And I don't buy it that an R rated blockbuster can't make money in the summer-- just look at 'District 9' in 2009 (grossed over $115 mill in the States and over $200 million worldwide). And that film wasn't based on any successful source material and it was from a first time director with a first time lead actor and virtually NO recognizable crew members. Not to mention, it was going head to head against 'Inglourious Basterds' for several weeks. But anyway, there are plenty of other movies-- like 'The Matrix' and its two sequels, which made an absolute killing. The only reason why R rated blockbusters generally fail is because 9 times out of 10, that film is in the wrong hands. And finally, there is no "pushing the boundaries of PG-13"-- 'The Dark Knight' may have looked grim in terms of its visual presentation, but the material was as kid-friendly as ever.
I'm not particularly fond of 'Batman: The Animated Series' either (although, I don't hate it, certainly not to the extent of Nolan's films). The two animated features of 'Batman' that I absolutely love are: 'Mask of the Phantasm' and 'Batman: Gotham Knight.' Truth be told, those are probably my two favorite film/animated takes on 'Batman'-- especially the former, which IMO, really exceeded where TAS failed. |
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