tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post4979232699602114291..comments2023-10-23T10:37:45.163-07:00Comments on Dr. Write: The Death of the Superhero: A LamentationDr Writehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16408687271313205905noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-23182097402967087752009-01-07T08:34:00.000-07:002009-01-07T08:34:00.000-07:00I agree that this is a movie to be seen on an IMAX...I agree that this is a movie to be seen on an IMAX screen. Then you dont notice all of the problems with the narrative.Limon de Campohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284047568014600985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-3434663011202371632009-01-04T15:40:00.000-07:002009-01-04T15:40:00.000-07:00Yeah. That about sums it up. I was bored and bored...Yeah. That about sums it up. I was bored and bored and kept thinking--when is something interesting going to happen. It didn't seem like Christian Bale was in it at all. The good thing about these series though--you know there will be another, hopefully better, one though I trust Lisa B.'s points about the big screen--something I thought they banned in 2005 when Z was born.<BR/>Word Verif: Epidiv=Epic Dive?Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795554401570611521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-68109532250965210302009-01-04T12:37:00.000-07:002009-01-04T12:37:00.000-07:00The movie suffered the problem that the first one ...The movie suffered the problem that the first one avoided: trying to appease the fankids by including multiple story lines. While I was watching it I started to think that they were just short on Joker material due to Ledger's death. That doesn't make much sense, however, given that you could eliminate all the other story lines and would have a passable movie. <BR/><BR/>Now as for the violence--it was over the top, but there was a moral to all that, I think. How much better is Batman than the Joker or Two Face?Clint Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534333959460032669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-60520738926729957032009-01-03T22:16:00.000-07:002009-01-03T22:16:00.000-07:00I will give you that, Lisa B. It works better on t...I will give you that, Lisa B. It works better on the big screen. Almost a third of the movie (all of the action sequences) was shot in IMAX's native format (not 35mm blown up to Imax as most IMAX releases are these days). I did not view the film in an IMAX theater but apparently it was incredible. <BR/><BR/>As one of my film friends said: "Man, that movie LOOKS expensive."<BR/><BR/>And what was up with Maggie Gyllenhall? A good casting idea gone awry.Condimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810467235358163173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-28191403118910149232009-01-03T20:19:00.000-07:002009-01-03T20:19:00.000-07:00I liked this movie quite a bit more than anyone he...I liked this movie quite a bit more than anyone here, evidently, but I won't argue with you. I will note that one of my sons watched it with another over the break--on dvd--and said it didn't hold up particularly well on a smaller screen. I know not everyone buys that, but I will say that there was a lot of beauty in the film on the big screen, where I saw it twice. <BR/><BR/>I thought all the performances were quite wonderful, really, with Aaron Eckhart giving a particularly moving one. But that's me. I saw it in the summer when the world didn't feel quite so dark.Lisa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10646181766775405935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-21134597398800141642009-01-03T20:14:00.000-07:002009-01-03T20:14:00.000-07:00Okay mom said the same things about this film whic...Okay mom said the same things about this film which is why I have never seen, or ever will....sorry about that 2 1/2 hours.ErinAlicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02697810411258174293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-55594586058542582922009-01-03T19:53:00.000-07:002009-01-03T19:53:00.000-07:00Glad to hear it. I didn't like it either. I found ...Glad to hear it. I didn't like it either. I found it incoherent and overly long, there was no real character arc, the inclusion of Two-Face muddles the central Joker narrative, and there was no real rising action -- just an breathless onrush of numbing action. <BR/><BR/>I thought the film needed to slow down and breathe a little bit. Whatever happened to creating mood, suspense, etc...? It was as if Nolan was afraid of boring his audience with character development, or that he were just trying to cram as many scenes into the the 2:30 running time as possible. Maybe if the movie ended with the moment Harvey Dent became Two-Face they could have had a more manageable scope.<BR/><BR/>I did like the game theory in the opening bank robbery, however. <BR/><BR/>That said, I thought the LSD Scarecrow villain in Batman Begins was actually scarier than the Joker, and that the chraracters were far more well-rounded and interesting in that earlier movie.Condimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810467235358163173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11399622.post-8560131313182236312009-01-03T19:50:00.000-07:002009-01-03T19:50:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Condimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810467235358163173noreply@blogger.com