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Batman Begins Trailer Released
Chris_Jefferson writes "The full-length trailer for Batman Begins has been released. Christian Bale looks great as Bruce Wayne, and hopefully I can recover from exposure to the awful last couple of Batman films, and the equally terrible Catwoman."
What was wrong with just putting these things out in Quicktime? (it's bad enough that I've had to put quicktime on my PC in the first place when there are PLENTY if other more widely used codecs that could be used instead (and even work between Apple's computers and Windows computers!)
bork bork bork!
The vehicle is NOT the "new Batmobile"
It's not even the old Batmobile. It's the tumbler, the precursor to any Bruce-designed rides. This was a prototype vehicle developed at Wayne Enterprises R&D for military purposes, and the project got scrapped.
Batman is not flying. He is gliding, using the rails sewn into the edges of his cape.
There will be lots in this movie* that doesn't line up with the other 4 flicks, because it's in a completely different continuity line. The director wanted everything in this movie to be believable and realistic. It's going to be darker and more real than even the first Batman in 1989.
*SPOILER: The end shows Commissioner Gordon holding up a clue from the next villain they can't catch without Batman's held, a playing card (Joker).
If you want to see a change watch The Machinist. Bale is literally nothng but skin and bone - he apparently lost fully 1/3 his weight for the film. A pretty good performance as a man on the edge of losing his mind as well. I can definitely picture Bale as Wayne/Batman, hopefully bringing a little more of the psychological edge to the character than previous films attempted.
To be frank I think the previews look uninspiring. I just keep looking at the cast (which is for the most part great) and the director (Christopher Nolan) who while new has some decent films under his belt already. Surely they can't make too much of a mess - hopefully the previews are just badly put together. At the very least it looks like it will be far and away superior to the last couple of Batman films.
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Dark? - Check.
Good Director? - Check. (not that Burton wasn't..it just went wrong somewhere) You might remember Chris Nolan from Memento, Insomnia, and Following (good, but under-budgeted and not quite flash enough). He's definitely the kind of director that gets entirely inside the head of his characters.
Good Writer? - Unsure. David Goyer has spawned such pap as the three Blade movies and the sequel to The Crow...no way to call if he can pull it off. Then again, he did write 'Dark City', so he's had his moments.
Christian Bale? - No comment...we'll see.
This has the potential to be the creepiest Batman yet. I've always considered 'the bat' to be someone that everyone should be a little unsure about, not just a someone that kicks ass.
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for those of you who haven't read any of the musings over at http://www.macsimumnews.com/, you should realise that this is one of those 'oh yeah, i should have seen _that_ coming shouldn't i?' things.
n dex.php/search/results/1e6ceff0d8b3e098d0784ca4fae c710e// world when HD/movies/etc over-IP happens.
the folks over at macsimum news seem to think that apple is poised to be at the center of the media/entertainment(http://www.macsimumnews.com/i
besides, why wouldn't apple want to use a media distribution channel they've already got tons of experience using and serving for (how)many years?
"...that's as white as it gets; all the bits are on..."
Does anyone think that this batman was influenced by the famous "Grayson" trailer/fan film that people kept wishing would be made into a movie ??
http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/nonsw/grayson/
Does anyone think it'll ever get made ?
First of all, judging from trailer so far, Bale looks perfect, very fit, stylish and in same time we see some real emotions and actions, not just 'went-and-kicked-some-bad-guys-asses'. Second, lot of support cast - Freeman, Liam Neeson, etc. - is first rate stars.
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We see lot of DARK action in the movie. Yeah, it could even contain a death of someone Batman loves - altought it is guess while I haven't seen movie.
So...question is - could it possibly go somewhere wrong? Yes it could still. But as movie is shot by one of my favorite directors and stars Bale (which is my favorite in male actors category for some time, due of Equilibrium, willing to see The Mechanist and American Psycho), I wish them lot of artistic luck - let the director's eye doesn't run dry when he cuts and cuts and cuts and cuts...
I will wait for this movie, certanly.
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...for some interesting tidbits. A good mix of "wtf were they doing considering Ashton Kutcher for Batman?", and "dammit! why couldn't they talk Viggo Mortensen into playing Ra's Al Ghul?"
But the funniest one was a drunk crashed into the Batmobile while they were filming in Chicago, and he claimed he ran into it because he was afraid it was an alien spacecraft.
ree advice. Although American Psycho is a great movie, with a real mind-fuck ending
I am not sure if this is a flame or a troll or just opinionated, perhaps all. However, that movie was terrible. Plot holes so large Mac trucks were driving through the screen. The ending was obvious and trite. The acting was wooden and wrong, the social commentary that could be contained in a Rob Schnieder film. Please someone tell me WHAT THE FUCK was so appealing about this movie? Do I need to read the book? Is the book better? Inform, enlighten, please.
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but he does live in a cave - maybe he's training the bats to be his evil army of the night. I'm sure you could strap some grenads to them and then make them fly into crowded areas....