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Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
ah, but still Batman Returns
Good Will Riker
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You better flip that order there, because we were pretty aware of the fact that Batman: Mask of the Phantasm came out theatrically in 1993, but the majority of us caught it on VHS in 1994, like myself from a Christmas present from my father.
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Good Will Riker
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I myself do not particularly need that DVD in my personal collection, because I already have a picture of Mickey Rooney right here:You know, if you want to stop Good Will Riker's latest mindless tirade, just tell him that Clooney and Soderberg both have Breakfast at Tiffany's in their DVD collections. Then he'll suddenly hate The Dark Knight because of that.
Boy, if they were to ever re-do a biographical film ( Faith of My Fathers - ohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_of_My_Fathers_(film) ) on John McCain, Rooney would be perfect for the role of "Old John McCain."
But, if we are discussing racial and cultural generalizations here based purely on one's casual observations, there were times when George Clooney was questioned about his "latin roots" due to his "swarthy appearance" and his uncle and cousin being Jose Ferrer and Miguel Ferrer, respectively, and due to his grey hair, whether or not he was already 50 years old when he was only 39. 2 points that he spoofed on himself in the Ocean's Eleven sequels Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. So, I can empathize with him as a fellow American who grew up in the United States who is incorrectly perceived as being "foreign" by some ignorant individuals (i.e. "low income, under-educated, trailer trash fools.").
Back on topic, I incidentally come across that "bufoonish caricature" footage of Rooney as the nosey neighbor in Breakfast at Tiffany's ( Breakfast at Tiffany's: Hollywood's racist myopism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_at_Tiffany%27s#Criticism ) from time-to-time on my formerly VHS and now DVD copy of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), which shows how far America has to go in terms of adopting healthy race relationships among its populace since the inception of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950's and the 1960's. Oh, and just for the record, the definition of "racism" isn't just as simple as "white on black racism" as the mass media has pre-conditioned us to believe, but applies to the marginalization of any and all races from its prejudiced instigators to their intended targets.
You're on a roll. Go ahead.
Back on topic? I believe the thread title is Bat...man.
Nitpicker.
Not a current roll. That's material I wrote for a website a little while back. Even I don't waste that much time at work writing about Batman.
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
Ah, you fixed it......cool!
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
Batman (1966) is the only real portrayal of the character as a dedicated cool-headed crimefighter.
Batman (1989) is dated, but Nicholson is almost as praise worthy as Ledger is in DARK KNIGHT, the only difference is Nicholson frequently played psycho characters. Batman in this film is psychotic, almost everything that Batman would get accused of doing at the end of THE DARK KNIGHT, this Batman did.
Batman Returns (1992), too much creative control for Burton. The movie gets muddled, especially in regards to the Penguin (Devito doesn't get enough credit). Tossing in supernatural elements was fucking retarded, but Burton loves that shit.
Batman Forever (1995), Kilmer is a non-entity in the role. Nicole Kidman is obligatory T&A/hostage. Two-Face sucks. Riddler is Jim Carrey acting more foppish that usual. O'Donnel is irritating. Mostly a terrible film, but fits into the previous two more than...
Batman & Robin (1997), takes Batman less seriously than the 60's show. There's so much hammy acting spewing forth that the film cannot be shown to religious Jews. 50% toy commercial/50% gay fetish film, Schumacher is maniac.
Batman Begins, origin stories are eye-rollingly overdone, and the villains are throw aways. Unnecessary movie made for greedy reasons. Most action scenes aren't especially well done, but it was mostly good.
Batman (1989) is dated, but Nicholson is almost as praise worthy as Ledger is in DARK KNIGHT, the only difference is Nicholson frequently played psycho characters. Batman in this film is psychotic, almost everything that Batman would get accused of doing at the end of THE DARK KNIGHT, this Batman did.
Batman Returns (1992), too much creative control for Burton. The movie gets muddled, especially in regards to the Penguin (Devito doesn't get enough credit). Tossing in supernatural elements was fucking retarded, but Burton loves that shit.
Batman Forever (1995), Kilmer is a non-entity in the role. Nicole Kidman is obligatory T&A/hostage. Two-Face sucks. Riddler is Jim Carrey acting more foppish that usual. O'Donnel is irritating. Mostly a terrible film, but fits into the previous two more than...
Batman & Robin (1997), takes Batman less seriously than the 60's show. There's so much hammy acting spewing forth that the film cannot be shown to religious Jews. 50% toy commercial/50% gay fetish film, Schumacher is maniac.
Batman Begins, origin stories are eye-rollingly overdone, and the villains are throw aways. Unnecessary movie made for greedy reasons. Most action scenes aren't especially well done, but it was mostly good.
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
Don't know why people say that, looks good today and the grimness of the movie has not dated. The only think dated is the Prince music maybe, actually not really his music still sounds the same right?
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
Prince music, and some effects (Joker's fall!).
Siwilliams
Fleet Captain
Well the Joker's fall is actually animation, also when you see Batman looking down and turns around
Lapis, that's a really nice piece of writing. If you don't critique films professionally, you should.
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It's a very fine piece of writing, and yes, she should.
Nonetheless, please don't quote huge messages like that to make a short comment.
Nonetheless, please don't quote huge messages like that to make a short comment.
I like all of them, but I enjoy watching Batman Forever. It is campy, but it also has a lot of fun humor.
"Holy rusted metal, Batman!"
"Holy rusted metal, Batman!"
It's a very fine piece of writing, and yes, she should.
Nonetheless, please don't quote huge messages like that to make a short comment.
Umm, I was going to also praise Lapis and her writing, but then I saw your avatar and now I can't look away.
What do you have against sworn enemies coming together in the spirit of the season?
I'm worried about you, Spiff - your mancrush on Stephen Colbert is getting a little weird...
Thanks, guys. That's way better than hearing, "man, what a geek, I can't believe you wrote all that crap!"
Thanks, guys. That's way better than hearing, "man, what a geek, I can't believe you wrote all that crap!"
Actually, my crush is on bears. I've just been working my way up to this.
