Tonight I watched these two movies and had a new admiration for how well made both movies are and how they pull off the look/feel of Batman. I think in the first movie that Bale does a bit better job with the "Bat Voice" but more when he's not "trying' to sound strained/intense/constipated. There's actually in moments when his hushed, strained, whisper actually sort-of works unless he's trying to be "intense" (namely in the 'It's not what I do that defines me" speech. In TDK the voice is just too much, too far, too terrible.
I like how Wayne puts on the persona in public as the Rich, careless, playboy pretty much doing whatever he wants.
I think Maggie Gyllenwhatever works better as the love interest than Katie Holmes does, mostly because I think Maggie looks more like an adult woman suitable for Bale than Katie does in spite of whatever Katie's real-world age may be.
The usage of the bat-technology and how he comes up with it and makes it work in the "real world" is quite nifty.
I will also say that Gotham had a much more multi-worldy comic-book grandeur look to it in BB than it had in TDK where it had a Generic Big City A look. There's some nice establishing shots of Gotham in BB, shots of the monorail and the Wayne Tower that looks quite cool, also loved the set-up of Wayne Manor and the Batcave and can't wait to see how it's employed in the next movie. (I wish it had been used in TDK, personally.)
All and all after repeat viewing I'd give Batman Begins an A- and TDK an A. Both movie would go up a grade if Bale's Batman voice was a bit more in check.
I like how Wayne puts on the persona in public as the Rich, careless, playboy pretty much doing whatever he wants.
I think Maggie Gyllenwhatever works better as the love interest than Katie Holmes does, mostly because I think Maggie looks more like an adult woman suitable for Bale than Katie does in spite of whatever Katie's real-world age may be.
The usage of the bat-technology and how he comes up with it and makes it work in the "real world" is quite nifty.
I will also say that Gotham had a much more multi-worldy comic-book grandeur look to it in BB than it had in TDK where it had a Generic Big City A look. There's some nice establishing shots of Gotham in BB, shots of the monorail and the Wayne Tower that looks quite cool, also loved the set-up of Wayne Manor and the Batcave and can't wait to see how it's employed in the next movie. (I wish it had been used in TDK, personally.)
All and all after repeat viewing I'd give Batman Begins an A- and TDK an A. Both movie would go up a grade if Bale's Batman voice was a bit more in check.