Recently been in mood to watch some Batman movies
Batman (1989)That movie is just oozing with style. Sets, costumes, score - love it. Jack's performance as Joker is ripped straight from the comics.
Batman ReturnsIt's definetly Tim Burton's Batman movie - from beginning (freak child being thrown into river and then raised by penguins) to ending (Penguin's death in particular). I found myself carring much more about the plot and characters then in the first one. Penguin is such a tragic character - I was really sad when he died and I liked re-interpretation of his character as more litteral "penguin". De Vitto's performance is great. I like Pffeifer's Catwoman although I feel Burton made her a bit too edgy and sexualised. And what the deal with " I just can't live with myself" bit in the end ? I don't get it
Batman ForeverIt's loud and bright and bombastic and all over the place and I like it for that. It's middle point between Burton's dark vision and cartoonish feel of B&R. Nicole Kidman is hot, although, it's a bit strange when so called psychiatrist acts like that. Val Killmer did a good job playing kinda haunted Bruce Wayne. Chris O'Donnell - eh, no here, no there. Carrey's Riddler is just Carrey playing himself and a lot of fun because of that. Tommy Lee Jones Two-Face is while fun unfortunately completly wrong for the character. I actually prefer Goldental's score to Elfman's - it's much more catchy for me. And dare I say it but the movie IMO has the best Bat-suit even despite nipples. It looks extremely good in marketing stills:
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Batman BeginsMostly enjoyed it for the "origins" parts. Liam Neeson played great Ra's Al Ghull as well as Cillian Murphy played great Scarecrow. Garry Oldman was great choice for Gordon as well as Michael Caine for Alfred. I find it's interesting that for his first "realistic" Batman movie Nolan've chosen one the most unnatural villains. Also, I like this Bat-suit more than in the next two even though it looks a bit bulky for Bale
The Dark KnightSpoiler
You all know it's a great movie
The Dark Knight RisesI love this one. I feel in that one Nolan went a little beyond "realistic Batman" into more "comic-book Batman". I mean, the whole city being held hostage by group of terrorists using nuclear bomb feels much more comic-booky to me. It's much more energetic and at no point in the 2 hour and 40 minutes movie I felt bored. I love Bane, especially, his look and his funny voice. His initial confrontation with Batman was terrifying and I was so happy when Batman kicked his ass later. He has so much charisma and I would put him without hesitation on the same level with Ledger's Joker. Kinda sorry he went out as a bitch. Talia was "twist for the sake of the twist" but still worked for me as a villain. I prefer this more grounded Catwoman to one from Returns and think she has great chemistry with Batman. There wasn't too much of Alfred in the movie but his scenes were pure emotion, especially the one in the end. I felt really invested into Batman's journey in this one, all logical problems aside. Him litteraly "rising" from that pit is beatiful and symbolic and poetic and just great in generall. I really dug that sorta post-apocalyptic desert-streets Gotham. Scarecrow-judge was a nice touch too. And it's so heartwarming to see a happy ending for Bruce. It wasn't fake death - because
Batman actually died in that nuclear explosion
Also, gotta love this:
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!!!BLINDING!!!https://youtu.be/F157geaXp_w-No guns - no killing
-Where's fun in that ?https://youtu.be/XgKBvLVldjw