Movie: The Batman (Battinson)

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bada wrote:Saw this today. Enjoyed it. No complaints. Well one complaint.
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I know I liked it, but I feel I need another viewing.
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Just saw it again. Even better the second time. I felt no lull.

That Batmobile engine still gives me an ear boner.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I know I liked it, but I feel I need another viewing.
You don't
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Ensign9 wrote:Just saw it again. Even better the second time. I felt no lull.

That Batmobile engine still gives me an ear boner.
I watched it a second time on Friday and did find many more details to love, but one thing bugged me: there's a stretch halfway through the movie where there's SO MUCH TALKING. Just a bunch of characters standing around explaining plot points to each other, culminating in an extremely long scene where they stand around listening to a voicemail. I know it's a dense story they're trying to tell but there must have been a way to finesse it, maybe trimming down the whole Thomas Wayne / Falcone sideplot slightly.

Still really love it; the score is better than I remembered and I had almost forgotten how thrilling that car chase is. Still simping for that gorgeous flare gun sequence at the end, too. My overall live-action solo Bats ranking is probably:

Batman Returns
The Batman
Batman 89
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Batman 66
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Batman Returns! yes!
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Ensign9 wrote:Just saw it again. Even better the second time. I felt no lull.

That Batmobile engine still gives me an ear boner.
The sound was great, but then it just kinda puttered out there and had a hard time keeping up with a fat guy in a Toyota or whatever it was.

This movie really struggled mixing the comic book fantasy elements with the gritty, real world vibe.
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It didn't have a hard time keeping up, it was maneuvering through incoming traffic and trying not to kill people. It hit the back of Penguin's car multiple times! It blew through a giant gas explosion like it was nothing!
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BurtReynolds wrote:
Ensign9 wrote:Just saw it again. Even better the second time. I felt no lull.

That Batmobile engine still gives me an ear boner.
The sound was great, but then it just kinda puttered out there and had a hard time keeping up with a fat guy in a Toyota or whatever it was.

This movie really struggled mixing the comic book fantasy elements with the gritty, real world vibe.
they all do, that's how we get comic book camp
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Jorge wrote:It didn't have a hard time keeping up, it was maneuvering through incoming traffic and trying not to kill people. It hit the back of Penguin's car multiple times! It blew through a giant gas explosion like it was nothing!
It's a jet powered tank! That chase should have lasted like two seconds.
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Yeah that would have been real exciting to watch!
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BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I know I liked it, but I feel I need another viewing.
You don't
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It seems as though I like Batman Begins way more than most. It vies for my favorite with Batman Returns.
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I watched it a second time, too, haha. I'd agree that it is even better the second time around. It's a technical triumph, if nothing else. Whatever the hell that means!
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The Argonaut wrote:I watched it a second time, too, haha. I'd agree that it is even better the second time around. It's a technical triumph, if nothing else. Whatever the hell that means!
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:I watched it a second time, too, haha. I'd agree that it is even better the second time around. It's a technical triumph, if nothing else. Whatever the hell that means!
lol!
Hahahaha!
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Jorge wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:I watched it a second time, too, haha. I'd agree that it is even better the second time around. It's a technical triumph, if nothing else. Whatever the hell that means!
lol!
Hahahaha!
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Once piece I missed that flew by the first time were the shots of the shadows when the Batsignal is first lit and how ominous they become to the criminal element. Bats could be coming out of them at any moment. Very cool tone-setter.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:It seems as though I like Batman Begins way more than most. It vies for my favorite with Batman Returns.
I love BB. Let’s go to the movies.
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