Anyone who says differently has never read Batman.
None of the live actions movies have ever been good. None. For once, the filmmakers stuck to the story, and it's something that can't be overlooked or understated.
This was absolute perfection, and Jay Oliva and Bob Goodman deserve accolades for being consistent to the character - for doing him justice.
I will only touch, briefly, on the Nolan movies, because someone mentioned them as good - and that was offensive.
So - in the Batman live actions, he went to a ninja school. Whether it was a Phd course or not, we never find out - but how is he able to beat the other 30 grads who learned everything he did? Also - Katie Holmes (I forget the character's name. She never existed, outside the film) tells him at the end of the first movie to continue getting shot and stabbed and all sorts of horrors, and one day - when the city is free, no less - they can be together. How generous.
The critical element missing in all of the live action films was sense. Nothing made sense - ever. The Joker, even, was evil, yes - but not the embodiment of chaos he's supposed to be. Watch "Mask of the Phantasm", and compare it to the Ledger creation (RIP).
The Bane character is so much more than the farce they made of the last film. Look him up - maybe even google and read the wiki story on him. You'll understand the butcher's job that was done to him, and to the Batman story.
The woman who dies in the last film? That's the mother of his only child, and the teacher of his ninja school is supposed to be the immortal grandfather. Nothing of that is conveyed.
In short, if you're looking for an awesome and riveting Batman story that is consistent with who Batman is, what he stands for and how driven he is ("when you fall, you get back up? What sort of nonsense is this for a butler, who raised him from birth and only wished for him happiness, to say? Wouldn't he say "Run for your life!! Live!!!"? Why are all his supposed loved ones pushing him, when his resolve is low? Wouldn't they have then prompted his hiring a private task force, or something? What possesses a man to do such as Batman does? None of the Nolan movies ever examine this in depth, and without that, it's just some rich guy playing hero.) then you will be pleased and excited for part 2.
I am not only a fan, but I work in film - and studied at one of the top schools on Earth, and I'm telling you all the excuses for changing story lines is garbage. This is proof that staying true to the story can be done within the time frame allotted for live action movies.
Go buy "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller, and compare it to this film, before you become willing to listen to anything less than 10/10. Also - start demanding more intelligent filmmaking - especially when the story is already written, and all they have to do is shoot as is already drawn in the comic, which is essentially storyboards, anyway.
There is just so much depth and richness to these stories, that it is tragic how they are consistently vandalized in live action.
None of the live actions movies have ever been good. None. For once, the filmmakers stuck to the story, and it's something that can't be overlooked or understated.
This was absolute perfection, and Jay Oliva and Bob Goodman deserve accolades for being consistent to the character - for doing him justice.
I will only touch, briefly, on the Nolan movies, because someone mentioned them as good - and that was offensive.
So - in the Batman live actions, he went to a ninja school. Whether it was a Phd course or not, we never find out - but how is he able to beat the other 30 grads who learned everything he did? Also - Katie Holmes (I forget the character's name. She never existed, outside the film) tells him at the end of the first movie to continue getting shot and stabbed and all sorts of horrors, and one day - when the city is free, no less - they can be together. How generous.
The critical element missing in all of the live action films was sense. Nothing made sense - ever. The Joker, even, was evil, yes - but not the embodiment of chaos he's supposed to be. Watch "Mask of the Phantasm", and compare it to the Ledger creation (RIP).
The Bane character is so much more than the farce they made of the last film. Look him up - maybe even google and read the wiki story on him. You'll understand the butcher's job that was done to him, and to the Batman story.
The woman who dies in the last film? That's the mother of his only child, and the teacher of his ninja school is supposed to be the immortal grandfather. Nothing of that is conveyed.
In short, if you're looking for an awesome and riveting Batman story that is consistent with who Batman is, what he stands for and how driven he is ("when you fall, you get back up? What sort of nonsense is this for a butler, who raised him from birth and only wished for him happiness, to say? Wouldn't he say "Run for your life!! Live!!!"? Why are all his supposed loved ones pushing him, when his resolve is low? Wouldn't they have then prompted his hiring a private task force, or something? What possesses a man to do such as Batman does? None of the Nolan movies ever examine this in depth, and without that, it's just some rich guy playing hero.) then you will be pleased and excited for part 2.
I am not only a fan, but I work in film - and studied at one of the top schools on Earth, and I'm telling you all the excuses for changing story lines is garbage. This is proof that staying true to the story can be done within the time frame allotted for live action movies.
Go buy "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller, and compare it to this film, before you become willing to listen to anything less than 10/10. Also - start demanding more intelligent filmmaking - especially when the story is already written, and all they have to do is shoot as is already drawn in the comic, which is essentially storyboards, anyway.
There is just so much depth and richness to these stories, that it is tragic how they are consistently vandalized in live action.
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