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Watched it for the first time in years last year with my son and lady friend (they had never seen it). We all enjoyed it. It's super cheesy. Genuine laughs were had.
Think of us poor Europeans who can't be up that late
Yeah, Vince, think of us Europeans... >_>
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Not intending to cause too much offense, but it's the exact kind of played out argument you tend to latch onto. Not a conversation worth having on GAF, and I'm sure it's been done to death before.
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Eyes Wide Shut is the best Christmas movie
Bluekaveli
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Burton did an amazing job with it. It was a great sequel imo. Too bad Forever feel very short of it. But Forever was my first Batman movie of memory.
Batman Returns is fun because of how fucking bizarre it gets for a major comic book movie
It was one of my favourites as a kid, yeah it's cheesy but it is enjoyable. Just like Batman and Robib was a favourite of mine as a kid, horribly flawed movie but still one of my favourites.
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At least the first one. What I like about it is that small town feel during Christmas that I was able to grow up in. That's what my childhood was like. Without the monsters.
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Fuck! I forgot about Gremlins!
Yep. 100% agreed. As someone who grew up (and still lives in) a decently small midwestern town I can second that Gremlins really nails that feel.
I honestly think Returns gets almost too Tim Burton-y in spots and I'm not entirely a fan of how Batman is basically the 4th most important character in the story, but I still love it anyway despite its flaws. Both of the Burton movies just gush atmosphere that all of the other Batman movies (besides Begins) lack
Future Foundation
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My man.
Forever gets some shit, but I really do like it (and the soundtrack, but that's another conversation).
And I should add Batman Returns to the Christmas rotation.
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BritWrassleGAF-cist.
Nocturnowl
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I watched this properly for the first time in years just the other month.
.... a literal Penguin army? what the shit was I watching?!
I'm glad you respect my seasonal values.
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Batman and then Batman Returns were so drab and I was so tired of Burton's Gotham that Batman Forever was awesome to see a huge shift to FnP. Like, Batman Returns and Batman are fine. After two movies I was tired though. Forever was so good on every level, it was just what Batman needed for the 90s. And that SOUNDTRACK.
So anyone have any good wrestling to recommend I watch tonight as I continue unpacking shit for my new apartment?
One thing I picked up on with rewatches of Batman Returns was that Penguin starts off the movie with a really elaborate plan to take over Gotham and then each new plan he comes up with becomes progressively more halfassed until we reach a literal rocket penguin army. I actually find that aspect of the movie hilarious because Batman shuts down at least 3 or 4 Penguin schemes during the movie, and Penguin gets more frustrated and just throws together new plots that are less and less thought out.
I'm not a fan of the Schumacher movies but I do agree with you here. They needed to shift away from the Burton style a bit.
But DID YOU KNOW - Batman & Robin of all fucking movies is the only live-action Batman movie where Batman actually abides by the no-kill rule
I watched this properly for the first time in years just the other month.
.... a literal Penguin army? what the shit was I watching?!
One thing I picked up on with rewatches of Batman Returns was that Penguin starts off the movie with a really elaborate plan to take over Gotham and then each new plan he comes up with becomes progressively more halfassed until we reach a literal rocket penguin army. I actually find that aspect of the movie hilarious because Batman shuts down at least 3 or 4 Penguin schemes during the movie, and Penguin gets more frustrated and just throws together new plots that are less and less thought out.
I'm not a fan of the Schumacher movies but I do agree with you here. They needed to shift away from the Burton style a bit.
But DID YOU KNOW - Batman & Robin of all fucking movies is the only live-action Batman movie where Batman actually abides by the no-kill rule
lovely ladies
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I watched this properly for the first time in years just the other month.
.... a literal Penguin army? what the shit was I watching?!
I'm glad you respect my seasonal values.
It also had a monkey!
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Video game christmases though? My favorite, bar none, is Shenmue. LOVED it when you hit Xmastime. Second to that is any Animal Crossing game. A lot of perverted jrpghg weenies will say Persona 4 because they love Christmas done JAPANEESY STYLE but they're dumb.
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75% of Batman movies involves making the atmosphere Batmany lol. I can watch those 90s Batman movies all the time. The Nolan films, are up there with The Godfather trilogy for me but I have to take a break watching them.I like that they blur the line between comic and reality but my childhood comes out when the cheesy Batman movies are shown lol.
The soundtrack ruled then you got the soundtrack to Batman and Robin which featured R. Kelly's best song of all time lol. I remember seeing then in the record store about 3 years back but forgot to go back and pick them up.
That's why he's in developmental, to sort out the mess and see if something can be made of him.
Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises really run into the same issue alot of Chris Nolan movies run into where you realize the plot suddenly fucking sucks when you watch it again. Batman Begins is the best Nolan movie. Dark Knight is good but holy fuck it would be mediocre without Ledger. Dark Knight Rises is the most halfassed script Nolan and company have put out.
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Given the number of people they have who aren't a mess and still haven't gotten a decent chance at a run, it seems odd to take on people like him who will need an incredible amount of work. Especially when everything they've shown of him seems to paint him as someone who is barely willing to put in the required work.
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Hold that thought - listen to this, and let me know what you think. U2 is terrible dad rock a lot of the time but this...this is special. There was a stretch of a few years where they were doing really excellent stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQtITWp3ua4
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Iron Man 3 is a solid Christmas movie
lovely ladies
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B&R had Bone Thugs, Jewel, and R. Kelly.
Hidden One
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I really wanted to go to mania next year but that isn't happening.
FallingEdge
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New DG show.
They have a Performance Center for this exact reason, to hire loads of people with potential and see who turns out good. They have like 60-70 people in there at any one time, and ZZ does have plenty of personality/charisma, and he's only 19 so why not give him a cheap deal and see if you can train some work ethic into him.
Nocturnowl
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I swear there was no consistency with Penguin, it's like there's a sudden drastic shift at the point where he's convinced to run for mayor where they suddenly thought "oh damn, he's not really villain enough yet" so about 10 seconds later he's suddenly spouting some sexual innuendos and biting a man's jaw, villainy accomplished.
And then it all ends with Penguin army.
This was actually part of a marathon of me going through the four batman movies from Burton's first to Batman & Robin. Honestly I found them all as bizarre as each other for the most part where the wheels consistently fell off halfway through, I'm almost inclined to say fun and playful like Vince but the fun novelty wears off about halfway through each of the four and I'm left wondering just what the heck i'm enduring (and what was with Gotham's muscular statues? is it like Vince McMahon's dream city? )
Now the Adam West Batman movie, that's so damn fun and playful the rest never stood a chance in that category.
As a kid Banjo-Kazooie's Freezeezy Peak stage was like the pinnacle of Christmas cheer for me.
Bluekaveli
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I preferred Rises to DK. I actually believed that Bane was going to really prevail. It was emotional for me as a big batman fan. The fight scenes were cool as we didn't get much fighting in DK but there could've been so much more. Batman's almost equal as the villain is worthy of some awesome fighting scenes.
I wanted more batman though lol.
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lovely ladies
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I think some people wrote they preferred the rich story of the Rocksteady games to the Nolan movies.
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Speaking of played out, we can talk about the Nolan Batmans.
Pop is probably the one album I would have any time for because they were breaking their barriers somewhat at that stage. Still can't say I enjoy it, but I genuinely respect them for it.
Of course, it underperformed and they went back to being your dad's favourite wet blankets again. I do wish they'd stuck it out though to see how off-kilter they could have gone.
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you mean talk about how great they are??
Nolan is the best. no bad movies from him
And those people deserved Arkham Knight after that shit.
Bluekaveli
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I'm fucking dead lmfao
Nocturnowl
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Unashamedly enjoy the shit out of the Dark Knight, flaws and all.
But Rises is like one of those films were I'm constantly thinking about how nonsensical the chain of events are throughout.
On this note as a Kane fan (in 2015) I feel like I should enjoy the batshit gothic craziness of vintage bats more than I actually do.
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Fav 5 X-Mas Movies
5. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
4. Scrooged
3. Gremlins
2. Jingle All The Way
1. Die Hard
Actually I feel bad for not having Elf and Bad Santa in there too. Dammit, so many good Christmas movies. and
5. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
4. Scrooged
3. Gremlins
2. Jingle All The Way
1. Die Hard
I didn't include It's a Wonderful Life as that'd win everything
Actually I feel bad for not having Elf and Bad Santa in there too. Dammit, so many good Christmas movies. and
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Christmas movies?
Bluekaveli
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Not this shitChristmas movies?
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Dark night trilogy has a great soundtrack
Arkham Knight isn't making it into my Top 10 for this year even though I 100% completed it. The Batmobile's over-use killed that game for me.
EDIT: Also, fuck the
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Bluekaveli
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They should've put Hannibal's mask on Shamrock
lovely ladies
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I've seen Santa's Slay, it starred Claire from Lost. Zeus was in it as well.
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