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I just watched Batman Begins. I know I saw it when it came out, but I had zero recollection of 90% of the movie, so it was pretty much all new to me. And it's....a really uneven film. In terms of editing, cinematography, acting, and tone. It's really weird. Even with in the the opening, I swear there were flashbacks within the flash back (beta-Inception?). It wasn't made clear what was current day, what was a flash back, and where Bruce went for the 7 missing years. As I was watching it, it seemed like parents die, then he runs off to the middle of nowhere to join a prison for fun, trains for a while, goes back to Gotham for the trail, then goes back to train some more. That doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's how it was edited.

The young Bruce stuff was really bad. I just didn't care for it at all. But I loved the training stuff and Bruce coming back to Gotham. But then he fully becomes Batman and is making quips and jokes that seem completely out of character for what the movie had set up to that point. You had editing that made people seem like they were teleporting or doing things with their bodies that were completely incongruent with their heads and speaking. The tone of the movie went back and forth from super serious to jokey and it was just strange. There were some parts that felt like they could have been in Shumacher's movies. And Gotham itself, especially the narrows, looks like it would fit right in with Schumacher/Burton Gotham. An awful lot of neon going on. The Gotham of TDK feels like a completely different city. It's shot like a different city, too.

Over all I liked it, but it had a lot of problems. It was surprisingly cheesy and comic booky for a trilogy that takes itself so seriously. TDK was vastly better in every way. Can't wait for TDKR.
 
This released 'full' soundtrack is clearly not that - a two hour 45 mins Dark Knight movie is going to have way more than 45 minutes of music.

Having said that, the music released is AMAZING. Catwoman's theme, Bane's theme both knockouts.
 
That trilogy trailer is almost as good as the 3 minute one I post awhile ago. A large sense of deSpair and loss of hope. They are hitting that well
 
strobogo said:
I just watched Batman Begins. I know I saw it when it came out, but I had zero recollection of 90% of the movie, so it was pretty much all new to me. And it's....a really uneven film. In terms of editing, cinematography, acting, and tone. It's really weird. Even with in the the opening, I swear there were flashbacks within the flash back (beta-Inception?). It wasn't made clear what was current day, what was a flash back, and where Bruce went for the 7 missing years. As I was watching it, it seemed like parents die, then he runs off to the middle of nowhere to join a prison for fun, trains for a while, goes back to Gotham for the trail, then goes back to train some more. That doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's how it was edited.

The young Bruce stuff was really bad. I just didn't care for it at all. But I loved the training stuff and Bruce coming back to Gotham. But then he fully becomes Batman and is making quips and jokes that seem completely out of character for what the movie had set up to that point. You had editing that made people seem like they were teleporting or doing things with their bodies that were completely incongruent with their heads and speaking. The tone of the movie went back and forth from super serious to jokey and it was just strange. There were some parts that felt like they could have been in Shumacher's movies. And Gotham itself, especially the narrows, looks like it would fit right in with Schumacher/Burton Gotham. An awful lot of neon going on. The Gotham of TDK feels like a completely different city. It's shot like a different city, too.

Over all I liked it, but it had a lot of problems. It was surprisingly cheesy and comic booky for a trilogy that takes itself so seriously. TDK was vastly better in every way. Can't wait for TDKR.
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lol I was fucccckkked up when I watched them 2 days ago... BB, and TDK like really drunk lol and I had not problem with the beginning, it's the way Nolan edited it, it was a good way to save time so the first hour wasn't about his childhood. The actor that played Bruce as a kid was the worst actor in the series and I haven't even seen the last one. I love editing like that it make a lot of information in little time. If you pay attention it's not that hard.`
 
Poetry?

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strobogo said:
I just watched Batman Begins. I know I saw it when it came out, but I had zero recollection of 90% of the movie, so it was pretty much all new to me. And it's....a really uneven film. In terms of editing, cinematography, acting, and tone. It's really weird. Even with in the the opening, I swear there were flashbacks within the flash back (beta-Inception?). It wasn't made clear what was current day, what was a flash back, and where Bruce went for the 7 missing years. As I was watching it, it seemed like parents die, then he runs off to the middle of nowhere to join a prison for fun, trains for a while, goes back to Gotham for the trail, then goes back to train some more. That doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's how it was edited.

The young Bruce stuff was really bad. I just didn't care for it at all. But I loved the training stuff and Bruce coming back to Gotham. But then he fully becomes Batman and is making quips and jokes that seem completely out of character for what the movie had set up to that point. You had editing that made people seem like they were teleporting or doing things with their bodies that were completely incongruent with their heads and speaking. The tone of the movie went back and forth from super serious to jokey and it was just strange. There were some parts that felt like they could have been in Shumacher's movies. And Gotham itself, especially the narrows, looks like it would fit right in with Schumacher/Burton Gotham. An awful lot of neon going on. The Gotham of TDK feels like a completely different city. It's shot like a different city, too.

Over all I liked it, but it had a lot of problems. It was surprisingly cheesy and comic booky for a trilogy that takes itself so seriously. TDK was vastly better in every way. Can't wait for TDKR.
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I love both movies so I don't care which one you liked better, but your reasons for not liking BB are due to you seemingly not understanding the non linear approach Nolan brought to telling the origins story. I found it amazing and one of the best to spice up a rather known story about his parents. Jumping back and forth only to have everything make sense later is something Nolan has done in other movies too. In fact it isn't even confusing in BB.

I hope you don't watch Momento or the Prestige if you don't like that style
 
DMczaf said:
Will we get an "I'm gettin too old for this shit" + 80s sax cue from Batman?
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All I need is a little jazz interlude while Batman is chattering back and forth with Robin as they cruise over a bridge in a wide helicopter shot and that theater is gonna be soaked in semen.
 
strobogo said:
I just watched Batman Begins. I know I saw it when it came out, but I had zero recollection of 90% of the movie, so it was pretty much all new to me. And it's....a really uneven film. In terms of editing, cinematography, acting, and tone. It's really weird. Even with in the the opening, I swear there were flashbacks within the flash back (beta-Inception?). It wasn't made clear what was current day, what was a flash back, and where Bruce went for the 7 missing years. As I was watching it, it seemed like parents die, then he runs off to the middle of nowhere to join a prison for fun, trains for a while, goes back to Gotham for the trail, then goes back to train some more. That doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's how it was edited.

The young Bruce stuff was really bad. I just didn't care for it at all. But I loved the training stuff and Bruce coming back to Gotham. But then he fully becomes Batman and is making quips and jokes that seem completely out of character for what the movie had set up to that point. You had editing that made people seem like they were teleporting or doing things with their bodies that were completely incongruent with their heads and speaking. The tone of the movie went back and forth from super serious to jokey and it was just strange. There were some parts that felt like they could have been in Shumacher's movies. And Gotham itself, especially the narrows, looks like it would fit right in with Schumacher/Burton Gotham. An awful lot of neon going on. The Gotham of TDK feels like a completely different city. It's shot like a different city, too.

Over all I liked it, but it had a lot of problems. It was surprisingly cheesy and comic booky for a trilogy that takes itself so seriously. TDK was vastly better in every way. Can't wait for TDKR.
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I watched it some days ago, too, and I mostly agree with your points. I especially agreee on Gotahm City looking kind of strange and I'm glad that the narrows and that ludicrous train didn't make a return.

Two other things irked me: Bruce Wayne's dad is too over the top. He's a philanthropist, surgeon, billionaire and a loving father? Come on...
And I think they did a terrible job of showing Gotham's corruption. They mostly talked about it and that's not the best way to portray it, in my opinion. All I saw was nothing extraordinary corrupt or violent.

But it's still a very enjoyable movie, of course.
 
What does Nolan have against Guy Pearce anyway? It's not like he has to star in a movie again, but part of an ensemble would be really cool to have them working together again.
 
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