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connielane at 07:25am on 03/08/2012 under movies
connielane at 07:25am on 03/08/2012 under moviesMan, it takes forever for me to put a post together these days. Maybe in a few weeks I'll post about the Olympic opening ceremony!
Let's get some things out of the way here at the beginning. I have never read a single comic book in my life (though I have read a couple of graphic novels, but those aren't the same thing). My exposure to most superheroes has been from television, and the only knowledge base I have for Batman is the Burton movies, the unfortunate Shumacher movies, and a handful of episodes of the old TV show with Adam West. And when it comes to Christopher Nolan's Batman films, I've felt quite detached from them and never really got what all the fuss was about. I mean, hey, of course they were well made films and there was something satisfying about the more subdued, "realistic" style that made them more respectable in the mainstream. But I never had the reverence for them that other fans and movie geeks seemed to have, especially when it came to The Dark Knight. (Good grief, it was good but the "BEST MOVIE EVER OMG"??? Hardly.)
It was this feeling of detachment that led me to rewatch the first two movies in preparation for the forthcoming third, in hopes that they would give me a better appreciation for the new film. I'd forgotten what an outstanding origin story Batman Begins was, and it occurred to me that I hadn't seen The Dark Knight since the one time I saw it at the midnight show on opening night. My opinion of it has not changed - I still think it's a good movie that was elevated by the fantastic performance of Heath Ledger. I still have huge problems with The Dark Knight, like the sonar thing and the fact that I just can't bring myself to be invested in Harvey Dent, blah blah. The bottom line is that I just don't think I care enough about the franchise to be either ridiculously upset or ridiculously overjoyed.
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Let's get some things out of the way here at the beginning. I have never read a single comic book in my life (though I have read a couple of graphic novels, but those aren't the same thing). My exposure to most superheroes has been from television, and the only knowledge base I have for Batman is the Burton movies, the unfortunate Shumacher movies, and a handful of episodes of the old TV show with Adam West. And when it comes to Christopher Nolan's Batman films, I've felt quite detached from them and never really got what all the fuss was about. I mean, hey, of course they were well made films and there was something satisfying about the more subdued, "realistic" style that made them more respectable in the mainstream. But I never had the reverence for them that other fans and movie geeks seemed to have, especially when it came to The Dark Knight. (Good grief, it was good but the "BEST MOVIE EVER OMG"??? Hardly.)
It was this feeling of detachment that led me to rewatch the first two movies in preparation for the forthcoming third, in hopes that they would give me a better appreciation for the new film. I'd forgotten what an outstanding origin story Batman Begins was, and it occurred to me that I hadn't seen The Dark Knight since the one time I saw it at the midnight show on opening night. My opinion of it has not changed - I still think it's a good movie that was elevated by the fantastic performance of Heath Ledger. I still have huge problems with The Dark Knight, like the sonar thing and the fact that I just can't bring myself to be invested in Harvey Dent, blah blah. The bottom line is that I just don't think I care enough about the franchise to be either ridiculously upset or ridiculously overjoyed.
( Cut for length and spoilers. )
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