With The Avengers coming out in less than 3 weeks, there are already early rumblings from the people who attended the red carpet premiere of the film that this movie is one for the ages. I'll wait till I see it to form my opinion on it. But here's the thing, if this movie kicks epic amounts of ass, and makes a shit load of money.. you can all start expecting a Justice League movie as soon as the next Batman movie after The Dark Knight Rises comes out. We already have the Man Of Steel coming out next year.. believe me folks the process of making a Batman reboot will be done shortly.. because there is lots of money to be made.
But how will The Avengers pave the way for Warner Brothers to make an equally good DC counterpart? If The Avengers is as good as everyone is saying it is right now, it will be the template of how to make a good hero team-up movie.The formula, the right balance of each hero having a story and purpose of being in the movie, nice action, and a coherrent plot. But a Justice League movie might possibly be light on the action and more heavy on the plot due to me reading a few JLA comics. But that's also a DC and Marvel thing.. DC is more heavy on plot meanwhile Marvel is more about the action. So I hope that The Avengers is both financially and critically successful so that we can finally have a Justice League movie.
Or just have a Batman and Superman movie.. that will be good too.
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Showing posts with label Batman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Batman. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Tim Burton's Batman movies vs Christopher Nolan's movies (Do not read if you a rabid fanboy of either side)
Let me be perfectly clear, I LOVE BOTH MOVIES. I love Batman 1989 because it helped introduce me to the world of Batman, and I love Nolan for his overall story telling. It keeps true to the comic book. Let's begin!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
My opinion on who should helm the Batman reboot after Nolan is done.
Who should helm Batman after Nolan is done? That is a very good question, there are lots of potential suitors, but there really is only one correct answer; Matthew Vaughn.
You have seen his body of work; Kick-Ass was a very good movie.. he didn't even bother trying to make that movie PG-13, he stuck close to the original's adult like themes such as the violence for example, and also he got the point of the comic; can regular people be superheroes? He answered that with style, yes.. just not a very good one at that.
Also, let's not forget Xmen First class; which I thought was the best movie of 2011. He made an origin story of Xavier and Magneto and how they became friends then enemies, and it isn't because they were born that way, it's ideological differences. Xavier wanted mutants to be accepted by humans, meanwhile Magneto doesn't want their acceptance, matter of fact he thinks that mutants are superior to humans. Both minds are right and wrong. He also made the the invasion of pigs a pretty big deal, which it was! I liked the late 50's-early 60's backdrop, see if you had somebody else doing this, they would've not put such care in the little things that make a film complete as a whole.
So do I have to explain why Vaughn should direct the next Batman movies? He keeps close to the source material, he knows how to make proper comic book movies that feels like comic books. I love Nolan's movies, but they are not comic book movies to a degree of feeling like comic books. The movies are more like "If Batman was in our reality", get what I am saying? This is by no means a bad criticism, it just bugs me that's all, I'm not saying he should just go the authentic comic book feel and go back to the silver age, no I am not saying that. I love his movies, but I really don't care for realism in movies. I don't go to movies to watch real life, I go to movies to escape my own crappy existence. Want to watch a real faithful comic book movie? Watch the Iron man and Spiderman movies, those were REAL comic book movies.
So all in all, if WB gives Vaughn the helm to do these movies, he would do a fine job. Many people will still think that Nolan's movies are the best and the golden example of how to do a comic book movie.. just wait and see.
You have seen his body of work; Kick-Ass was a very good movie.. he didn't even bother trying to make that movie PG-13, he stuck close to the original's adult like themes such as the violence for example, and also he got the point of the comic; can regular people be superheroes? He answered that with style, yes.. just not a very good one at that.
Also, let's not forget Xmen First class; which I thought was the best movie of 2011. He made an origin story of Xavier and Magneto and how they became friends then enemies, and it isn't because they were born that way, it's ideological differences. Xavier wanted mutants to be accepted by humans, meanwhile Magneto doesn't want their acceptance, matter of fact he thinks that mutants are superior to humans. Both minds are right and wrong. He also made the the invasion of pigs a pretty big deal, which it was! I liked the late 50's-early 60's backdrop, see if you had somebody else doing this, they would've not put such care in the little things that make a film complete as a whole.
So do I have to explain why Vaughn should direct the next Batman movies? He keeps close to the source material, he knows how to make proper comic book movies that feels like comic books. I love Nolan's movies, but they are not comic book movies to a degree of feeling like comic books. The movies are more like "If Batman was in our reality", get what I am saying? This is by no means a bad criticism, it just bugs me that's all, I'm not saying he should just go the authentic comic book feel and go back to the silver age, no I am not saying that. I love his movies, but I really don't care for realism in movies. I don't go to movies to watch real life, I go to movies to escape my own crappy existence. Want to watch a real faithful comic book movie? Watch the Iron man and Spiderman movies, those were REAL comic book movies.
So all in all, if WB gives Vaughn the helm to do these movies, he would do a fine job. Many people will still think that Nolan's movies are the best and the golden example of how to do a comic book movie.. just wait and see.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Thoughts about Batman and The Dark Knight
Preparing for raging fanboys in 3 2 1
Both of the films 3rd acts stinked, no SUCKED. But for different reasons. For Burton's 1st film, he did 2 no nos 1. He let Vicki Vale into the batcave... HEH?! 2. (I'm actually still on the fence with this being a bad thing) he made the Joker be the murderer of Bruce Wayne's parents. Ok enough of his no nos. The 3rd act kind of redeemed itself with the awesome Batmobile scene.. but it's awesome for the wrong reasons that completely demean the character of Batman. BATMAN SHOULD NOT HAVE GUNS! He should not have guns on the Batmobile or the Batwing. His character in the comics hates guns because it was guns that killed his parents, makes sense. Ok, that leads me to another awesome scene that is awesome for the right reasons. Batman saves the day by stealing Joker's balloons, and flys up to the moon for no good reason, and does he really need to have a good reason? He's THE GODDAMN BATMAN. But then Burton made another boo boo, he made Batman miss with the torpedoes and the machine guns. He had a clear target on the Joker, A CLEAR TARGET! I guess Batman didn't use the force like Luke did for the Death Star. Ok, let me make this perfectly clear.. Batman DID NOT KILL THE JOKER. You saw the scene, The Joker was escaping so Batman tangled him up with his.... I don't know what it's called, but it worked. Now pay attention, this is very important.. The Joker had a choice... he knew he was stuck.. but he chose not to and try to beat the laws of physics.. if the Joker stayed.. he would've lived. So, no more of this Batman killed Joker shit.. the Joker killed himself. I know that is suppose to show that Batman can win against evil without resorting to killing... but I would rather have that The Joker lived.. yeah It's Burton's style and there's no way in hell that you will be paying Nicholson another 6 mil to star in another movie, but that's not a excuse.. I mean look at Catwoman in Returns, she lives.
Let's move on with The Dark Knight... The whole 3rd act was so crammed and slow. How can a climax last for 40 + minutes? Not one that will work. Plus, I am one of those people who despise movies that explains everything to me. That's up to me to see the themes, the messages, you know. Plus, HOW THE HELL DID TWO FACE ESCAPED FROM THE HOSPITAL? Really, there was no scene that showed me him escaping, so I suppose to believe that he escaped. Ok, BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE OF HIM LIVING THROUGH THAT CAR CRASH! I thought Nolan's movies are suppose to be real? Seems like two misfires. I know I am being nitpicky... but that's what I do as a "Critic", I nitpick.
But the final scenes in Both films are epic to say the least. Burton's has the music and the visuals going for him, while Nolan has the symbolic speech for Gordon. Those scenes pretty much described both films styles right there. Burton is atmosphere, visual, and music. While Nolan is more symbolic, has a message to send to everybody. His movies are character studies, like Citizen Kane.
FIN
Both of the films 3rd acts stinked, no SUCKED. But for different reasons. For Burton's 1st film, he did 2 no nos 1. He let Vicki Vale into the batcave... HEH?! 2. (I'm actually still on the fence with this being a bad thing) he made the Joker be the murderer of Bruce Wayne's parents. Ok enough of his no nos. The 3rd act kind of redeemed itself with the awesome Batmobile scene.. but it's awesome for the wrong reasons that completely demean the character of Batman. BATMAN SHOULD NOT HAVE GUNS! He should not have guns on the Batmobile or the Batwing. His character in the comics hates guns because it was guns that killed his parents, makes sense. Ok, that leads me to another awesome scene that is awesome for the right reasons. Batman saves the day by stealing Joker's balloons, and flys up to the moon for no good reason, and does he really need to have a good reason? He's THE GODDAMN BATMAN. But then Burton made another boo boo, he made Batman miss with the torpedoes and the machine guns. He had a clear target on the Joker, A CLEAR TARGET! I guess Batman didn't use the force like Luke did for the Death Star. Ok, let me make this perfectly clear.. Batman DID NOT KILL THE JOKER. You saw the scene, The Joker was escaping so Batman tangled him up with his.... I don't know what it's called, but it worked. Now pay attention, this is very important.. The Joker had a choice... he knew he was stuck.. but he chose not to and try to beat the laws of physics.. if the Joker stayed.. he would've lived. So, no more of this Batman killed Joker shit.. the Joker killed himself. I know that is suppose to show that Batman can win against evil without resorting to killing... but I would rather have that The Joker lived.. yeah It's Burton's style and there's no way in hell that you will be paying Nicholson another 6 mil to star in another movie, but that's not a excuse.. I mean look at Catwoman in Returns, she lives.
Let's move on with The Dark Knight... The whole 3rd act was so crammed and slow. How can a climax last for 40 + minutes? Not one that will work. Plus, I am one of those people who despise movies that explains everything to me. That's up to me to see the themes, the messages, you know. Plus, HOW THE HELL DID TWO FACE ESCAPED FROM THE HOSPITAL? Really, there was no scene that showed me him escaping, so I suppose to believe that he escaped. Ok, BUT THERE IS NO EXCUSE OF HIM LIVING THROUGH THAT CAR CRASH! I thought Nolan's movies are suppose to be real? Seems like two misfires. I know I am being nitpicky... but that's what I do as a "Critic", I nitpick.
But the final scenes in Both films are epic to say the least. Burton's has the music and the visuals going for him, while Nolan has the symbolic speech for Gordon. Those scenes pretty much described both films styles right there. Burton is atmosphere, visual, and music. While Nolan is more symbolic, has a message to send to everybody. His movies are character studies, like Citizen Kane.
FIN
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Title card for a future review (Might be the first one if I feel like it)
The Image is done by me, this is actually a two parter I'm doing for the Tim Burton films. Review coming soon.
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