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Not bad at all! Hard to sit through at times-- not because of the film quality, but because of the true horrible things that went down. That guy sure went through hell.
And you also know that the rape scene was so uncomfortable for her she bailed on the film, forcing the 'she died' comment instead of showing it, eh?
Yeah I know about it. But that doesn't stop my enjoyment of the film. I don't watch it for the rape scene. I watch it for BRONSON!
PIERCE BRONSON
It's all very ordinary. We witness the story of a boy growing up from age six to eighteen.
So what makes this film special? It was filmed over a period of twelve years. We spend a little of each of those years with the main character, until we have witnessed the actor playing him actually grow up before our eyes. The same can be said for the rest of the cast--we literally watch people age.
As a best picture nominee, I can't say it deserves to win. Honestly, it doesn't matter.
Good films stand the test of time. They don't need best picture Oscars to prop them up.
You have to admire the vision and patience of the filmmakers, beginning a film that would finish twelve years later.
It's all very ordinary. We witness the story of a boy growing up from age six to eighteen.
So what makes this film special? It was filmed over a period of twelve years. We spend a little of each of those years with the main character, until we have witnessed the actor playing him actually grow up before our eyes. The same can be said for the rest of the cast--we literally watch people age.
As a best picture nominee, I can't say it deserves to win. Honestly, it doesn't matter.
Good films stand the test of time. They don't need best picture Oscars to prop them up.
You have to admire the vision and patience of the filmmakers, beginning a film that would finish twelve years later.
Since you ask... yes. :)
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Just finished watching The Dark Knight Rises. It's never likely to surpass the other two for me. It's not much fun, it's too heavy, too "military". But I can't claim not to like it, just not feeling the near constant "oh my all this awesomeness" of the other two. :P Bruce Wayne's suffering is hard to watch for me in this, and the physical pain inflicted on him made me literally curl up and wince... if it was Keaton or Kilmer or Clooney - or Affleck for that matter - I expect I'd be just regular ho-hum, but it's Bale, so... love him to pieces for one thing, and besides, it successfully looks like it hurts. (Well, ok, some actually really did, hope he doesn't feel it anymore.)
Some people felt Batman/Bruce Wayne should have been killed off at the end of that trilogy, but I don't agree at all. Considering the general tone of the movie, a happy ending works better, I think. I mean... misery, more misery, and then death? No thanks. The character arc throughout the trilogy is much better this way, too, from becoming Batman in the first place to freeing himself from that, but not ending up in limbo like at the beginning of TDKR, but actually healing mentally enough to find life away from it all. Getting rid of the guilt, pain and anger and finding love and peace, in a way forgiving himself and allowing himself happiness. Besides, what would it say about fighting for justice and defending his city... and then ending up both physically and psychologically ruined, and then just die? No, no, hell no to that. The body got damaged and scarred in the process, but the mind recovered. Not a bad trade-off. Something valuable was actually achieved on a personal level, it was not just the equivalent of banging one's head to wall until the resulting head injury becomes lethal.
The stapler is a very nice touch, I think. :P
I assume the voice changes over time plus changes with his mood.
In that scene with the stapler it's pretty normal very low, almost whispering voice - but he's not wearing the batsuit, either, so technically that's not Batman, plus obviously he's not angry at Gordon at all, and doesn't need to control urges to kill him or anything.
Yes, he has to change it not to be recognized, but it is, of course more than that. Batman isn't really simply Bruce Wayne in a batsuit, it's a different character (as Bale saw it, anyway). Batman is the anger, the rage, the beast just barely controlled, but unconcerned about breaking bones and maiming people, partly animal, not entirely human. I think there's that aspect to the voice. It gets more animal/less human at those moments when he's even angrier, as well as (to an extent) over time. Change in the voice into animal direction indicates lessening control over the beast. That's how I see it, anyway. It's part of the intimidation factor, too, I'm sure, but I don't feel like that aspect is the driving force distorting it to that effect, I think it's the rage, the beast.
I love the SWEAR TO ME scene, too. :D
I agree that (this) Batman is quite a different person from Bruce, and very on the edge, so yes, almost crazy like, and Batman doesn't adhere to society's rules and norms and conventions like the billionaire heir Bruce Wayne has to. Bruce says that a guy who dresses up as a bat clearly has issues, and though it's a joke in the context, it's also the truth.
I think the voice is great. It's the voice of a raging beast just barely reigned in from becoming a killer, from becoming what he's fighting against.
I knew I was going to be entertained but I didn't realise I was going to be enormously so. When things really get going, which is when Simon Pegg is chastising some punk kid in the bar toilet that's when the fun really begins and never let's up. Also, the action/fights in this movie are awesome and something I wasn't expecting to be executed so well.
Bottom line for me: Tom's recent Oblivion was a much better sci-fi film, and Groundhog Day was way more emotionally affecting along the same lines, but this movie will appeal GREATLY to gamers & anime freaks. :)>-
9/10
Great movie and highly recommended.
Before recently buying the DVD collection, I have only seen parts of this one. Despite Charlie's age, he was still a convincing tough guy in this one.
Hmm. It didn't sound particularly interesting to me to begin with... plus it has Ethan Hawke, which, well... anyway, so I didn't go see it in theatre. I'll catch it on tv or dvd some day...
Street Kings (2008), starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie... It was ok, I suppose, but David Ayer has certainly done better work.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), starring Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan. Started off very promisingly, but not as much fun as I hoped it would be.
Donnie Darko (2001), starring Jake Gyllenhaal. I really like this, it's weird in a good way. :)
Terminator Salvation (2009). Such a missed opportunity. I actually like it even as it is, but it could have been much better as well. The characters needed more work, for one. Marcus was written pretty well (and I quite liked Sam Worthington in the role), but nobody else was. There was plenty potential story-wise and all, and I would have wanted to see this story continued and explored further.
No, McG wasn't ready for this, no matter what he said, and Bale was probably kicking himself for eventually relenting and agreeing to it after having said "no" more than once. Seemed to me he was basically just used, and McG mostly wanted him along for his name. (McG pretty much said so, though I'm not sure if he even realized having admitted it.) An unhappy experience for Bale in many ways for sure. Not at all like that other franchise... An intelligent director makes a big difference, and not just with the end result, but the whole process of getting there. (*imagines Nolan swearing and yelling at Bale's face during the making of Batman Begins* ... *giggles at at the absurdity of the idea* ...but anyway IF Nolan were an idiot not trusting his actors... *imagines Bale not contacting Nolan about Alfred Borden* ;) Oh McG, you moron...)
It's interesting that the box office numbers for this were almost the same as for Batman Begins... though this one cost 50 million dollars more, of course... which is kinda ridiculous, really... and why anyone would give that kind of money to someone like McG to use... the mind boggles.
I wonder what kind of contract Bale had and what would have happened if TS had been more successful and they had wanted to continue... with the same director. Somehow I can't imagine he would have definitely committed to more than one movie here (- Batman was a whole different scenario to begin with in practically every way). When Bale said in a recent interview - nicely, but clearly - that he wouldn't be working with McG again, I wasn't at all surprised he wouldn't, but that he actually said so, and what he implied in how he said it. I was thinking "in-te-rest-ing... of course you wouldn't, but is that because of a, b, c, or d...?" Naturally he's unlikely to elaborate further.
And what a pity the 5th installment of this franchise looks so bloody awful. :(
The first one is pretty good. Some of the action scenes are simply excuses to blow up everything around, but it's fun. Soundtrack is epic, but I don't like all the nonsense between Sam and the Mikeala, although she is very pretty.
The 2nd one is conflicting. It takes a while for the story to get moving, and it features some very cringe worthy humour - when the mom eats the spacecake and goes crazy, and when Sam goes bonkers in the classroom. But then you get the whole end sequence in Egypt, which I just love, it's simply epic.
The third one has less cringe worthy humour and has a wide scope, but they seem to have crammed up all the big action for the end battle, so it does slow down in the middle, and the big battle, while epic, is a bit too much.
The fourth one is a change of style, a bit more serious while keeping the childishness of Bay. I am a big fan of Mark Whalberg so he was fun, and the whole sequence in China is awesome. It's the longest of the 4 so there are some less exciting moment like the whole 'search the daughter' sequence aboard the huge spaceship. The CGI has gone a long way since the 1st one.