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LeafOfFaith said:
Finally saw The Batman.

I’m still debating. It didn’t fully resonate and really stick with me as the first two Bale films. It was pretty darn good, just not really close to the best like some of the reviews said.

I think the script was well-written, made sense for the most part. Liked that they set it up as a mystery. In that sense it was much more taken out of the pages of Detective Comics rather than Batman, for those of you that read them, so that was a nice change. I didn’t really feel that it was three hours long, though I did feel that the ending fell kinda flat. Went out with a bit of a whimper in the last 15 minutes.

I didn’t really like the choice of Pattinson for Bats when he was announced and now, having seen it, I still don’t. But something interesting is that he was out of costume and playing Bruce for what, a total of maybe 5-10 minutes tops? His emo look didn’t get a chance to bug me too much and I thought he looked good in the costume and played the brooding part well. So I can kinda see why they went with him, far cheaper choice than any of the bigger names, probably not all that many known guys to even pick from, and they didn’t want to go with some shmo nobody’s ever heard of. So eh, ok then.

Didn’t really like Kravitz as Catwoman either. She honestly looks like she’s 10 years old, and looks extremely small. The film loses some believability when she can pull Bats up from a ledge. Literally impossible. Again, cheating out on cast and taking a name that is semi known.

Dano was kinda a bit too over the top, but good enough. Farrell good enough. I think the story was strong enough for everyone to get by.

One thing I really didn’t like - the darkness on the screen the whole 3 hours. I get it, that’s the mood. But it’s way too dull. You want to be seeing vibrantly, even in the dark. It was like those later GOT episodes where you have trouble making out details on the screen. Just a bit too much.

Anyway, good film. Was what I expected for the most part, which is a bummer because I was hoping the trailer wasn’t representative and the full film would be way better. It was somewhat better, but Bale and Ledger and still the gold standard (minus the bombs on ferries scene).
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I haven't seen it yet, but why is the Batman 3 hours? Running time of movies is getting stupid. Just because you no longer have to worry about have 2 VHS tapes for 1 3 hour movie, doesn't mean 3 hours is justified.
 
JackBurton said:
I haven't seen it yet, but why is the Batman 3 hours? Running time of movies is getting stupid. Just because you no longer have to worry about have 2 VHS tapes for 1 3 hour movie, doesn't mean 3 hours is justified.
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No good movie is ever long enough and no bad movie can end soon enough. If you found your attention drifting it's because the movie wasn't doing its job.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
It is indeed. Not sure if I buy it, but maybe.

Denzel apparently told Will not to take the gay part in Six Degrees of Separation, but he did it anyway.

And really, will a guy who isn't gay or bi really take on a gay role?
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"Deathtrap", circa 1984, a sort-of remake of the 1971 classic "Sleuth". In Deathtrap, there is a scene in which Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve kiss and are revealed as gay. To my knowledge, neither of them were gay or bi. And there have undoubtedly been others.

And by the way, Smith's performance in Six Degrees of Separation was more Oscar-worthy than the role for which he actually won an Oscar.
 
He deserved an Oscar for his work on The Slap more than anything else he ever did. That was one of the greatest performances in film and television history.
 
I actually liked Son In Law a lot.

"Steven Tyler PJ's Steven Tyler PJs"

Plus I still have a crush on Carla Gugino. Get damn, even now as a more mature woman.

 
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