while i don't really care what color the actor is in a movie, I have to say that its a cheap exploitive move that Hollywood takes just to create buzz. That being said if the actor would be a better version of the character than it is kinda warranted. However, Its very hard to mess with icons like Batman or James Bond in this way. As far as different races for super heroes go, i just prefer they come up with new superheroes. There have been a couple: Spawn, Static Shock, Cage, Black Panther, Mantis. When I'm writing, I like to think of whether not to change the characters race or gender or what, and this could have an interesting change to the whole concept.
this was an interesting movie, mainly because I was writing something similar, but didn't know where to go with it.
Batman/Bruce Wayne's Plotline was great. That part was a kung fu movie. Hero gets into a fight with villain; gets ass kicked; then trains really hard; figures out that one thing he didn't know before hand; usually learns from some old man; which is key to winning; Then comes back beats the **** out of the villain. This is the plotline in: Drunken Tai Chi, Rocky III, and Karate Kid.
Banes plotline is interesting, because that was kinda the one I was writing for my movie, the only thing is I didn't know where to go with it. I wasn't writing for a superhro movie, though I had figured it m ight be a good plotline for Green Goblin and Spiderman, but I had been writing this movie about a terrorist group that takes over a city in America and then acts as despots. I had got the idea from watching the news and how the news is just set up to make you depressed and paranoid. I found it funny one of banes speeches was oddly similar to one I was writing, but of course that would come with the territory. Shredder on Ninja Turtles is kinda similar when he is telling the foot clan kids they get to party and ****. While at one hand promising them freedoms, while on another hand controlling them. Its an obvious thing to mention is that people will actually have some higher degree of freedom in a zone thats been held hostage. However, how is that different then what went on in Iraq? The obvious chaos and "liberation" would lead to rampant violence among the people. As boring as life can be in the ordered world it prevents mass violence. The people were able to claim liberty during the French revolution, but how many people were guillotined? This is why Batman, who is to some degree representative of fascism is the hero in this type of story. Some of the things Batman and Gordon do are wrong. It just how you look at it, you can either have chaos or oder. Back to Joker vs Batman.
The Talia thing I totally expected. She had said things that would imply she grew up with Ra's Al Ghul. I'm always looking for foreshadowing. I didn't trust her one bit. She got the keys to the fusion reactor and control of Wayne enterprises way too easily. Also, the way she jumped on Wayne seemed way too spy movie. Seducing him in a way to gain his trust. Its not that I don't appreciate it, it just doesn't fool me.
Anne Hathaway was great as Selina Kyle. Although I have to say when they start fighting together its kinda weird because its very sudden. I also have to say this has a lot of "don't trust women angles", though Catwomen comes away in the end.
The ending was very Inception like. Alfred set it up, and I had expected something like that. Didn't think Batman had died, and this was mainly because he had learned to fear death in the pit. Harry Potter didn't die and neither was Bruce Wayne going to. Before the pit Wayne was all about sacrificing himself for the city, but after that he was about getting the job done and still living. That sort of drive gets things done. As the old man was saying without that sort of motivation it may be harder to accomplish tasks. He would have to retire though after this because his injuries would be just too great to continue. Though he looked far less emaciated then he was before this whole mess.
I liked the Escape from New York vibe.
Topic: The Dark Knight Rises with SPOILERS (Read 54747 times)
