3 steps to an excellent evening.
1.) Buy tickets to see Batman Begins.
2.) Buy Popcorn, a soda, and Milk Duds.
3.) Watch Batman Begins.
I still am in a bit of a shock about how much I loved this movie, because it completely snuck up on me and I was kind of tired of Batman after the late movies in the last franchise. But God Bless Christopher Nolan, because he has completely revitalized this character in my imagination and I could have watched Batman Begins and 4 sequels last night, I didn't want it to end. It was truly excellent. All the performances were pitch perfect, and a familiar story was made completely fresh and compelling.
I recommend it. Go see it!
PS. While watching the beginning of the movie, where Bruce Wayne is being mentored in the ways of the shadow warrior, it occured to me that this entire part would have made for an excellent 2nd act of the first prequel of the Star Wars movies. No corny pod racing and CGI belches. Give us mystically delicious training in the ways of a sacred order. Oh well. George Lucas you kind of redeemed yourself with Revenge of the Sith, but honestly it mostly highlighted how aggregiously awful and worthless the first two were. Revenge of the Sith (which I loved) should have been the first prequel! And then tell us what happens between the end of the Revenge of the Sith and the beginning of a New Hope!
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I watched Batman Begins in an IMAX® theatre and I fell asleep.
because you're a monkey
lolz haha
eh I didnt see it yet...but my friends say it is good. I am skeptical because i always consider the old first version to be better. Heres a prefect example
The remaking of willy wonka and the chocolate factory....
wtheck?! It looks ridiculous and stupid....no one can beat the old one...
Gene Wilder rockith!
Batman Begins was indeed, rockin' awexome. I really liked the character development, plot, and how it WASN'T SLEAZY! (YAY FOR WHOEVER MADE IT!)
i kind of want to see the willy wanka movie it looks crazy, i want to see what they did to the original, but i do agree with you poncho that original movies are almost always the best!
lolz it's all good...I want to see it so that I could see how much Tim Burton messed up the original but it does look crazy.
And I give props to Augustus Gloop...teehee I find him funny
"Mrs. Gloop: My son. He'll be made into marshmallows in five seconds.
Willy Wonka: Impossible, my dear lady. That's absurd. Unthinkable.
Mrs. Gloop: Why?
Willy Wonka: Because that pipe doesn't go to the marshmallow rooom. It goes to the fudge room.
Mrs. Gloop: You terrible man."
^_^ funny!
haha yeah, johnny dep looks kind of scary, i hope its decent. is it out yet? umpa umpa umpade doo i've got another question for you!.... What do you do when your child is a BRAT! haha i love the umpa lumpas
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You know, I ran out and watched it on Sunday. Actually, I just felt a need to see a movie, and I had already heard Jason's endorsement of BB, so that's what I saw. I thought it was okay.
The characters were archetypal, which is not surprising, but makes them difficult to relate to.
The plot stretched my willing suspension of disbelief to its max, evn more than Spiderman II did. I found the whole idea of this group that supposedly fights injustice yet decides to more or less kill the entire population of a city to be... problmatic.
Furthermore, the microwave that somehow boils all the water in the city without boiling the water inside everyone's body... uh uh. No way. Can't swallow .
Overall, it was fun, but not a great action hero movie. As someone else said, I'm glad it wasn't sleazy.
And as for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, remember... the movie with Wilder was also ridiculous and weird. I doubt that the new one will be any more so, though I think Depp seems more like a psychopath than Wilder did.
Hey bud did you forget this was a "comic book" movie.... the water vaporizer and secret justice league is not suppose to have you thinking it is real. It is a comic! Somtimes you just got to forget about realism and enjoy the character development and fun story line.
johnny depp looks so weird in willy wonka, but then again, he looks weird in many of his movies; edward scissor hands, pirates, cry baby(ha ha, wow that movie is weird).
Cry baby was a interesting movie lara lolz
and edward scissorhands rocked!
I mean I like Tim Burton flims and how he puts his own dark twist into his movies...so cool but the new movie seems...so upsetting
I mean yeap Depp def looks like more of a psychopath but Wilder had a genious sense to it...thats why practically every movie he's been in is amazing like The Producers
Depp doesn't even have the crazy hair Wonka's suppose to have man! lolz but I hope they at least do the part where Wonka walks with a cane, stops, and then falls and rolls heehe
"I found the whole idea of this group that supposedly fights injustice yet decides to more or less kill the entire population of a city to be... problmatic."
It's hard to understand, but there are many groups that feel this way in our world. They're called terrorists! Most of them think they are fighting injustices.
As for the rest, I can see where you're coming from, but none of that bothered me at all. My suspension of disbelief is apparently more elastic than yours.
And I did not like the first Chocolate Factory movie at all, because I just loved the books and thought the movie was no where near as good. I'm kind of looking forward to the new one, just because Depp is normally so good.
Now Dukes of Hazzarrd. . . that looks like a steaming pile of vomit.
hek,
I have to agree about the microwave thing. even through one very drowsy eye at a time, it did seem a bit far fetched.
I don't know, there is water evaporating all around us all the time and I haven't yet seen people reduced to piles of dust and vapor by the same processes. I think the requirements to vaporize water alone and water within are different.
Are you forgetting about something? Spontaneous Human Combustion. WARNING this is nasty but true.
You just brought that up because everyone loves talking about Spontaneous Human Combustion. It has nothing to do with this discussion.
I make sure to swallow one ice cube a day as a precaution against this ever happening to me.
True, I do love talking about SHC, but it does have to do with the conversation. People do evaporate sometimes.
NOT FROM THE SAME PROCESS THAT EVAPORATES WATER ALL AROUND US.
My point is. . . SHC (which happens, rarely, and has yet to be explained) does not make the idea of a water vaporizer patently ridiculous. Water could be vaporized by an outside source without dehydrating humans to death. It happens everyday!
My point is SHC is AWESOME!!!! I hope you spontaneously combust!!!
Although that is the best insult EVER, I didn't mean it. SHC is the nastiest thing I have ever seen. WARNING, I am not kidding, it is downright horrific.
Be careful what you wish for!
BOOM
SIZZLE
(dust settles quietly).
Sorry about that. Can somebody get a dustpan?
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