Writer's Block: Live action hero
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Favorite: The Rocketeer, hands down.
It was probably the movie that most got me into both aircraft and the 1930s/40s, and it's one of the few movies (not just superhero flicks) I can watch again and again. The casting, acting, sets, costumes -- everything was wonderfully done. And that opening scene, with the GeeBee doing laps around the airfield, remains one of my favorite flight scenes, ever, in a film.
Least Favorite: Batman Begins. Wait, wait, don't pummel me!
It's not a bad film. It's not. And that's what frustrated me so much, when I first saw it. It's well-directed and well-acted-- Jim Gordon, especially --but... It's not Batman. It's not the super-sleuth, brains-over-brawn, creepy-but-goddamn-classy Batman I grew up with. Bale's Batman is a bit too thugish, and too reliant on his tech (or his badass butler buddy) to solve his problems. Bale's Batman would never get the nickname "Detective" from comics-verse Ra's; he couldn't earn it. And, on top of all that, to utterly butcher Ra's Al Ghul? No. The movie had a whole crap-ton of potential, but it didn't live up to it. Not for me, anyway.
Favorite: The Rocketeer, hands down.
It was probably the movie that most got me into both aircraft and the 1930s/40s, and it's one of the few movies (not just superhero flicks) I can watch again and again. The casting, acting, sets, costumes -- everything was wonderfully done. And that opening scene, with the GeeBee doing laps around the airfield, remains one of my favorite flight scenes, ever, in a film.
Least Favorite: Batman Begins. Wait, wait, don't pummel me!
It's not a bad film. It's not. And that's what frustrated me so much, when I first saw it. It's well-directed and well-acted-- Jim Gordon, especially --but... It's not Batman. It's not the super-sleuth, brains-over-brawn, creepy-but-goddamn-classy Batman I grew up with. Bale's Batman is a bit too thugish, and too reliant on his tech (or his badass butler buddy) to solve his problems. Bale's Batman would never get the nickname "Detective" from comics-verse Ra's; he couldn't earn it. And, on top of all that, to utterly butcher Ra's Al Ghul? No. The movie had a whole crap-ton of potential, but it didn't live up to it. Not for me, anyway.
