Tuesday, June 28, 2005

ARGGGG!

Big companies put so many little roadblocks in your path it is amazing that anything gets done. But I will not dwell on this. Nay, I will turn from this and move forward.

Let me trash Batman Begins (which in some macbre way I REALLY enjoyed) instead.

1) Why does one build a Fireworks Factory at the top of a mountain training camp for Ninjas?

2) It's "The Dark Knight" not the invisible Knight. I paid good money to see the movie - for goodness sake, turn on klieg light somewhere.

3) Liam Nieseen apparently wandered in from a 1968 Kung Fu Movie - with his old Star Wars script (not a good combo).

4) One minute, Gotahm City - turn corner, go down one level (Lower Wacker for the Chicago-ans) and you are in the 6th circle of hell.

5) Take the laundry in. It's not going to dry in the RAIN.

6) How does Wayne Manor sit over a giant cave full of bats, just outside Gotham City, on the Underground Railroad (right - "You're old Great Great Grandadday help free the slaves") AND somehow in the middle of the English countryside. That is one big estate.

7) Poor poor Katie Holmes. She just can't choose between Dawson, Pacey or Bruce Wanye.

8) Pretty wossie villian (although cute in a way-too-gay way).

9) Okay - if you are going to have fight scenes - show them. If you are going to make the point that Batman appears out of nowhere to win - okay. Then it is a quick fight scene. You can't do both. You can't have a fight scene that last 15 minutes of screen time with 12 "Batman drops from roof and overpowers killer" clips.

10) Okay - if we let you have that stupid fight scene once, please do not have have 4 of them intersperses thorugh-out the film.

11) And, maybe this is just me, why did they have the Line dancing Ninja fight scene in the Fireworks factory at all?

All in all, Lynn and I walked out making fun of it, and Eddie liked it. On the other hand - I enjoyed the movie - but it wasn't great.