I loved Batman Begins when I first saw it, but I have to admit that it has quite a few flaws that bring the film down.
1. Crappy dialogue in spots: the word fear is overused like crazy, certain phrases are used twice for some odd reason ("Why do we fall?", "Nevah!" "You never learned to mind your surroundings!", etc) and....
2. ....silly use of jokes: "Nice coat" "I've got to get me one of those!" I did like some of the jokes, though. Most of the better jokes were from Alfred.
3. Hammy performance by Tom Wilkinson. Strangely enough, I liked him when I first saw the film, but yeah, he hammed it up something fierce.
4. One dimentional portrayal of the mob. They're basically, like, evil and stuff. Where was Falcone's family? Read The Long Halloween for a decent portrayal of the mob.
5. The plot was occassionally spoon-fed to the audience. Remember the scene where Mr. Earle learns that the microwave emitter has been stolen?
6. The last act in particular, with the speeding train, was pretty lame. I hope the finale in The Dark Knight is a bit more exciting and less cliche.
Most of my quibbles have to do with the dialogue. I don't understand how Chris Nolan, the guy who wrote Memento, allowed some of this cheesy dialogue into his film. Baffling, really.
I'm still really, really looking forward to The Dark Knight though. This is my most anticipated movie ever, by far. I hope it corrects some of the problems I had with BB. I think it will correct a few of them, but I don't expect it to correct all of them. It does appear that a few have been corrected:
1. Jonah Nolan replaced David Goyer as screenwriter. Granted, some of the dialogue in the trailer isn't great ("You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" is a little corny and obvious) but I have a feeling it will be improved. I bet that most of the more cliched jokes are gone as well as repeated lines.
2. A lot of people complained about the camerawork in Begins, but the camerawork in the trailers shows promise.
3. We have a new Rachel Dawes, thankfully.
4. Ledger will totally sell some of the clunkier dialogue. I thought that Neeson did this as well, but Ledger will do it even better.
5. Nolan seemed to hint at more detective work for Bats.
6. The main villain is seen throughout the film. The "final battle" will probably seem less jarring.
1. Crappy dialogue in spots: the word fear is overused like crazy, certain phrases are used twice for some odd reason ("Why do we fall?", "Nevah!" "You never learned to mind your surroundings!", etc) and....
2. ....silly use of jokes: "Nice coat" "I've got to get me one of those!" I did like some of the jokes, though. Most of the better jokes were from Alfred.
3. Hammy performance by Tom Wilkinson. Strangely enough, I liked him when I first saw the film, but yeah, he hammed it up something fierce.
4. One dimentional portrayal of the mob. They're basically, like, evil and stuff. Where was Falcone's family? Read The Long Halloween for a decent portrayal of the mob.
5. The plot was occassionally spoon-fed to the audience. Remember the scene where Mr. Earle learns that the microwave emitter has been stolen?
6. The last act in particular, with the speeding train, was pretty lame. I hope the finale in The Dark Knight is a bit more exciting and less cliche.
Most of my quibbles have to do with the dialogue. I don't understand how Chris Nolan, the guy who wrote Memento, allowed some of this cheesy dialogue into his film. Baffling, really.
I'm still really, really looking forward to The Dark Knight though. This is my most anticipated movie ever, by far. I hope it corrects some of the problems I had with BB. I think it will correct a few of them, but I don't expect it to correct all of them. It does appear that a few have been corrected:
1. Jonah Nolan replaced David Goyer as screenwriter. Granted, some of the dialogue in the trailer isn't great ("You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" is a little corny and obvious) but I have a feeling it will be improved. I bet that most of the more cliched jokes are gone as well as repeated lines.
2. A lot of people complained about the camerawork in Begins, but the camerawork in the trailers shows promise.
3. We have a new Rachel Dawes, thankfully.
4. Ledger will totally sell some of the clunkier dialogue. I thought that Neeson did this as well, but Ledger will do it even better.
5. Nolan seemed to hint at more detective work for Bats.
6. The main villain is seen throughout the film. The "final battle" will probably seem less jarring.
