Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by tdksucks
Clearly the goal of the movie was to be realistic and therefore have storylines and themes that could be plausible in reality. Nevermind that it’s a movie based on a comic book character and doesn’t need to qualify itself that way to be entertaining, it’s clear that’s what the intention is and if that’s the [...]
Filed under: Story/Plot Problems Tags: batman, batman begins, boats, Chris Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Deevo, Devo, explosives, ferries, Next Friday, the dark knight, Tiny Lister, trigger | 18 Comments »
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by tdksucks
Most movies require you to suspend at least SOME amount of disbelief, otherwise we could never enjoy ourselves watching a piece of fiction. However, the basis of the new Batman franchise, starting with “Batman Begins” is an attempt to ground the Batman lore into reality. REAL reality. Yes, a guy dressed as a bat who fights [...]
Filed under: Story/Plot Problems Tags: batman, cell phone, iphone, sonar | 39 Comments »
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by tdksucks
Apparently, crazy is as crazy does, and needs no further explanation. The Joker is first introduced in TDK rather brilliantly, as dangerous, psychotic, and reasonably well-played by Heath Ledger. The problem is, other than his own dialogue in 2 moments of the movie about his father that he hated who gave him is facial scars, [...]
Filed under: Story/Plot Problems, Writing/Direction Tags: Heath Ledger, The Joker | 32 Comments »
