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Holy rusted metal, Batman!
Jun. 20th, 2005 07:04 pmWow.
O.o
Okay, you know? All I can say is that the fifth one is my favorite Batman. It takes Batman and turns him back into flesh and blood instead of invincible polyvinyl. And yes, I love Michael Keaton, and yes, I love Val Kilmer (and yes, I thought the one with George Clooney sucked eggs), but Christian Bale made Batman into a human being for me. He always does that, turns his characters into actual people.
There are certain actors I watch with special attention. Yeah, they are hot, for the most part. But the real reason is that they choose the weird roles, and they don't care if they look pretty doing them, and they challenge themselves, and damnit, it SHOWS. My list includes Johnny Depp, Jared Leto, Edward Norton, Jaye Davidson, Ryan Gosling, Gerard Butler, Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, and of course, our latest caped crusader, Christian Bale, who astounds me every time. They have not allowed themselves to become strictly eye-candy because they get dirty with the roles they choose and they reach farther than most to bring the character to life for their audience. They play the unsavory assholes and the troubled murderers; they play the selfish bastards and the bizarre criminals. They make me hate their characters and think twice about seeing their movies, and a truly hated character is the sign of GOOD WRITING. Take note: if you hate a character because of what they do, if they REALLY get your ghost, that character might just be the most well-developed, strongest character in the story.
So I loved this version of Batman. Very gritty, very real, very intellectual, and from what I hear, very close to how Batman is perceived in the comic books. ...which, of course, I need to read in more detail.
Go see it.
O.o
Okay, you know? All I can say is that the fifth one is my favorite Batman. It takes Batman and turns him back into flesh and blood instead of invincible polyvinyl. And yes, I love Michael Keaton, and yes, I love Val Kilmer (and yes, I thought the one with George Clooney sucked eggs), but Christian Bale made Batman into a human being for me. He always does that, turns his characters into actual people.
There are certain actors I watch with special attention. Yeah, they are hot, for the most part. But the real reason is that they choose the weird roles, and they don't care if they look pretty doing them, and they challenge themselves, and damnit, it SHOWS. My list includes Johnny Depp, Jared Leto, Edward Norton, Jaye Davidson, Ryan Gosling, Gerard Butler, Kevin Bacon, Sean Penn, and of course, our latest caped crusader, Christian Bale, who astounds me every time. They have not allowed themselves to become strictly eye-candy because they get dirty with the roles they choose and they reach farther than most to bring the character to life for their audience. They play the unsavory assholes and the troubled murderers; they play the selfish bastards and the bizarre criminals. They make me hate their characters and think twice about seeing their movies, and a truly hated character is the sign of GOOD WRITING. Take note: if you hate a character because of what they do, if they REALLY get your ghost, that character might just be the most well-developed, strongest character in the story.
So I loved this version of Batman. Very gritty, very real, very intellectual, and from what I hear, very close to how Batman is perceived in the comic books. ...which, of course, I need to read in more detail.
Go see it.
