I work as a projectionist at a movie theater and had the privilege of seeing this movie last night. I will first start off by saying that it is indeed a great movie and does live up to the first film.

That being said…

The hype for this movie is absolutely ridiculous. It is NOT the giant lead forward from the first that the online reviewers are claiming it to be. A great movie yes, and by far the best of the summer. But, in this summer of shit, that is not saying much.

Don’t walk into this with huge expectations. If you do, you may be mildly disappointed. NOT the I-Thought-This-Was-Suppose-To-Be-Good disappointment that came with Spiderman 2, but disappointed never the less.

The Joker is amazing, Harvey is great, and Batman is superb as usual.

The story is a bit clunky at times, but the action makes up for any flaws it may have. And I’m kind of annoyed that they altered the production design from BEGINS. (Pay attention the new Wayne Enterprises building and sets to see what I mean).

!!!!!!SPOILERS!!!!!

Any to prove I’m not pulling this review out of my ass, I will tell you a few tidbits from the film.

The Batpod emerges from the damaged Batmobile very similar to the way the Batmissile did from the Batmobile in RETURNS.

Rachel gets blown-up in a You-Must-Choose who dies scenario.

The Joker lives and Two-Face dies.

Oh, yeah. Batman decides in the end to take the blame for Two-Face’s shenanigans, thus keeping the legend of Harvey Dent alive in the eyes of the people. He in essence becomes a villain in the end, but not really.

I’d really like to see a sequel here. I know the the THIRD movie curse haunts all franchises, but I think they can actually one-up this.

When you see the film let me know what you guys think.

Star Trek – 0.9
Dead Zone – 0.8
Stargate SG-1 – 0.8
Stargate Atlantis – 0.6

As always, thanks for the comments everyone. I’m glad you’re all enjoying these run-down’s.

Rosario

For example: Why not, upon seeing some of his friends (Rachel, anyone?) move on, we could have Bruce wonder what it would be like to have a son of his own… then Dick Grayson comes along, and gets orphaned. Bruce could sorta adopt him….

By the way… ya think the little Narrows boy in “Begins” WAS Dick, soon to be Robin?

Just my $0.02 :)

Seth Rogen is the new Will Farrell. (And I don’t mean that in a good way.)

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The boxes for Dominos Pizza look really cool. It almost makes me want to order one, but I think my taste buds would think otherwise.

I am not sold on the Prisoner miniseries casting. Jim Caviezel is not who I could picture taking Patrick McGoohan’s role. I was thinking that Clive Owen would be a better choice.

I still believe The Dark Knight is going to shake the doors off of anything else this summer. While I enjoy Marvel’s light-hearted takes, I really like the seriousness and realism Nolan has attempted with Batman (of all the superheroes out there, Batman is the one that needs the grit). One thing SInger had right was that Superman is almost too Christ-like in his perfection and infalibility to prove as interesting a character to watch on screen. The dramatic impact of a story is lessened when you know your hero is in very little danger of being injured.

A brief clarification:

The person referenced in the above articled about Superman – Mark Millar, a Scottish graphic novelist responsible for Wanted as well as several Spiderman and Fantastic Four outings.

A person not referenced in the above article about Superman – Frank Miller, an American writer responsible for 300, Sin City and The Dark Knight Returns.