Batman Begins.........Horrible "reinvention".

Started by Doc Ock22 pages
Originally posted by Mr Parker
well actually schumacher didnt commit anywhere near as many sins with the batflicks as burton did,michael keaton was the worst casting choice in comicbook history,total wrong build and wrong look,didnt even come close to fitting the role,kilmer at least loooked the role so he was at least believeable in it.Kilmer made a much better bruce wayne than keaton did so I hate schumacher the lesser of the two.

What about Schumacher turning Gotham all bright and full of neon??

Making Riddler and Two Face act like the Joker?? Two Face constantly flipping the coin until he got the side he wanted.

Batman was also a killer in Schumacher's movies.

He hammed up the villains to unbearable degrees.Look at Mr Freeze and his string of lame one liners.Having his men sing along to a cartoon 🙄 🙄

Bane,the villain who broke Batman,was a retarded love slave henchman to Poison Ivy.

Batgirl was Alfred's niece.

How can you hate Burton more?? At least his changes were enjoyable to watch.

Originally posted by bakerboy
Clearly, the creator of this thread doesnt have any idea about what batman means and how is he in the comics. Because the Nolan movie was not only a very loyal movie to the character and his mithos, but it was a great movie with great casting choices, great script and great performances. Something that didnt exist in those garbage movies directed by burton or schumacher.

very well said. 👆

I think that Micheal Keaton was a terrible Batman and that some of the origin changes for the Joker were stupid. But pretty much everything Schumacher did afterwards was worse.

Originally posted by Doc Ock
What about Schumacher turning Gotham all bright and full of neon??

Making Riddler and Two Face act like the Joker?? Two Face constantly flipping the coin until he got the side he wanted.

Batman was also a killer in Schumacher's movies.

He hammed up the villains to unbearable degrees.Look at Mr Freeze and his string of lame one liners.Having his men sing along to a cartoon 🙄 🙄

Bane,the villain who broke Batman,was a retarded love slave henchman to Poison Ivy.

Batgirl was Alfred's niece.

How can you hate Burton more?? At least his changes were enjoyable to watch.

I agree...Schumacher made Batman horrible to watch...and the worst thing of all...Kilmer is a guy who can't act and they gave him nipples. And actually he acted too much like a Superhero which was what the Studio expected. And both Batman of Burton and Nolan didn't appear as Superheroes but as men who fight crime! That's a huge difference. It made Tim Burton's batman a lot better than Shumacher's. Tim Burton's Batman was a lot darker, it had a much cooler Batmobile (I'm not saying it's cooler than the one of BB, they are just different, one was more elegant more like the comic looking, one was more realistic, lethal looking) But the batmobiles of Schumacher sucked...he tried to modernize Batman...he failed where Nolan succeeded. He made a modern Batman, cause Burton's Batman was more classic looking.

Originally posted by Doc Ock
What about Schumacher turning Gotham all bright and full of neon??

Making Riddler and Two Face act like the Joker?? Two Face constantly flipping the coin until he got the side he wanted.

Batman was also a killer in Schumacher's movies.

He hammed up the villains to unbearable degrees.Look at Mr Freeze and his string of lame one liners.Having his men sing along to a cartoon 🙄 🙄

Bane,the villain who broke Batman,was a retarded love slave henchman to Poison Ivy.

Batgirl was Alfred's niece.

All good points but I still think Batman Forever is not as bad as B&R and still a fun film to watch; you're getting a pretty shabby adaption of Batman, his villians, Gotham, but it's enjoyable if you let go of the fervently upheld origins of Batman for a second and just be entertained.

Originally posted by Lord Shadow Z
All good points but I still think Batman Forever is not as bad as B&R and still a fun film to watch; you're getting a pretty shabby adaption of Batman, his villians, Gotham, but it's enjoyable if you let go of the fervently upheld origins of Batman for a second and just be entertained.

Well if you're going to do that then you might as well just watch something else, like Happy Gilmore or Monsters Inc.

Mr Parker, you surely cant prefer the first 4 Bat- films to the great, but necessarily and excellently altered, Spiderman films?

Originally posted by Doc Ock
What about Schumacher turning Gotham all bright and full of neon??

Making Riddler and Two Face act like the Joker?? Two Face constantly flipping the coin until he got the side he wanted.

Batman was also a killer in Schumacher's movies.

He hammed up the villains to unbearable degrees.Look at Mr Freeze and his string of lame one liners.Having his men sing along to a cartoon 🙄 🙄

Bane,the villain who broke Batman,was a retarded love slave henchman to Poison Ivy.

Batgirl was Alfred's niece.

How can you hate Burton more?? At least his changes were enjoyable to watch.

Like Lord shadow said,all good and valid points but addressing your points here.

Well after the way Burton butchered to death Batman in his two films,a change like the neon lights was much needed to distinguish his fairly good Batman forever-the one decent batman flick of the four,away from burtons monstrocity.Burton had the right idea of Gothem city back then and it was okay for its time,but he made the movie TOO dark and went overboard on that to the point where in the night scenes he had,you couldn't see what was going on half the time,where Nolan nailed the look of Gothem making the scenes dark but you could still see what was going on at the time.Thats why I welcomed the change to neon and bright lights because I like to be able to see whats going on when I am watching a movie,with Batman forever,you at least did not have that problem you had with burtons night scenes,with batman and robin though,schumacher went overboard and made it way too bright then.

As I have stated before in the past,chris o'donnel and Two face were easily the worst two things about that movie just like keaton was easily the worst thing wrong with burtons batman movies.

See in Batman forever,there was never any clear cut evidence that Two face died in that movie,it was never announced in the movie he was dead,people just assume he died because of how he laid there in the water,just like there is no real clear cut evidence that ducard died in batman begins on the train,in both those cases they could have escaped since it was never announced they were dead for sure,two face could have swam away,we dont know beyond a doubt he didnt..that was the only instance in that movie where people could assume he killed somebody and just for the record,I hated it when he through out the coins like that with two face and made him fall down to the bottom like that,I have never said I loved batman forever. There was never any real clear cut evidence that two face died like there was with joker and penguin,it didnt show his face when he fell that it was motionless or anything.

Well because of their builds and their personalitys,I always thought after seeing batman forever,that they should have swapped roles and turned things around with joker and riddler,that they were mosr suited for the other role,Carrey as Joker and Nicholson as Riddler.two face,should have just been left out of forever.

as I have said countless of times,I liked forever far better because Schumacher at least when schumacher cast Kilmer,he cast someone who at least came close to having the right physical build and resembled the role-bob kane himself said he liked kilmer the best of the four because of that reason,thats why i can only laugh when people say they liked keaton better,i mean how can you argue with the actual creator who he liked the best? Plus when I see a batman movie,I expect to see lots of action in it,Batman forever HAD that,burtons batmans,they just stood around and talked the majority of the time till the last 30 minutes,boring boring boring.YAWN.plus batman forever was actually about batman,where the first two were ALL about the villains and bats was just a supporting character,at least in forever,the movie was about the actual lead character,batman and we actually understood why he fought crime and dressed up as a bat.The list can go on and on why Batman forever is the superiour film.

No reason to bring up batman and robin,I have alwasy said THAT one was equally as much a monstrocity as burtons batman films are.schumacher must have at that point started taking the same drugs that burton was because his casting choice of ugly looking george -eddie munster clooney as batman was just as much laughable as burtons choice of keaton as batman and all the other changes he made such as batgirl being alfreds niece.

Originally posted by Knightfall93
Mr Parker, you surely cant prefer the first 4 Bat- films to the great, but necessarily and excellently altered, Spiderman films?

well you know my stance on the first four batman films so no need to address that,as far as the spiderman films? just read what my message says below my user name and the message at the bottom of my page.I think that tells you that I hate those films even worse than the burton/schumacher travesty. 😄

Originally posted by Mr Parker
well you know my stance on the first four batman films so no need to address that,as far as the spiderman films? just read what my message says below my user name and the message at the bottom of my page.I think that tells you that I hate those films even worse than the burton/schumacher travesty. 😄

I totally agree with your quote, Mr Parker. The film adaptation of Spider-man isn't anything special and goes in a different way of the comics. It's way too kiddie. The computer animation of Spider-man swinging around is impressive, but the animation does not make a movie. Spider-man goes into the same category of star wars episode 1&2. And people attracted to shiny objects will like those movies.

Tobey Mcguire does not play Spider-man, he plays himself.

Christian Bale, on the other-hand can play a variety of characters and was more successful at bringing a comic book character to life.

Mr. Parker, I'm glad we have smart fans like you on these forums.!

im sort of mr parkers side too, but i just gottta say this 'what IF, the director intentionally says something like "Tobey, i want this to be a unique movie, I want you to put your own twist on this character."

I think that Tobey was alright. What do you guys mean when you say you didn't like how he played Spiderman?

They're fussy. at least the Spiderman films were good films and miles better tthan the batmans (before BB) even though they may not be totally loyal to the comics.

My opinion on whoever started this:

The Benefits of Shutting Up

An Essay

By Lord Magnus

If you have this essay in your hands and/or are reading it online, it has been given and/or posted to you by Lord Magnus or an associate. This means that you should shut up right about now. Shutting up is probably defined in the dictionary as something along the lines of slang: to be quiet and stop talking. Usually used in anger or annoyance. That’s right; anger or annoyance. Lord Magnus or an associate is angry or annoyed by you right now, and you should shut up.
I would make a diagram outlining the different steps involved in shutting up, but that would be difficult. Instead, I will write it out for you.

1. Stop talking at once. This is imperative to the up-shutting process and is best done by closing the lips and not vibrating the vocal cords. The tongue and teeth, for best results, should not move.

2. If Lord Magnus (or an associate) is really and truly annoyed by you, it might be best to go away and cry in a corner.

3. Continue Step 1 (and, if necessary, step 2) until Lord Magnus has gone away or, for the best results, indefinitely. Lord Magnus is your superior and should be treated as such.

Why does shutting up benefit the world, you might ask? Well, first of all, noise pollution is a serious problem nowadays, and what you’re saying is most definitely not important enough to further pollute the Earth.
It is possible that Lord Magnus or an associate has a headache. Shutting up will help relieve Lord Magnus’ (or an associate’s) pain.
The most important reason to shut up is that what you’re saying is almost definitely stupid and/or annoying and/or wrong. In the first case, your attention span has probably run out by now, and you have stopped reading the essay in order to stare at a shiny object. In the second case, shutting up should be your top priority, rather than Gilligan’s Island or whatever else you have been whining about in an obnoxious-sounding voice for so long. If you are wrong, your opinions deserve no merit in society, and it may be necessary for you to go away and cry in a corner.
One more reason you should shut up is that someone else almost definitely has something more important to say and you may not allow this person a word in edgewise. This person may be more important than you --i.e. a teacher, moderator, Lord Magnus, etc. If you would shut up, you might actually learn something, rather than trying to force your stupid and/or annoying and/or wrong opinions on others.
I hope it is now clear to you that shutting up is a great option for the future. Now shut up and give the essay back to Lord Magnus.

😑

Well, I thought it was witty and informative. Dude deserves it too.

That essay is kick @$$. A few guys I know could do wioth some o' that... has anyone else noticed that since everyone reveald he's a moron, BR hasnt been around...

Originally posted by Harvey Dent
I totally agree with your quote, Mr Parker. The film adaptation of Spider-man isn't anything special and goes in a different way of the comics. It's way too kiddie. The computer animation of Spider-man swinging around is impressive, but the animation does not make a movie. Spider-man goes into the same category of star wars episode 1&2. And people attracted to shiny objects will like those movies.

Tobey Mcguire does not play Spider-man, he plays himself.

Christian Bale, on the other-hand can play a variety of characters and was more successful at bringing a comic book character to life.

Mr. Parker, I'm glad we have smart fans like you on these forums.!

Thanks and its great to see more and more fans like you joining the batman boards like you have who have logic and common sense about the batman movies as well. 🙂 Your Burton is a Moron when it comes to batman movies is the best thread thats ever been created here in the batman section because it is so much the truth. 💃

and guys,you do realise this IS the batman section dont you? 😉

yep and why do people still use this thread? We basically won because BR went crying off to his mummy and everyone else, except 2 or 3 fools- though I dont mind Rafkins so much becuse her arguments are fair, agree that BB is kick ass!

Originally posted by Knightfall93
yep and why do people still use this thread? We basically won because BR went crying off to his mummy and everyone else, except 2 or 3 fools- though I dont mind Rafkins so much becuse her arguments are fair, agree that BB is kick ass!

Although I will never give in to your line of beliefs I will say you make a fair point by saying my points are fair... and if you understood what I just typed the world is an amazing place! LOL! 😄