Battle of the MOVIES I: War of the Worlds VS Batman Begins
Okay, This is the first battle I'll be creating.
There will be a series of three comparisons.
If there are two from WOTW, then WOTW wins.
If there is two from BMB, then BMB wins.
Let's begin.
1)Which made more money?
2)Which had better actors?
3)Which did you like more?
I know your intentions are good, but box office gross isn't necessarily a fair element by which to compare two movies. Nobody knows who Christopher Nolan was, nor Christian Bale. Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg, having been household names for 20 years are always going to edge out the competition.
'WOTW" made $220 Million more than "Batman Begins", for the record. That said, "Batman Begins" incorporated more A-List actors. Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Christian Bale, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson, Rutger Hauer....
Personally, I thought "Batman Begins" was infintely better. "War of the Worlds" was a needless remake, more of a vehicle for a personal political agenda, with some annoying special effects and equally as untypically annoying performance from Dakota Fanning.
Loved both, but Batman Begins takes the cake hands down.
Box Office numbers have nothing to do with how good a movie is, but reflect how effective the marketing was and how much pulling power the names have. Hence, War of the Worlds wins. But personally I don't think that should even be taken into account...
As for actors, the only one worthy of mention in WOTW is Tim Robbins. The others were satisfactory for what the roles required, but there was nothing amazing there. I thought the entire cast in Batman did superbly (yes, Katie Holmes included). Even the smaller roles like Tom Wilkinson's.
War of the Worlds was a movie made for the visuals. It really has nothing else going for it, in my opinion. But what great visuals they are... Batman Begins, I think, is the perfect example of a film that really has it all.
I know your intentions are good, but box office gross isn't necessarily a fair element by which to compare two movies. Nobody knows who Christopher Nolan was, nor Christian Bale. Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg, having been household names for 20 years are always going to edge out the competition.
Fair honestly doesn't pass me by, Cinemaddiction.
An Element existing is an Element effective.
Thank you for sharing and stating the obvious as well.
1)Which made more money? Almost all of Spielberg's films gross way, way more than any competitor. That's painfully obvious.
2)Which had better actors? Batman Begins, easy. Cruise, much as I'm not really a fan of his, is a good actor but he's really the only high profile actor in WOTW. Freeman, Hauer, Caine, Neeson, and Oldman can all out-act Cruise blindfolded, IMO.
3)Which did you like more? Batman Begins, obviously. WOTW was a popcorn movie and nothing more, just a lot of SFX and explosions and outlandish stunts. And, yes I know, BB was also a popcorn action flick, but this time the story of the Dark Knight was finally told how it should have been over 15 years ago and I think that excuses any retorts.
Originally posted by DeVi| D0do
Loved both, but Batman Begins takes the cake hands down.Box Office numbers have nothing to do with how good a movie is, but reflect how effective the marketing was and how much pulling power the names have. Hence, War of the Worlds wins. But personally I don't think that should even be taken into account...
As for actors, the only one worthy of mention in WOTW is Tim Robbins. The others were satisfactory for what the roles required, but there was nothing amazing there. I thought the entire cast in Batman did superbly (yes, Katie Holmes included). Even the smaller roles like Tom Wilkinson's.
War of the Worlds was a movie made for the visuals. It really has nothing else going for it, in my opinion. But what great visuals they are... Batman Begins, I think, is the perfect example of a film that really has it all.
could not have said it better. 👆
Originally posted by Lörd SorgoFair honestly doesn't pass me by, Cinemaddiction.
An Element existing is an Element effective.
Thank you for sharing and stating the obvious as well.
Save the psycho-babble for something relevant. If you're willing to take into consideration something that results in an unfair advantage when pitting two movies, then how wouldn't fair be passing you by, because you've already made an unfair comparison?
Effective, yeah. Both positively, negatively, and ultimately, unfairly.
So....neener neener.
1 - All of Spielbergs films do well at the box office and after so much hype before this films release im not surprised at how well the film did but i was a little dissapointed to say the least definately not Spielbergs best
2 - The actors in Batman destroyed WOTW Cruise is a terrible actor just looks shocked and miserable all the time Christian Bale however was fatastic as Batman/Bruce as was Caine, Oldman and Neeson in their roles Dakota Fanning was blisteringly annoying
3 - Batman Begins is a much better film beacuse of the strory and acting WOTW had a very original stroy aliens come to earth and man saves day everyone is saved it gets a little boring after a while how BB had a dynamich emotionally gripping storyline which made it one of the best pictures of the year