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There Will Be Blog: An In-Depth Review of “Batman Begins”

 

For me, there is one moment more than any other that sets “Batman Begins” apart from “Spider-Man”, that establishes the key differences in tone, and in the worldviews on display in each film. That moment comes during the film’s climactic set-piece. After dispatching one of Ra’s al Ghul’s henchmen, Batman takes a tumble, landing among some of the denizens of The Narrows. Now, in a Spider-Man movie, this would be the moment where the ordinary citizens band around the hero in a show of support (“Us New Yorkers stick together!”). But in “Batman Begins”, the panicking crowd form a mob and attack Batman, forcing him to fight back against the very people he’s trying to save. It’s a stark difference, which encapsulates the fact that this Batman is not the squeaky-clean man of the people that Spider-Man embodies, and suggests a dark heart beating beneath the film’s heroics. If “Spider-Man” was the early, defiant response to the atrocity of 9/11, America united through the belief that good will prevail (and Spider-Man existing in a New York where the Twin Towers still proudly stand), then “Begins” is its darker cousin, embodying the contrasting response: paranoia, uncertainty, and a fair share of moral questions.

In many ways, “Batman Begins” is like an anti-superhero movie. Rather than create a fantasy world where superheroes can exist, Nolan and Goyer take the superhero out of his element and place him in our world. Serious questions about what drives a man to put on a costume and fight crime – and the consequences of doing so – are raised, and many of our assumptions are challenged. And that’s not just relating to the superhero genre in general, but to our assumptions surrounding the Batman mythos. Take Gotham City. For so long presented as a nightmarish, Gothic nightscape, Nolan first presents his Gotham – a shiny, modern metropolis much like Chicago – in bright daylight. People have complained that grounding the setting of the action so much makes the film too “realistic” (the dreaded word) and strips away the larger-than-life elements of Batman. I disagree. When the rest of the world is so grounded and gritty, I feel the presence of a figure like Batman seems all the more fantastical. His impact is truly felt.…
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New Dark Knight Images And Interviews

The New York Times sat down with Christopher Nolan and a few other people involved with The Dark Knight, and talked a bit about the movie. The discussions involved Nolan’s view on the film, the death of Heath Ledger and we also get a few spoilers along the way. There are a couple of other interesting bits. Apparently Warner Brothers tried to get Nolan to direct Troy, which Wolfgang Petersen…
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Christopher Nolan Remembers Heath Ledger

Christopher NolanOver the past week or so there have been many people expressing their sadness about Heath Ledger’s passing. Nicole Kidman, John Travolta and Mary Kate Olsen have all released statements regarding Heath’s Death. Jack Nicholson told everyone that he had ‘warned him’ and Daniel Day Lewis nearly shed a few tears on TV, even though he said he had never…
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Harvey Dent Is Dark Knight’s Backbone

From the recent trailer we got for The Dark Knight you would expect it to be mainly about The Joker running wild and Batman trying to sort him out. Harvey Dent wasn’t really featured in the trailer, so I was thinking that The Dark Knight will be The Jokers time and something will happen which leads the third film to be Harvey Dent/Two Face’s time to shine. Well Director Christoper Nolan spoke to the Los Angeles Times, who say that…
“Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is a tragic figure, and his story is the backbone
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The Dark Knight Prologue Is Online!

You better check this out soon, as I’m sure YouTube will take it down VERY soon.

Sure, it’s someone filming in an IMAX theater and terrible quality, but it’s still awesome!

Check it out HERE!

THE DARK KNIGHT TRAILER HAS LEAKED!

It leaked.

The quality is terrible, it’s filmed in a theater, but it leaked.

And it’s fucking awesome. Heath Ledger is going to kick ass as The Joker.

Check it out by clicking here.

It officially comes out Monday.

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The Dark Knight Prequel Has Been Seen!

Those wonderful folks over at UGO.com have gotten an early Christmas present.

They have seen The Dark Knight prequel that will be shown before I Am Legend in a few short weeks in IMAX theaters. The prequel is actually the first six minutes of the film itself, but Nolan shot it as a stand alone ’short film’ exclusively for this purpose.

Less talk from me, more reading about what they saw:
Heath Ledger’s Joker is THE definitive Joker.
A bank heist is really the only way to introduce the Clown Prince of Crime.

It starts off with a breathtaking shot of Gotham City in
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