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July 11, 2005
Batman Begins 
This is the oddest, yet most compelling, interpretation of a superhero movie that I've seen to date.
Chris Nolan created a darkly sinister, yet thoroughly human, vision of the Batman character. While Tim Burton's version was overly stylized, darkly fantastical and comic like, with characters modeled after caricatures, Nolan opted for a toned-down version showing the humanity and emotion behind the decisions each character makes that at times tried to be poetic.
Not to suggest that the movie is entirely serious -- there are plenty of 'cheesy' or overly dramatic lines and scenes -- but for a story based on a comic book character, Nolan's interpretation is surprisingly refreshing.
A friend who I saw it with picked up on 2 things that I failed to notice:
1 - The main cast is overwhelmingly British actors (mostly pretending to be American)
2 - This is the second recent superhero movie to try and take a new direction -- Sam Raimi recently turned the SpiderMan franchise into a candy coated pop-culture 'fun' movie
According to imdb, the writer of the screenplay also authored the Blade series and Dark City
3/3
Posted by Jonathan at July 11, 2005 10:52 AM
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