- ...i just had a thought
06.17.05
The only thing that could have made Batman Begins any more enjoyable to me would have been sitting up in the stadium seating area instead of on the floor level, getting to enjoy it for the first time with both Tif and Wil, and a preponderance of hot buttered popcorn, Hot Tamales, and a cherry cola Icee.Or, maybe if there was just some obligatory scene* in the movie where, for some crucial plot reason, Bruce Wayne and Dr. Jonathan Crane** would both have had to strip down to their skivvies and wrassle until they were both good and sweaty. And maybe even panting a little.
I like being comfortable, I love my friends, and I very much enjoy tasty yet bad-for-me comestibles.
However, I just might trade that all for some visual fluffing, once in a while. I can only work with what I have upstairs for so long before even my imagination goes a little stale.
Oh, and I forgot to mention in my movie review just why the city of Gotham should hate this particular version of Batman. Much like Spiderman, this Batman is hated for being a vigilantee, working outside the established law. However, if I were the governing body of Gotham City, I'd hate the hell out of Batman for his large-scale decimation of the city.
Sure, there'll be a little collateral damage here and there in the continuing fight against crime, but I'm pretty sure that the Wayne Foundation would swiftly go bankrupt if it put its funding into undoing all the damage that Batman has created while fighting the good fight. You know, a little non-profit urban renewal and civic gentrification. I supposed it'd be a terrific write off come tax time, but you'd think it'd get a little suspicious after a while.
"You know, every time that horrible vigilante man bat knocks down a building or blows up a bridge, Bruce Wayne stops acting the part of the foppish boor, and has his charitable foundation undo the damage. Hmmm. Batman breaks, Wayne fixes. Naw, there's no way. But still, you never do see them together..."
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*It could even be an outtake. You know, a deleted scene in the Batman Begins Special Collector Edition DVD Box Set, complete with collectible authentic replica BatarangTM and special BatsignalTM Maglite® keychain***. The outtake would definitely convince me to buy it, regardless of my already buying it because I'm a Dark Knight fangirl.
**Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy. Mmmmmm.
I've seen Cillian full-on nekkid, and I've seen Christian running around in sneakers and a chain saw. Oh, the glorious first five minutes of 28 Days Later, and we mustn't forget the cinematic contributions of American Psycho****.
Bless you, Danny Boyle. Bless you, Mary Harron.
***Although, I have to admit that I would totally groove on a BatarangTM or BatsignalTM Maglite® keychain. That'd be pretty fucking cool to have hanging on a wall and dangling from a keyring.
****You know, to my rich inner fantasy life.
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