lordofthenerds
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I was born 2 years late.
Behold!Yeah, I made a slight reference to that in TDKR forums, and NOBODY picked up on it.
Yeah, I loved that and the Diet Coke commercial.
When the prologue for TDKR was coming out, I asked if people were going to wear anything to the movie. I said I was going to wear a Warner Bros ball cap, cause you can't watch a Warner Bros movie, without wearing a Warner Bros ball cap.
I was thinking that way too, mostly too much of Joker screentime and not enough of Batman made it hard for me to fully like but didn't care to admit to other people.As for me, I was a little kid who had been following the hype and rumors for months. This was a major event for me. In the end, I didn't want to admit that I was not completely happy with the film. After all, I'd already told all my friends that it was going to be The Best Thing Ever. Looking back now, the hype surrounding the movie was all much more exciting and fun than the actual movie.
The thing that makes Keaton different than Reeve, is that Keaton left after two movies (wisely so, but still).I was thinking that way too, mostly too much of Joker screentime and not enough of Batman made it hard for me to fully like but didn't care to admit to other people.
I know that many others felt the same way especially for those unfamiliar with Michael Keaton such was the case when living in Ecuador at the time I don't think he made a lasting impression like Superman with Chirstopher Reeve.
Y'know, I was watching B89 the other day, and I couldn't help but notice just how good Keaton's performance was in the film. Its very evident in the scene where Alfred tries to convince Bruce to continue his relationship with Vickie ("maybe you should marry her").No little roles, just little actors. Keaton didn't need more screentime.
Y'know, I was watching B89 the other day, and I couldn't help but notice just how good Keaton's performance was in the film. Its very evident in the scene where Alfred tries to convince Bruce to continue his relationship with Vickie ("maybe you should marry her").
His acting was simply pitch perfect. It was extremely subtle, but the way in which he tries to brush Alfred off, and even distract his own mind by dwelling on the Joker and trying to convince himself he "doesn't have time for that now" is extremely accurate to how real people with emotional repression and trauam would react.
Alright, I just timed The Joker in B89, and it's pretty interesting. I'm not going to get as indepth with how I did with the Bat-screen time, but The Joker has 29:48 of screen time, compared to Batman's 26:51. Yes, he had more screen time, but not nearly as much as people exaggerate. About 3 min, not 10-15 min like people act like.....
I actually think that The Joker in TDK has much more screen time than Batman. I'll actually time that later, but I think it's true, due to the fact that he's The Joker from square one, whereas in B89, there was a transformation taking place.
Oh wow, B89 was your first introduction? You never watched the 60s show or the cartoons?I was a child at the time and saw this in theaters a couple of times with my family. I had the toys, merchandise, etc. B89 was my first real introduction to the batman world and it's the standard by which I measure all other onscreen Batmen.
His Batman is just perfect.I do not believe that anyone will ever top Michael Keaton as Batman in my eyes.
Oh wow, B89 was your first introduction? You never watched the 60s show or the cartoons?
His Batman is just perfect.
Oh wow, B89 was your first introduction? You never watched the 60s show or the cartoons?
His Batman is just perfect.