The Dark Knight Inner Monologue?

[BubbaGump]

I am standing on ledge.

I see the Joker robbing a restaurant below.

I fly.

I crash through the skylight.

I don't feel a thing.

God, I love this suit.

My butt itches. Oh crap, this inner monologue isn't so inner huh?

 

[GoogleMe94]

inner monolague for movies = Cheesy

above post proves my point.

 

[blues_ux]

if it wasn't in the first one, than it shouldn't be in the 2nd one, as far as my opinion goes

 

[deathfromabove]

It's lazy storytelling.

I'd prefer Batman's action speak volumes regarding his superior thought process and masterful approach to challenges.

The Man with No Name from the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns was a good example of this. His posture, mannerisms, and presence said more than words could possibly convey. And he spoke few words so when he did finally speak his words were taken more seriously.

 

[deathfromabove]

voice over can make or break a movie. fight club, clockwork orange, and the prestige all use it to completly different effects but it works. more often than not its a sign of lazy writing and a handicap.

 

[JackBauer24]

Yes, I can see it now...

BRUCE: (V.O.) Rachel and I arrive at Harvey's at precisely eight o'clock, carrying with us a very expensive bottle of Chardonnay. There is a moment of sheer panic, when I realize that Harvey's apartment overlooks the park... and is obviously more expensive than mine.

 

[Anguissette1979]

BRUCE: (V.O.) "I live in the penthouse of Wayne Tower in Gotham, 89th floor. My name is Bruce Wayne. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion."

 

[Manic]

BRUCE: (V.O.) "I live in the penthouse of Wayne Tower in Gotham, 89th floor. My name is Bruce Wayne. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion."

In my mind, that started to progressively sound more and more like Justin Timberlake.

 

[BubbaGump]

BRUCE: (V.O.) "I live in the penthouse of Wayne Tower in Gotham, 89th floor. My name is Bruce Wayne. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion."

t:

 

[Anguissette1979]

Gold star to the people who know where that's from.

 

[Malone]

Yes, I can see it now...

BRUCE: (V.O.) Rachel and I arrive at Harvey's at precisely eight o'clock, carrying with us a very expensive bottle of Chardonnay. There is a moment of sheer panic, when I realize that Harvey's apartment overlooks the park... and is obviously more expensive than mine.

LOL. I almost died laughing when I saw that movie.

 

[Matchbox]

Gold star to the people who know where that's from.

American Psycho.

 

[Shoemeister]

BRUCE: (V.O.) "I live in the penthouse of Wayne Tower in Gotham, 89th floor. My name is Bruce Wayne. I'm 27 years old. I believe in taking care of myself and a balanced diet and rigorous exercise routine. In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older. Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion."

Jean-yuss!

 

[smatt584]

could you really see batman, alone, talking to himself while trying to figure out what a certain clue means? Does he need to be speaking to something at all times to convey thought? They can physically portray movement and action in a comic book, yet they still choose to have some narration. These are horrible exaggerations that in no way show what could be done with a limited voice-over. He wouldn't have to speak the action, but details, character background, clue significance, etc would take forever to fit into a movie if it was all shown physically. Can you not imagine Batman spying on the maroni family and simply telling the audience who each is as they enter a room. The character's dialogue conveys what they say, the action conveys what they do, but i don't think they should have to physically mime in order to show what they are thinking/feeling.

 

[smatt584]

Besides, you could easily argue that they only show everything physically because they are too freaking lazy to write decent material. Any idiot can play pictionary, but try writing a decent monologue that doesn't sound too cheesy. We all know it can be done.

 

[Riven]

The inner monologue stuff is fine for the comics, but in a movie it'd sound real lame real soon. Even in Sin City (the movie), being the noir/hardboiled crime fiction pastiche that it is, the voice-over teetered precariously on the edge of sounding rediculous.

 

[Thespiralgoeson]

ugh, no voice over, please. If anything, that strips away a layer of complexity from the story, rather than adding to it. I think it's much more interesting when the audience is left to draw their own conclusions on what a character is thinking or feeling based on subtleties and facial expressions of the actors every now and then.