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Originally Posted by Wolfkin This is the point I've been trying to argue with my sister for about 4 years now about the film industry. Who says it's Nolan's fault? Maybe it's Bale being arrogant.

You can't blame Bale for Bane sounding like an English professor reanimated at a "Clone Wars" droid villain.

Right off the bat (heh) folks complained about Bane's voice, and $200m in box office later, even the staunch defenders admit they couldn't tell what the flock he was saying at points.

And for the record, I never said I couldn't make out what Batman or Bane were saying... but at times trying to understand their garble distracts me from watching the movie, seeing the $250m worth of budget, or checking out Catwoman's ass. It's like watching Crouching Tiger - it's a fantastic movie and shouldn't be dubbed, but you miss something that's going on while reading subtitles.

The fact that folks get defensive about it is silly. Nolan did whatever he wanted with the creation of Batman and Bane - changing mythology, costumes, major events... it was his stupid decision to use the voices he did. He's the director.

And I would argue the long layoff between action would be a prime reason for Batman to stop deep throating by TDKR. Besides - who the heck does he even talk to? It's not like Batman is out making speeches to the public. If he says five words to you, you're probably going to need your jaw wired in a few minutes anyhow. The posters who say his voice is part of his psychosis are close to the mark, but it could have been done in such a way that half the population wasn't annoyed.

Voices matter. Ask Jar Jar Binks.

Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

Didn't get a chance to rewatch them before seeing The Dark Knight Rises, but wanted to watch them before seeing it again in Imax hopefully next week. Have to get a good ways outside the city to hit the real Imax, as the one in the city is one of the smaller digital ones rather than true Imax.

I love all three of the movies, not sure which I'd rate at the top of the trilogy.

As far as the voices, Batman's has never bothered me at all. Bane's wasn't as bad as I expected. Only a couple times I wasn't sure what he said. Much better than in the Prologue they put out before changing the voice some. Still could have been clearer for sure though. But didn't affect my rating of the film since I understood almost everything fine. Sucks for those who couldn't though.

Saw Superman/Batman Public Enemies. Entertaining if I bought for $5 at the Best Buy sale. I found it too much crammed with characters and the plot was just absurd, made even more apparent by the wacky suit Luthor wore in the Silver Age. I loled at how Luthor wanted sexy time with Amanda Waller more than Power Girl.
This review said it stayed too close to the comics, and maybe that's why I didn't like the movie that much.

Just watched 3 Stooges. Meh. I spent the entire movie trying to figure out what cartoon character Sean Hayes as Larry sounded like.

Paul. Thought it sucked. Boring and not funny.

Drive - It was a good film overall. However, it was much different than I thought it would be.
What was with the over-the-top violence? Hendricks head getting blown off in the hotel, the head stomping in the elevator, etc. The driving was good, but I was disappointed with how little there was.

Originally Posted by Caleb_Bradham 1. it was not boring. 2. it was funny. 3. it is british and not american so i can c y u didnt like it. u probably call black people n******* 2 (i can say that word my dad is black so shut uP) we have a racialist in here, folk. and this not a witch hunt. the proof is here.

Hilarious.


Drive is a good movie, most people who don't think so now will see it again in ten years and appreciate much more.

Watched Modern Times since I watched it forever ago. My god, Chaplin is a god damn comedic genius.


Then i watched The Last Days of Disco, Kate Beckinsale plays a really good bitch in that movie, music was nice but movie itself felt deflated by the end, though I have to say I loved a good portion of it.

Originally Posted by evildeadjedi Drive - What was with the over-the-top violence? Hendricks head getting blown off in the hotel, the head stomping in the elevator, etc. .

unnecessary and completely off the mood of the movie. Didn't even really make sense considering how sweet they were trying to make the character look. Big gripe with that movie for me. I honestly busted out laughing at those scenes and it totally took me away from the experience. Music was decent enough to try and make you forget about it, but still.

Originally Posted by ShockandAww Paul was pretty terrible. If you were a movie you'd be Paul as you both display a lack of effort. Hot Fuzz and Shaun of The Dead are a couple of my favorites but Paul just comes nowhere close to either of them.

Yep. I love those two and was hoping Paul would be similar.

But it wasn't at all like those. Just typical dick and fart jokes of a lot of recent lame comedies.

I thought it was pretty funny personally. Especially the repressed Christian girl they pick up, she stole the movie. I'm sure that ruffled a few feathers in some areas of the country.

Harry and the hendersons - I love that movie when I was a kid now my kids have a chance to watch it

Agreed with the rest of the "Paul sucks" crowd. Just a terrible movie, not well thought out at all, and really not funny. All the character designs and costumes looked like some producer's idea of what nerds/cops/aliens look like, and the progression of events was awful.

Plus, Seth Rogen's voice casting might be the worst single incident of botched celebrity voicing in recent memory. He brought literally nothing to the character except Seth Rogen as an alien. If you found that concept hilarious, you probably liked Paul. The rest of us were left with something that wouldn't make it through a commercial break on TNT.

Loved Drive. Liked Paul quite a bit. Enjoyed Hot Fuzz and have yet to see Shaun of the Dead.

Originally Posted by dmaul1114 Yep. I love those two and was hoping Paul would be similar. But it wasn't at all like those. Just typical dick and fart jokes of a lot of recent lame comedies.

The major missing piece from Paul- Edgar Wright.

When Seth Rogen is part of a movie what do you expect?

Paul was disappointing. I know it would be more disappointing if I saw it again.

Notorious, directed by Alfred Hitchock (of course). I almost fell asleep watching this espionage film, and then as it ceased to be about spying, it was a pretty intriguing romance. Cary Grant's character is an idiot. Sigh.

The A-Team

Finally watched it this weekend. Never watched an entire episode of the show, just pieces of several so I might not "know" what the whole thing is about but I thought it was a pretty awesome, kick-ass movie. Just wished I had a surround system to really enjoy it. I thought it was in the same league as The Expendables. A good, 80's action flick.

The only part that I really didn't think was necessary was Jackson's whole "I'm not going to kill" part of the movie. Not sure why they did that. If they would of just kept up with him killing mofos, I think that would of been a better choice.

But other than that, I really enjoyed the movie.

Originally Posted by VipFREAK When Seth Rogen is part of a movie what do you expect?

He's been in numerous good movies.

I thought Paul was mildly entertaining. I mean, yeah, it's obvisouly not nearly as good as the Edgar Wright films with Pegg and Frost, but I still had a few chuckles. It was by no means a downright superb comedy, but it did have its moments.

Rewatched Captain America: The First Avenger, and having seen it for a fourth time now, I think it's my personal favorite Marvel film behind The Avengers.