Questions for Batman
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Wow, Batman. Say you're the platonic soul who hasn't been to see a movie in twenty years or so, and you find yourself lining up with the millions to go see this bit of business. What to make of these batshit contortions? With the split personalities and the good-guy rich people and the excellent, unblemished public servants begging to have their faces melted off? What knowledge aren't you armed with? Isn't it likely that if you were a little behind the curve and turned to your partner and asked, of Maggie Gyllenhal's character, "oh, is that Batman's girlfriend?" or, "hey, why does she know Batman's identity when no one else does?" you'd receive a nutty non-sequiter answer like, "well, she was played by Katie Holmes in the last movie," as if that would explain her motivation for doing the things that she does. And, yes, Heath Ledger is mouldering in a box somewhere in a fair climate, which means, no Joker in the next installment -- a very important point, unless you had no idea what was going on. And is Two-Face dead? I can't tell. I mean, Batman survived the fall, so why not Two-Face? Oh, and why is this such a right-wing deal? Like, did they really have to have a scene which demonstrated the complete bankruptcy of voting on whether or not to, say, blow up a boat full of convicts? These questions will pile on in blockbuster movies in the years to come, I think.
posted by Greg Purcell @ 12:53 AM,
