What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

AKA: Battle Royale Lite.

Just doesn't work.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Batman Returns (1992)

In my opinion the best Batman film to date and it's set at Christmas. Director Tim Burton gives us a day-glow masterpiece of fantasy horror images all dressed up as a superhero film. From the grotesque shuffling Penguin to the wet dream in black latex that is Catwoman, not forgetting the sneerily sadistic Max Schreck and of course Michael Keaton's definitive Batman portrayal.

Batman Returns is as dark a superhero film as your likely to see with perhaps only Christoper Nolan's The Dark Knight coming close to it. Despite the outlandish colours and Christmas decacence on display Burton's film is gloomy, extremely moody, bizarre and deliciously perverse with occasionally strong violence thrown in. The sets are superb as is the photography and it's all backed up with Danny Elfman's soaringly majestic theme that uplifts the many action set pieces.

Batman Returns is full of juicy dialogue. It's just a tad unfortunate for Michael Keaton that all the best lines go to Christopher Walken's Schrek, Danny DeVito's monstrous yet tragic Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer's slinky Catwoman. Oh and if you want proof of how good Pfeiffer is as Catwoman then watch Anne Hathaway play the same character in Nolan's final Batman film The Dark Knight Rises and you'll see there's no comparison as Hathaway is almost instantly forgettable.

Granted some of you will prefer X-Men or the Avengers films but for me Batman Returns is the superhero movie.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Batman Returns (1992)

In my opinion the best Batman film to date and it's set at Christmas. Director Tim Burton gives us a day-glow masterpiece of fantasy horror images all dressed up as a superhero film. From the grotesque shuffling Penguin to the wet dream in black latex that is Catwoman, not forgetting the sneerily sadistic Max Schreck and of course Michael Keaton's definitive Batman portrayal.

Batman Returns is as dark a superhero film as your likely to see with perhaps only Christoper Nolan's The Dark Knight coming close to it. Despite the outlandish colours and Christmas decacence on display Burton's film is gloomy, extremely moody, bizarre and rather perverse with occasionally strong violence thrown in. The sets are superb as is the photography and it's all backed up with Danny Elfman's soaringly majestic theme that uplifts the many action set pieces.

Batman Returns is full of juicy dialogue. It's just a tad unfortunate for Michael Keaton that all the best lines go to Christopher Walken's Schrek, Danny DeVito's monstrous yet tragic Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer's slinky Catwoman. Oh and if you want proof of how good Pfeiffer is as Catwoman then watch Anne Hathaway play the same character in Nolan's final Batman film The Dark Knight Rises and you'll see there's no comparison as Hathaway is almost instantly forgettable.

Granted some of you will prefer X-Men or the Avengers films but for me Batman Returns is the superhero movie.

I don't think its as good as the first one but i agree it is a superb film and Michelle Pfiefer pisses all over Anne Hathaway (insert lewd joke here)
Michael Keaton was born to play Batman.

[iank]

My favourite Batman (and Burton) too.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

River's Edge (1986)





8/10

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Liking your new in depth reviews B_E.

[demonknight]

Just after watching Dr.Terror's House of Horrors in HD. The quality was sensational. Not my favourite horror anthology, but certainly worth a watch, if only for the acting talent involved. An exceptional transfer/restoration job from OEG.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Liking your new in depth reviews B_E.

A picture paints a thousand words as they say, so there you go; a 2000 word review above - not bad for a night's work.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

A picture paints a thousand words as they say, so there you go; a 2000 word review above - not bad for a night's work.

You are quite right of course.

Actually i don't mind you just rating them out of ten, as after all these years i have an incline of your taste in movies.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You are quite right of course.

Actually i don't mind you just rating them out of ten, as after all these years i have an incline of your taste in movies.

I think it depends on my mood, but I don't necessarily feel like writing too much about a film after I've viewed it - especially if it's a first time watch. Most of the time when I've seen a good or poignant film (and again especially if it's for the first time) the various emotions and feelings in regards to how I feel about it tend to roll around in my mind for some days and often weeks afterwards - the longer the time then the more impactful the film has been on me, generally speaking. I'm not one to whip out a review mere minutes after a viewing (and if I do they're generally terrible) plus I'm my own toughest critic so I tend to turn the process of jotting a few thoughts down about what I've watched into an assignment and in time it can sour the film-watching process for me a little.... so a simple still/poster/rating is a lot more desirable to me 99% of the time.

I'm glad I've become predictable in my old age though (), plus I guess the more we know about one another's film tastes the more inclined we may be to know if we'll like it or not based on how that person feels about it... not that this is always the case!