Post by RhodoraO on Mar 10, 2017 21:57:54 GMT
From a "for your consideration" piece by Kristopher Tapley when he was over at Movie City News*:
BATMAN BEGINS
Christopher Nolan and David Goyer's re-imagining of the Dark Knight (please work that moniker into the sequel's title, guys) was one of the most exhilarating cinematic experiences of 2005. A slow acceptance of the comic book genre in multiple nominations for films like Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Road to Perdition and, quite possibly, A History of Violence, is all the evidence we need that the Academy is beginning to see past any prejudices, and is grasping the potent stories that can lurk within the pages of what could be disregarded as mere "pulp." That is good news.
Batman Begins has already been recognized by the Art Directors Guild, the Costume Designers Guild and, most surprisingly, the American Society of Cinematographers. It was also nicely represented with a few BAFTA nominations. I've come across a number of interviews with actors who have openly expressed love for the film - all of them dying to work with Nolan at this point, it seems. The studio's Oscar campaign has been one of the most creative and smart campaigns of the year - not a single FYC ad containing an image of Batman, centering the film on character and story above style and panache. And Warner Bros., on the whole, has been having a great year, becoming the first studio to ever have three films cross the $200 million mark.
Now, it doesn't seem to me that wishful thinking plays into this scenario, as Batman Begins has been played correctly from day one - a fighting chance indeed. Let's hope the film can garner more than the likely technical nominations (Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing and Sound being the best bets) and perhaps push into Best Adapted Screenplay or even Best Director territory.
(And let me also say the "rule" that has apparently disqualified the fantastic original score from James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, due to two credited composers, needs to be changed immediately. What an embarrassment.)
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* The page no longer exists. The link is of The Way Back Machine's archived snapshot.
BATMAN BEGINS
Christopher Nolan and David Goyer's re-imagining of the Dark Knight (please work that moniker into the sequel's title, guys) was one of the most exhilarating cinematic experiences of 2005. A slow acceptance of the comic book genre in multiple nominations for films like Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Road to Perdition and, quite possibly, A History of Violence, is all the evidence we need that the Academy is beginning to see past any prejudices, and is grasping the potent stories that can lurk within the pages of what could be disregarded as mere "pulp." That is good news.
Batman Begins has already been recognized by the Art Directors Guild, the Costume Designers Guild and, most surprisingly, the American Society of Cinematographers. It was also nicely represented with a few BAFTA nominations. I've come across a number of interviews with actors who have openly expressed love for the film - all of them dying to work with Nolan at this point, it seems. The studio's Oscar campaign has been one of the most creative and smart campaigns of the year - not a single FYC ad containing an image of Batman, centering the film on character and story above style and panache. And Warner Bros., on the whole, has been having a great year, becoming the first studio to ever have three films cross the $200 million mark.
Now, it doesn't seem to me that wishful thinking plays into this scenario, as Batman Begins has been played correctly from day one - a fighting chance indeed. Let's hope the film can garner more than the likely technical nominations (Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing and Sound being the best bets) and perhaps push into Best Adapted Screenplay or even Best Director territory.
(And let me also say the "rule" that has apparently disqualified the fantastic original score from James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, due to two credited composers, needs to be changed immediately. What an embarrassment.)
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* The page no longer exists. The link is of The Way Back Machine's archived snapshot.