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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 10, 2017 22:56:55 GMT
From an interesting article on blockbusters: good and bad. But just because a movie blows stuff up doesn’t mean it automatically stinks. A good blockbuster, like the recent Bond flick “Casino Royale,” takes you places you might never otherwise go and shows you things you could never do. It brings you into new worlds, offers you new attractions. It takes hold of your body, making you quiver with anxiety, joy, laughter, relief. When great blockbusters sweep you up and away — I’m thinking about watching “The Matrix” for the first time with a few hundred other enraptured souls — they usher you into a realm of communal pleasure. In a culture of entertainment niches, they remind you of what going to the movies can still be like.
They also remind you that without the human factor a blockbuster is nothing but a big empty box. Blockbusters that endure strike a balance between the spectacular and the ineffably human, whether it’s Peter O’Toole framed against the never-ending desert in “Lawrence of Arabia” or Keanu Reeves coming down to earth in “The Matrix” as he realizes that he knows kung fu. It’s the epic story of America refracted through one family in the “Godfather” films. It’s a mechanical shark and Robert Shaw remembering the U.S.S. Indianapolis in “Jaws.” It’s Tom Cruise hanging by a thread in “Mission: Impossible” and Christian Bale standing amid a cloud of bats in “Batman Begins.” It’s Leonardo DiCaprio’s wild eyes in “Titanic” and Kirsten Dunst’s sad ones in “Spider-Man.”
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 18, 2017 19:22:01 GMT
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Post by RhodoraO on Mar 21, 2017 6:03:28 GMT
From a pre-casting piece by Entertainment Weekly, their verdicts on all the actors being auditioned for the Batman roles: ew.com/article/2003/09/09/batman-which-young-hunk-should-play-him/CHRISTIAN BALE, 28
STRONG CHIN? Yup. Bale’s patrician good looks could serve him well as both Batman and his millionaire alter-ego, Bruce Wayne.
DARK SIDE? Most definitely. Bale was terrifying in his chainsaw-toting, flesh-gobbling turn in ”American Psycho.” The question is whether he can tone it down enough to play the sympathetic Bats (no gnawing on Alfred, now).
READY FOR ACTION? Yes. If the buff Bale could pimp-slap dragons in ”Reign of Fire,” pummeling a few pesky supervillains shouldn’t be a problem.
VERDICT Although Bale has no obvious drawbacks (his well-masked British accent aside), it’s hard to get excited about him playing Batman. In the end, the chilliness in his screen persona makes him a better candidate to replace Ah-nuld as Mr. Freeze.
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Post by RhodoraO on Nov 29, 2018 22:41:45 GMT
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