Batman Begins was great. Actually, what I said to Wendy was, "It was AWESOME!" I don't often talk in all-caps, so there you have it. While I liked the first two films by Burton, mostly for mood and style, this one renders them quaint.
And I so want the batmobile.
Very classy production all around with Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman. Freeman has a fun, mischievious twinkle in his eyes and Caine, as Alfred, is invaluable.
Go see it at a theater with great sound. Really fantastic sound design.
Did I mention I want the batmobile?
About Me
- Paul
- Paul Guest is the author of four volumes of poetry and a memoir. His debut, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, was awarded the 2002 New Issues Poetry Prize. His second collection, Notes for My Body Double, was awarded the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. His third collection, My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge, was published by Ecco Press/HarperCollins in 2008. His fourth collection, Because Everything Is Terrible, was published by Diode Editions. His poems have appeared in Harper's, The Paris Review, Poetry, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. His memoir, One More Theory About Happiness, was published by Ecco in May 2010 and selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. The recipient of a 2011 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 2007 Whiting Writers' Award, Guest lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
4 comments:
Who does Freeman play?
I'm excited to see the movie, but a little leary of the whole Liam Neeson business.
Freeman is Lucius Fox, who first appeared in the comics, I think, in the 70's, as running Wayne's corporation.
But I bet you knew that.
Glad to hear it's good. I want to check this out because of the director, whose name I forget but whose other work I like a lot.
P.S. Very very belated congrats on book #2!
wow. you & ron silliman. two thumbs up! and to think I wasn't planning on going.
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