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"The Batman" is an unexpected masterpiece
REDSTATE.COM ^ | 05 MARCH 2022 | JEFF CHARLES

Posted on 03/05/2022 5:25:51 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist

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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

He plays a good batman, but his Bruce Wayne and the batmobile suck. Just saying. Other wise pritty good, but no Dark Knight.


21 posted on 03/05/2022 6:10:04 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian ( 2022 - VOTE THE BUMS OUT —— ALL OF THEM! RE-ELECT NO ONE!!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I’ll get right to the point. “The Batman” is hands-down the best film about the character that has been made so far.

I doubt it. Nothing can hold a candle to the 1966 Batman movie, which I saw in the theater on August 14, `1966.

22 posted on 03/05/2022 6:11:33 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Believe it or not, Emperor Wilhelm II had his own Caped Crusader!

I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman--Whistling Jack Smith

23 posted on 03/05/2022 6:14:26 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Jonty30

“Now, comics are written at a literary level that is more Robinson Crusoe or Gulliver’s Travels.
Would she have said the same thing about Robinson Crusoe?”

Thanks, I needed the giggle that gave me.


24 posted on 03/05/2022 6:20:16 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

I will take that as a yes, that you believe that reading Robinson Crusoe is as much a waste of time as reading a modern day comic.


25 posted on 03/05/2022 6:21:27 PM PST by Jonty30 (How can you claim to help me with my healthcare costs when you can't pay for your own?)
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To: ducttape45

The guy can surprise you. Have you ever seen the movie “Good Time”? He really was surprisingly good, as was the movie.


26 posted on 03/05/2022 6:24:06 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: Jonty30

Libs see TDS in everything. I wish they would take their meds.


27 posted on 03/05/2022 6:25:28 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Bookshelf

I wonder what she’d say about the perpetual mental teenagers we have running around calling themselves ‘women’ these days.


28 posted on 03/05/2022 6:27:11 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: ducttape45
Pattison is perfect! The director didn't want to do another reboot storytelling, so he perfectly made a younger Batman who was not fully developed.

I like the focus on the detective angle (which Batman really is, a detective) instead of all the action and focus on the villians.

Pattison is really a great actor. You should watch him with Wlllem DaFoe in this lighthouse movie. I forgot the name. But it's a far cry from his teeny-bopper Twilight days.

29 posted on 03/05/2022 6:29:45 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The GOP is the UN of US politics)
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To: justme4now
Yeah. I think that’s a fair statement but it doesn’t bother me at all. Superhero movies are the rough equivalent of the mythical hero’s like Apollo, Zeus and those folks. Gotta have good guys, bad guys and pathos to make a good story and for me the Batman story fills that bill nicely.

My all time fav is the Dark Knight graphic novels, fantastic story, excellent art.
30 posted on 03/05/2022 6:29:58 PM PST by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

That lighthouse movie was weird but strangely good.


31 posted on 03/05/2022 6:31:36 PM PST by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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To: The Louiswu
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32 posted on 03/05/2022 6:34:32 PM PST by The Louiswu (The times they are a changin. )
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
I wonder what she’d say about the perpetual mental teenagers we have running around calling themselves ‘women’ these days.

Probably nothing. You see, the observation about men highlights a recent development rather than an innate characteristic.
33 posted on 03/05/2022 6:36:47 PM PST by fr_freak ( )
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To: algore
Adam West will always be Batman to me.

The weight of being Batman took quite a toll on West after a while:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrz3W0-NkNI
34 posted on 03/05/2022 6:40:14 PM PST by fr_freak ( )
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To: Jonty30

Not quite, it’s just a absurd comparison. Like the movie, it’s a fun little diversion - especially for younger minds.

But I suspect Dickens, Shakespeare, Homer, Proust, Tolstoy and the like really don’t need to worry a whole lot about competition.

People historically quite usually think their period’s passing cultural ephemera to have surpassed sliced bread in greatness and importance - just a common, normal human temporal-based prejudice.


35 posted on 03/05/2022 6:43:59 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

As I said, comics have come a long way from the 1950’s. They do tell meaningful stories that they used to not tell. Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels, in their day, were also considered wastes of time.

I actually prefer the exact same story told through animation than through an evening drama. The story can be the same in all respects, but the animation makes it more enjoyable to watch.


36 posted on 03/05/2022 6:47:46 PM PST by Jonty30 (How can you claim to help me with my healthcare costs when you can't pay for your own?)
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To: Fiji Hill

I’ll get right to the point. “The Batman” is hands-down the best film about the character that has been made so far.

I doubt it. Nothing can hold a candle to the 1966 Batman movie, which I saw in the theater on August 14, `1966.


Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pSD26bGy3I

or

Holy Sardine!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-paXZvuKgi4


37 posted on 03/05/2022 6:50:21 PM PST by poinq
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To: Fiji Hill

I remember the penguin’s sub with paddles for propellers.


38 posted on 03/05/2022 6:51:56 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Fiji Hill

Mrs. Slim had a 45 of that.😀


39 posted on 03/05/2022 6:53:05 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Batman has a lot of relatives......

https://www.whitepages.com/name/A-Batman?fs=1&searchedName=A%20batman&searchedLocation=


40 posted on 03/05/2022 6:55:47 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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