tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post112034749749493613..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Recent Film ReviewsK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1121184469806349042005-07-12T12:07:00.000-04:002005-07-12T12:07:00.000-04:00I wouldn't hold my breath: if women are in a film ...I wouldn't hold my breath: if women are in a film as something other than window dressing (and usually they are not even that; there are an awful lot of MWWs), they tend to be nothing more than a reaction to the main character's dialogue, so he (always he) isn't just talking to himself -- or else the thing he has to "rescue."<BR/><BR/>I'd like to see a Batman movie that explores the closeted relationship between him and Robin, how they have to face public scrutiny *and* that of the other criminals and superheroes. The next step up after <I>Brat Pack</I>?C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1121170538092486002005-07-12T08:15:00.000-04:002005-07-12T08:15:00.000-04:00True, true, true.But -- my point is not that Bats ...True, true, true.<BR/><BR/>But -- my point is not that Bats must have a love interest, only that if one is to be foisted upon him, he/she/it had better be up to the challenge.Crispinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806928003525908542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1120758552877373922005-07-07T13:49:00.000-04:002005-07-07T13:49:00.000-04:00Dan, Dan, Dan --Why would a psychotic mumbler like...Dan, Dan, Dan --<BR/><BR/>Why would a psychotic mumbler like Batman ever get a real love interest? It's hard enough to maintain relationships when you're reasonably normal. But we're talking Batman here: double identity, childhood trauma, suspiciously close relationship with youthful ward (NAMBLA warning signs?), precipitious disappearances, sulking and capes...<BR/><BR/>And, yeah, agree with your assessment of James Newton Howard's bombastic score. Trying to out-Williams Williams?C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1120590200682581742005-07-05T15:03:00.000-04:002005-07-05T15:03:00.000-04:00"Better than the other Batman movies."Ya, in almos..."Better than the other Batman movies."<BR/><BR/>Ya, in almost every respect save two. One, someone find Bats a love interest (female, male, some kind of mammal -- I don't care at this point) that has...interest. I thought I was watching *Sith* for awhile there.<BR/><BR/>Two, the music sucked. If you could give me Elfman without funerary penguins, I'd be a happier fanboy.Crispinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15806928003525908542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-1120504456889349612005-07-04T15:14:00.000-04:002005-07-04T15:14:00.000-04:00Re: Land of the Dead: I would add, having thought...Re: Land of the Dead: I would add, having thought about it a bit more, that one theme is more powerful than I initially thought:<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>SPOILERS (reveals a plot point & an aspect of the ENDING!)<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The fireworks, in retrospect, I think are brilliant. In the overall (and rather unsubtle) theme of class warfare within the country (which I take to be the uberclass of Hopper's rich and disconnected mall dwellers against the poor and the zombies both, who are of course kept at war with one another to divide them against the rich) the fireworks (explosions of patriotism?) entertain the plebian zombies to their own detriment -- i.e. getting their brains blown out. It is only when they come to some kind of conscious awareness that the star-spangled display loses its appeal. When the colorful ephemeral displays lose their power they focus on the real threat (the wealthy leeches whose power relies on their mindlessness). They realize how they've been used and rise up against the real enemy.<BR/> <BR/>And the army, which has been their enemy until it, too, turns away from the wealthy class, allows them to survive because the army leader (Riley) sees a kinship in their battle for freedom.<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps I've had too much potato salad...C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.com