Batman thread

Yeah I'm getting my vicarious fix as well. I unfortunately won't be able to see it until after I get back from holidays in Montreal/Sherbrooke.

bfkiller, I'm no Anne Hathaway fan at all. But you gotta see Rachel Getting Married (or whatever it's called). She's terrific in that.

mjl1783 wrote:
EDIT: Also, am I the only one who felt a fairly right-wing vibe coming off of the picture?

There appears to be some commentary on lefty blogs about this. Since I'm avoiding spoilers I haven't read beyond a scan of the titles, but yeah it sounds like others have noticed something up too.

Hatchling wrote:

mjl1783 wrote:
EDIT: Also, am I the only one who felt a fairly right-wing vibe coming off of the picture?

There appears to be some commentary on lefty blogs about this. Since I'm avoiding spoilers I haven't read beyond a scan of the titles, but yeah it sounds like others have noticed something up too.

Haven't seen it yet either, but it doesn't surprise me at all. The last one had a pretty right-wing vibe to me, I'd be amazed if this weren't even more so.

Batman is not exactly a social progressive to begin with.

Hatchling wrote:

mjl1783 wrote:
EDIT: Also, am I the only one who felt a fairly right-wing vibe coming off of the picture?

There appears to be some commentary on lefty blogs about this. Since I'm avoiding spoilers I haven't read beyond a scan of the titles, but yeah it sounds like others have noticed something up too.

Ha, "something up"? Yes it has a conservative slant in so far as it is a Good vs Evil tale like most super hero movies. Also it stresses that you are what you choose to be and the choices you make have consequences.

If it's just like other super hero movies, I wonder why more people seem to be writing about the politics of this one in particular. I hate spoilers and so I can't really have this conversation, but after a sidelong glance at some reviews apparently there's something about big corporations doing bad stuff and getting away with it, while the collective action of everyday people (those who are not infinitely wealthy/super-powered) in response to crime (including corporate crime) is dismissed as insane or stupid or something. But who knows what makes people grab onto a movie and see it reflect contemporary problems, and why that happens with some movies more than others.

But never mind me. I'm speaking about something I don't know and don't want to know (until I see the film that is).