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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 22, 2019 19:44:45 GMT
It's a shame this didn't spawn a sequel.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 22, 2019 19:54:17 GMT
Hugely sorely and unfairly underrated.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 22, 2019 20:26:37 GMT
I heard it was a casualty of Disney tampering.
The lead was kinda boring.
The recreation of an Errol Flynn movie set was my favorite part.
Like the 1990s the Phantom and the Shadow, it kind of entertains but doesn't quite soar.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 22, 2019 20:28:34 GMT
The lead was kinda boring. Maybe not if they hired Bruce Campbell and not Bill Campbell.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jan 22, 2019 20:30:12 GMT
It's the movie stupid people rent when they want a thrill.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jan 22, 2019 20:46:52 GMT
After the success of Batman 89, Hollywood kept pushing all the 1930s/film noir style comic books films (I know Batman 89 is supposed to be in the present, but the sets, clothes, and cars are 1930/1940s). They managed to make money with Dick Tracey, everything else (Rocekteer, the Shawdow, the Phantom) bombed. That might have been why they dropped a lot of the 1930s style in favor of gaudy sets and neon lights in the Schumacher Batman films.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jan 22, 2019 20:49:36 GMT
That might have been why they dropped a lot of the 1930s style in favor of gaudy sets and neon lights in the Schumacher Batman films. But Batman Returns didn't have the 1930s style at all.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jan 22, 2019 20:58:58 GMT
That might have been why they dropped a lot of the 1930s style in favor of gaudy sets and neon lights in the Schumacher Batman films. But Batman Returns didn't have the 1930s style at all. No, they were definetly going with a film noir style with that one. Look at this scene, look at all those fedoras and tommy guns, it's like I'm watching a Dick Tracey movie:
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Post by politicidal on Jan 22, 2019 21:02:09 GMT
It's the movie stupid people rent when they want a thrill. Guilty as charged then.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jan 22, 2019 21:17:26 GMT
But Batman Returns didn't have the 1930s style at all. No, they were definetly going with a film noir style with that one. Look at this scene, look at all those fedoras and tommy guns, it's like I'm watching a Dick Tracey movie:
I agree, but that's 1989. 1992's Batman Returns didn't have that style at all.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jan 22, 2019 21:25:00 GMT
It's the movie stupid people rent when they want a thrill. Guilty as charged then.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 22, 2019 21:26:15 GMT
Ah, see. I really don’t care for Family Guy so the reference was lost on me.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jan 22, 2019 21:26:34 GMT
No, they were definetly going with a film noir style with that one. Look at this scene, look at all those fedoras and tommy guns, it's like I'm watching a Dick Tracey movie:
I agree, but that's 1989. 1992's Batman Returns didn't have that style at all. Nope, pretty much the same style:
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Post by wmcclain on Jan 22, 2019 21:28:42 GMT
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Post by kolchak92 on Jan 22, 2019 21:28:56 GMT
I agree, but that's 1989. 1992's Batman Returns didn't have that style at all. Nope, pretty much the same style:
O Oh, yeah that's true. But I think it was more subtle about it.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jan 25, 2019 23:31:02 GMT
At the rate they're rebooting things nowadays, wait five minutes and The Rocketeer will fly again.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2019 23:34:53 GMT
A fantastic and very underrated movie. I love this film! Everything in it makes sense, everything that's set up pays off, and conversely nothing that pays off lacks set up. You always know what everyone is doing and why they're doing it. The characters all have motivations that make sense, and all act in accordance with them. It's simple basic film-making done well, in service of a story that's fun and exciting.
It's just a really, really good movie.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 25, 2019 23:38:01 GMT
I love it. One of the greatest of all superhero movies, too. Every scene is tons of fun, and it’s wonderfully exciting. The atmosphere is spot-on (Johnston is at his best in this period—see The First Avenger and his episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, both of which are virtual remakes), and everything works. Campbell effortlessly gives us the aw-shucks all-American hero, Dalton, as a devilish Errol Flynn, makes for a superb villain, and Jennifer Connolly is beautiful and charming. Just a fantastic movie.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jan 25, 2019 23:51:42 GMT
Equally guilty, kolchak92 . Your Brilliancy is going to be dealing with a lot of stupid people here who like this movie, then. It was a joke from an episode of Family Guy, as I have already revealed earlier in this thread.
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Post by ck100 on Nov 15, 2019 15:01:43 GMT
I haven't seen it since I was a kid, but I remember liking it. Kind of a fun throwback to movies in the style of Indiana Jones.
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