Post by Cat on Jun 5, 2023 18:20:25 GMT
Jun 4, 2023 18:30:17 GMT Cat said:
It's not as bad as all that I don't think. As someone who voted for Batman Begins it's not because First Class is bad. I think it's one of the best and most refreshing X-Men movies, like one of those citrus-y wet cloths you sometimes get at Chinese buffets.
Having watched Batman Begins not long ago (not for the first time, I saw it in theaters), the only scene that I don't adore is Bruce and his dates swimming around in the restaurant fountain. I understand conceptually that he'll do anything to throw people off the scent so he'll never be suspected as Batman, but it's half a degree too cringe.
Aside from that, it flows even better than I remember, especially into the beginning of the third act.
First Class is still dope though. I've always been of the opinion that Days of Future Past, which was also a good movie, was one of my least favourites for a while because it undid so much of First Class and brought it back to the old cast.
(not that Begins is lacking in cringy attempts at comic relief. I hate when he looks over and sees the same homeless guy he traded his coat with 7 years prior, who just so happens to be nonchalantly hanging out 5 feet way from a massive gun fight, and does the "Nice coat" callback)
As far as its flow goes....eh. I think it has the usual origin movie problem where it feels like two movies, and the one where you see Bruce become Batman is a lot more interesting than the one where he is being Batman.
I think it's conceptually great Bruce does that to throw people off the scent. It definitely works. I just find dumb playboy types irritating, so if I were a diner in the restaurant that night I'd probably never suspect Bruce Wayne is Batman either.
It's not too late to co-sign on Rachel showing up right after that. It's part of it, as if the sight of her made him almost break character and be real for a minute.
It didn't feel like the two-movies-in-one origin film to me. It did hover over the threshold of Batman being too advanced for what he was near the end, but I always appreciated that he got his ass kicked once by Scarecrow with the mist and had to call Alfred. It's the reminder I like that in Batman's world, he has to make his own way home. It's a wonder he rarely gets tailed all the way.
No that coat callback was cringe, and I didn't entirely mind Katie Holmes. She tried. But Maggie Gylenhaal (imo) is a way better actress and did a way better job.