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Batman: Dead End (2003)
A lot of love went into this, but not a lot of thought.
Um...
I consider myself one of the biggest nerds of all time. But I'm sorry... this film sucks.
I don't deny that it was, on a TECHNICAL level, a well done short film. I don't deny the producers put a lot of work and love into it. But I'm sorry, this is NOT a GOOD Batman film.
Its better than Batman & Robin, probably the greatest cinematic abortion to ever hit the screen, but its still not that great.
Let's take a look at the flaws (note: I won't attack the bad acting, as that couldn't be helped due to the low budget of the short-film.)
1. The suit. I know everyone thinks its better to have him where the spandex suit because its more true to the comics. Wrong. Batman does not where spandex (at least, not JUST spandex anyway). There are several references in the several issues where Batman mentions/talks about/or references his body armor. Usually in the form of "body armor took the brunt of that blow..." or something like that. Batman is a grade-A bad ass. But, he's not a dumb ass. He will have whatever on him necesserary to protect him, while at the same time allowing him mobility to run around rooftops and such. I'm sorry, but the costume from the WArner Brothers films makes MUCH more sense than a flimsy peice of spandex... without the nipples of course.
2. The bad guys. It started with promise, with The Joker escaping Arkham. Great. But then... A FRIGGIN' ALIEN!? PREDATORS?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Don't feed me that crap about Batman having faced them in the comics. Bull. Batman faced them in CROSSOVERS, which is we all know, is never an acknowledged part of a hero's official cannon. Batman also met Spider-Man, and The Hulk, and Captain America. But you don't see him referencing those characters in the DC Universe do you? No, because technically, it NEVER happened. My point is, if they were trying to impress studio execs into making a Batman film, use actual characters accessible to Batman. The Joker, Two-Face, Ra's Al Ghul... Anyone but friggin' Aliens and Predator. Because chances are, that's what you'll get if/when the next Batman film comes out... an established Batman villain.
I am, however, not without a soul. Like I said, all of the people involved with this film, I applaud them for doing something that I'm sure they had fun doing. I did like certain aspects. First, the cape. The cape looked PERFECT. The cinematography. PERFECT. Exactly what a Batman film should look like. And the opening was very intriguing. Showing Batman putting on the costume even though he's beat to hell... THAT'S Batman.
Anyway, in all, a nice effort, but I would have been more impressed without the hokey suit and the friggin' aliens and predators.
AJ
A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story (1996)
Peice Of Trash
All I can say is... what a peice of trash. THe only reason I continued watching was because it fascinated me that something THIS bad could have possibly been produced! MY GOD!! THIS IS REALLY REALLY BAD! All I have to say is, is that if Dan Jansen's story as told by this movie is 100% accurate, then he has an extremely unhealthy sexual obsession over his dead sister. Seriously. They made him out to be really creepy. REALLY BAD!!
Santo en el museo de cera (1963)
The Wrestling's the best part
Wow... is this movie bad.
Words cannot describe how horribly cheesy, campy and utterly boring this movie is.
The plot is terrible, and the acting is sub-par (at best!)
The best thing about this entire movie is the wrestling scenes. Being a huge wrestling fan myself, I was very entertained by the wrestling scenes. However, the lack of commentary, and the fact that he went to wrestle at the weirdest times, made them a little lacking.
The only reason I even own this movie is for my knack for collecting wrestling memorabilia.
So, unless you are a huge wrestling fan (and I mean HUGE) I would not recommend this atrocity to the cinematic arts.