Spider-Man 2...

[fajrdrako]

Since maaseru, maaboroshi and I enjoyed Batman Begins so much this morning, we decided to watch Spider-Man 2 this evening. I'd seen it before, they hadn't. I wanted to see how it compared to Batman Begins.

I enjoyed seeing it again, but there's no contest: Batman Begins is by far the better movie. For one thing, it plays up Bruce Wayne's heroism, where Spider-Man 2 plays it down; I don't like that much. Add to that, I don't like either Tobey McGuire or Kirsten Dunsk in their roles... In fact, I think the best actors in Spider-Man are Alfred Molino as Doc Oc and J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jamieson. And Spider-Man should be wittier.

I enjoyed Batman Begins even more the second time round, knowing what to expect. Everything about it: I found it more moving, I found Alfred more charming, I found Bruce Wayne sexier... and even though Katie Holmes was still unconvincing and inadequate as Rachel, I could enjoy her role and her lines.

It would be nice to have a poster picture of that scene of Bruce in bed.

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[youraugustine.livejournal.com]

"Bats are NOCTURNAL!"

I love that movie SO MUCH.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! There were so many gems, so many great lines. "You aren't the devil. You're practice."

And "You haven't given up on me." - "Never." Which made me sniff this time round.

I love it too. Done right, Batman is magnificent.

Batman

[renka54.livejournal.com]

I saw it for the second time today, too, with a group of friends. I agree, it's better the second time around. For one thing, there weren't nearly as many obnoxious teenagers in the audience, so I could actually hear all the dialogue this time. That helped! And I caught all sorts of things I missed the first time.

ITA about the Bruce Wayne in bed scene. Yum.

And I thought Cillian Murphy was incredibly beautiful.

Yes, I think a third viewing might be in order... I love this movie.

Re: Batman

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

For one thing, there weren't nearly as many obnoxious teenagers in the audience, so I could actually hear all the dialogue this time.

Always and advantage - though actually there were a few lines I never did catch, and I suspect they were good ones. Maybe I'll get them the next time I see the movie, or when I have it on DVD and can look at subtitles.

Yes, absolutely, to Cillian Murphy. And double-absolutely to Bruce Wayne in bed. Makes me smile to remember.

[jkluge.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about Toby MacGuire and Kirsten Dunst -- I've never been interested in seeing either Spiderman movie due to the castiong of those two.

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

....this is utterly unrelated as usual but I finally rented Smallville, S1, and I would just like to state, for posterity, that John Glover is the best thing that ever happened to television.

Also I bet they had to keep a lot of extra pairs of pants around the set for Michael Rosenbaum, what with all the charisma oozing out of his ass.

two good things about Smallville

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I would just like to state, for posterity, that John Glover is the best thing that ever happened to television.

To this I can only answer:
1. yes
2. yes
and 3. YES


Also I bet they had to keep a lot of extra pairs of pants around the set for Michael Rosenbaum, what with all the charisma oozing out of his ass.

Amazing, isn't he?

Re: two good things about Smallville

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Yes, he is, they both are, but their fencing is not. Excuse me while I roll around on the floor alternately laughing and yelling, "What the HELL was THAT? Oh don't even.... don't even.... you did? Oh. My. God."

Re: two good things about Smallville

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

their fencing is not

True, but I can't really bring myself to care, the deliciousness of that scene overcomes all other considerations.

Re: two good things about Smallville

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

I freely admit that I am a fencing snob/purist, and so mostly what I did during that scene was writhe around in agony. I love it when they're onscreen together and not fencing, though-- they're so similar, it really looks like a familial relationship. They both have that same restless sort of energy, like big cats. And like big cats, neither of them ever seems to be very far away from a sort of sly, sardonic, almost misanthropic amusement.

Re: two good things about Smallville

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Note also that they are smarter than those around them, and that even when they fail, they don't give up. Even if sometimes they pretend they do.

Re: two good things about Smallville

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

One bad thing: Lana Lang. Or Llang. Or however you spell it. Gaaaahd she's awful. She's not even pretty. Well, she is, but it's in a really weird, plasticky kind of way. She looks kind of like an alien, really.

Also, does being a Kryptonite (that's what Superman is, right?) give you extra-brilliant teeth or something? Because Clark's smile is starting to scare me.

Re: two good things about Smallville

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

One bad thing: Lana Lang.

Oh my goodness. You may not believe this at this point, but she just gets worse. She's the worse thing about the show. She's a self-absorbed monster with a special talent for bitchy contrariness.

Maybe she is an alien. Or a meteor-rock mutant.

does being a Kryptonite (that's what Superman is, right?)

Nope. Clark is a Kryptonian. Kryptonite is the green glowing rock they call 'meteor rocks' in the TV show. And yes, Kryptonians have strange teeth.

Re: two good things about Smallville

[widget-alley.livejournal.com]

Kryptonians. That's right. I knew the rock was called Kryptonite, but I couldn't remember the word for creatures from the planet Krypton (I'm not as stupid as I sound, no really!)

Did Lex spend any time in England? I keep thinking I hear a teensy bit of an accent, but only sometimes, and then I think maybe I'm just hallucinating.