Batman
August 18th, 2008
I'm with my good friend, Pastor Weedon, on the latest Batman movie: it was trying much too hard to be profound, and finally, was not. It packed too many plot lines into the (too long) movie and I found it really nothing but disturbing and depressing. I'm thinking that men dressed up like flying rodents do not make for moral exemplars. The movie basically took all the fun out of the Batman genre, and that's too bad. I feel the same way about the newest Superman movie as well. The best movie I saw this summer (and summer is over, in my book, with the start of school), was Wall-E. Now there is one brilliantly executed movie that, whether the makers intended it not, contains one of the best "pro-life" message I've ever seen in a movie.
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There was a very nice interview with the maker about what he intended in World magazine this summer (can’t remember which issue, other than I think it was a double issue dated the end of June or early July.)
Wow. I couldn’t disagree more. I was stunned by this film, and thought it was the best film I have seen in a long long time. To say that I was blown away is an understatement. To me it did not feel like it was trying to be profound. The story itself was profound on the face of it. In fact, I have never seen a super hero movie like it. There are so many things it this movie that I am surprised came out of Hollywood. The recognition of evil as simply being evil without trying to make excuses for it. The uplifting of righteousness (civil, of course). The willingness of the hero to sacrifice his own reputation, and be unjustly counted as an enemy, for the good of the people as a whole. And then, add to it excellent acting, lack of cliche, etc.
Well, anyway, it was a overwhelming movie in many respects (plot and visually), so I can understand that it just isn’t some people’s cup of tea, and that is no criticism of you, Pr. McCain. Different strokes . . .
As to the new Superman movie, I agree. It was garbage.
Looking forward to Wall-E. Heard many good things about it.
(oops, meant to say the World Mag interview was with the maker of Wall-E)