Tue, July 22, 2008
Yes We Can!—9:24 PM
I watched Batman Begins this afternoon in anticipation of tomorrow night's IMAXtravaganza. This has become the summer of sequel prep: Indy, Hellboy, and now this. It's been fun reviewing – it's all too rare for me to watch a movie twice – but I hope it's not a sign that my brain, addled by entering its third decade, is incapable of remembering the basic beats of a Hollywood franchise movie.
Here's what I noticed. See if some of the key phrases in this exchange from the film's sequel-bait epilogue don't sound familiar:
Lieut. James Gordon: You really started something... [there's] hope on the streets.
Batman: We can bring Gotham back.
Ohmigod... black face, big ears, and audacious hope? Obama is Batman! And – to borrow Colbert's logic – the market has spoken: $166M in one weekend. It's gonna be a landslide!
I'll be back when I can think up a way to make McCain into Guru Pitka.
(Ag– IMAXtravaganza. What have I become?)
Joe Mulder — Wed, 7/23/08 2:07am
I would submit that after ages 0-9 (1 decade), ages 10-19 (2 decades), and ages 20-29 (3 decades), it is possible – even probable – that the beginning of this fourth decade is addling your brain indeed.
Bee Boy — Wed, 7/23/08 9:14am
Oh God, it's happening! Who are you? What is this "onned bee?" How did it get inside my house, with all its words and such? Are Cody and Sable okay?