wb is scouting youtube, maybe aicn will get less wb checks.

Actually, I didn't watch this after the first 30 seconds. I am looking forward to this, so I want minimal spoilers, and will only watch the trailers.

I am Legend was actually pretty decent, but I guess I went in expecting complete shit. Good pacing, seemed like it was 30 minutes long. The CG "vampires" were awful though, after seeing the initial workups I can't believe they didn't just scrap it and get real people.

Between the two clips we've seen here, this is starting to look like quite a good film--maybe even the most comfortable fusion yet between our reality and the comic book one.

I hope it's better than the last one. I like Nolan, Bale, Neeson, and the rest of the cast, but it bored me so much that I couldn't even finish it. And the origin sequences seemed like some other movie.

Looking at these new clips, I can now see Begins as just setting the tone and changing the expectations. I think the DC villain collection pales to that of Marvel, but this makes me think there is more good "re-imagining" material left for DC characters.

Most films and fictional characters require some suspension of disbelief; even Jason Bourne, despite the gritty "realism" of those films is ultimately implausible in reality.

It's a modern notion that fantasy must have some imbued with some realism in order for it to resonate with viewers. This may be nothing more than believable characters who respond in plausible ways to their atypical, fantasy situations.

Batman has always been one of the more "realistic" of superheroes, with little scifi or supernatural/paranormal elements. His motivation is clear and makes sense within its own narrative. Nolan respects the Batman mythos; in no way is the material taken lightly. It is played straight. Whereas, "Batman and Robin" seems created as a self-parody, inherently mocking the very story and characters it purports to tell.

Schumacher drifted towards the campy elements of Batman where Nolan has taken the recent serious presentation and gritty realism of the comics which place Batman in a society and world view much like our own. I personal prefer Nolan's take, so far, to that of Burton and most definitely Schumacher.

However, the fact that BATMAN BEGINS portrayed a legendary comic book character in a more realistic manner does not make these films "far sillier". In fact, quite the opposite. It's the realism that makes one feel that real consequences are at stake.

Nolan managed to make a film about a "silly idea" that wasn't silly. He crafted an intelligent and emotionally involving story that didn't make (a lot of) people feel stupid about watching another goofball superhero movie. In the process, he overcame the god-awful taste left by the Goth-camp franchise that proceeded him. So, I'd say that most folks are looking forward to what TDK has in store because of this approach.

I saw Bruce Wayne's origin in BEGINS as the best version of that story ever told on film. I groaned at first when I thought "oh shit, ANOTHER Bruce Wayne origin sequence!" but Bruce Wayne couldn't have become Batman without Ra's Al Ghul's help (and without his explicit rejection of Ra's warped sense of justice). I thought there was a lot of thought put into Bruce's "choice" of becoming a vigilante. And I think was a lot of new elements to Wayne's journey towards becoming Batman. This wasn't the paint-by-numbers story of Wayne losing his parents, hitting the gym and starting to dress up as a bat. Wayne made shitty choices in BEGINS. He pushed away his loved ones. He dropped out of school. He hated his family's name. He became primal. And it wasn't until Ra's "saved" him that Bruce started to move in the right direction. But like what I alluded to above, there is a very fine line between what Batman does and what Ra's was trying to do-- and I have never seen a more adult take on that matter than what BEGINS offered. The realism is not only based in the aesthetic design in that movie, but also in the way in which characters behaved. Alfred chiding Bruce for being a "thrill-seeker" was pitch-perfect. Bruce accepting that he can't be with Rachael is another poignant moment (but Katie Holmes sucked the life out of that role). I think I said this to a friend after seeing BEGINS-- Bruce Wayne was more interesting to watch than the man in the Batsuit. If anything, I thought Batman was a distraction from the story- Bruce's story. Is BEGINS a perfect movie? Not at all. But it achieved so much and I think it is a proper take on this well-trodden myth.

Now where's the official online trailer?

No trailer at the atasteforthetheatrical.com yet.

(And I'll keep doing it bitches!!!)