Posted by moviegeek916 on August 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Dark Knight (2008) – For a long time people dismissed comic books. I mean it’s obviously not as bad as it once was when a prick named Frederick Wertham published a bullshit book called Seduction of the Innocent which led to the burning of comic books and self-imposed industry censorship for decades. In fact most … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on August 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Batman Begins (2005) – It was a dark time in our history after the debacle that was Batman & Robin. Eight long years passed with no Batman movie at all. There had been consideration of letting Joel Schumacher continue the franchise. There was the screenplay for Batman Triumphant, which would have featured the Scarecrow (Schumacher was … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on July 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) – Well, it was fifty years ago that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko brought Spider-Man into the world. It was ten years ago that Sam Raimi brought the character to the big screen. It’s only been five years since Spider-Man 3 stank up cinemas and some say that’s far too soon … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on June 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Batman: Year One (2011) – Every comic book geek out there has an idea of just how a Batman movie should be made. Some believe in taking the best from several existing comics to make something familiar but new (luckily one of these suck geeks is named Christopher Nolan and we got Batman Begins and … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) — I think the PG-13 direct-to-video animated movies from DC and Warner Premiere have been by-and-large pretty great, but the Superman/Batman ones (Apocalypse follows the earlier Superman/Batman: Public Enemies) based on the comics by Jeph Loeb have left me somewhat cold, much like the comics they’re based on. (Actually excepting The Long … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on September 7, 2011 · 1 Comment
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009) — So Jeph Loeb wrote one of my favorite comics [The Long Halloween] but he is far from one of my favorite comic writers. He tends to go cameo-crazy and the stories have a tendency to suffer as a result. So why the so-far-pretty-decent DC direct-to-disc decided to go with adapted … Continue reading →
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Persistence of Vision 