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OFFICIAL Batman Begins Discussion Topic - TV Spots, Reviews, RT Watch, etc.
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HomerSimpson-Man
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Ugh, not this BS "Batman is not a superhero" rhetoric again, what's the point?
don't take it seriously
a BB dvd review
Movie Rating: 9 out of 10
Extras Rating: 9 out of 10
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdreviewsnews.php?id=11551
can't wait.
a BB dvd review
Movie Rating: 9 out of 10
Extras Rating: 9 out of 10
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdreviewsnews.php?id=11551
can't wait.
Ninja Scooter
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got my 2 disc Deluxe Edition in the mail today! So far i've watched only the 2nd disc. There's some good stuff on it, but it is a pain in the hbk to navigate.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Willco said:
Yeah pretty much. I just can't get over how amazing this film was. The only time I've paid to see a film 3 times in theaters my entire life.
Pengiuin will be a tough character to cast. Looks like they're going for the The Animated Series version of the character, making him the high class, debonaire underground smuggler.
Batman Begins is such an example of fine filmmaking it's ridiculous. Everyone needs to take notes.
Batman Begins is such an example of fine filmmaking it's ridiculous. Everyone needs to take notes.
Finished watching it about an hour ago, and I still love it. Gonna explore the second disc throughout the week.
I was lucky to get it though, at least for the price that I did ($22 Canadian). Best Buy and Walmart were selling it for 22 bucks, and both stores were completely wiped of the deluxe version (with a free poster being included with the purchase, Best Buy had sold out of theirs before noon). Other stores at the mall had 'em, but the cheapest price I saw it for was like 27. I phoned up Future Shop cause I knew they were selling it for 22, and got someone to hold a copy for me since they were selling fast there. Good thing too...they were all sold out by the time I got there. Hopefully it's indictive of strong sales throughout North America.
I was lucky to get it though, at least for the price that I did ($22 Canadian). Best Buy and Walmart were selling it for 22 bucks, and both stores were completely wiped of the deluxe version (with a free poster being included with the purchase, Best Buy had sold out of theirs before noon). Other stores at the mall had 'em, but the cheapest price I saw it for was like 27. I phoned up Future Shop cause I knew they were selling it for 22, and got someone to hold a copy for me since they were selling fast there. Good thing too...they were all sold out by the time I got there. Hopefully it's indictive of strong sales throughout North America.
I saw it last night for the first time. I held off from seeing it in theaters because I was afraid I'd be disappointed. After all, the buzz around it seemed to dissipate quickly. So I went in with low expectations.
Oh, man, it's so good. It's easily my favorite super hero movie, and probably my favorite film of the year. It's really well made, with a minimal level of corniness. They really captured what I believe Batman is about, and made all the previous movies, including the Burton ones, obsolete.
He shouldn't have
Oh, man, it's so good. It's easily my favorite super hero movie, and probably my favorite film of the year. It's really well made, with a minimal level of corniness. They really captured what I believe Batman is about, and made all the previous movies, including the Burton ones, obsolete.
He shouldn't have
revealed his identity to Tom Cruise's baby momma though.. :/
I went to Best Buy last night so my friend could go pick it up and - goddamn! - that DVD has flown off the shelves. No Deluxe in sight and they only had a small amount of the regular DVD left. Anthology was wiped clean, as were the individual Bat flicks from the Burton/Schumacher era.
We went over to Target and the same thing. Front end cap was completely blown, save for a few copies of the '89 Batman and only a row of vanilla Begins existed in the back.
Impressive. Warner Bros. must be happy.
We went over to Target and the same thing. Front end cap was completely blown, save for a few copies of the '89 Batman and only a row of vanilla Begins existed in the back.
Impressive. Warner Bros. must be happy.
Yeah, kinda sucks about the 1 disc/2 disc thing though. It's an automatic +$8 when they make 2 versions instead of one 2 disc. Ah well, going to pick mine up today. Hopefully it's not that wiped out over here. Tuesday's packed to the brim with school so no choice.
Oh, and anybody check the differences between stores? Heard Best Buy and Circuit City are both 22.99, with their own special extras. CC gives out a free lithograph in a limit of 50 copies per store. Best Buy meanwhile has an alternate dvd cover art you can order I think and supposedly something for 2 free coke items instantly.
Oh, and anybody check the differences between stores? Heard Best Buy and Circuit City are both 22.99, with their own special extras. CC gives out a free lithograph in a limit of 50 copies per store. Best Buy meanwhile has an alternate dvd cover art you can order I think and supposedly something for 2 free coke items instantly.
Anyone else not really liking how the 'extras' menu is setup? It's a neat idea and all, but should I wish to go back and watch a particular part I have to wade through this virtual comic book instead of just picking it from a list. This is just a nitpicky thing, the rest of the DVD and, of course, the movie itself is wonderful. Well, apart from the whole "it's not what I wear, but what I DOOOOO that matters" (not verbatim, I'm sure) line. 
tedtropy said:Anyone else not really liking how the 'extras' menu is setup? It's a neat idea and all, but should I wish to go back and watch a particular part I have to wade through this virtual comic book instead of just picking it from a list. This is just a nitpicky thing, the rest of the DVD and, of course, the movie itself is wonderful. Well, apart from the whole "it's not what I wear, but what I DOOOOO that matters" (not verbatim, I'm sure) line.
If you go all the way to the end of the menu on that disk, you'll see an image that looks like a piece of paper. Click on that and you'll get a text listing of all the features on the disk. Much easier to watch it that way.
Alcibiades
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Did you ask if they had left? I've worked at Best Buy before and sometimes we don't put out all product out at once... maybe I just have a hard time believing $60 box sets were sold out in such numbersWillco said:
Error2k4 said:
So you're the son of a bitch. I just picked mine up. Target was wiped out, but full of shitty single disc versions. So I went to Best Buy and luckily my Best Buy is an awesome one. There was a massive rack of Batman Begins versions, and in another section of the store, there was a good ammount of versions. Thank goodness for them. 22.99 kinda sucks though. Amazon users definitely won out here. Picked up Batman '89 for the documentaries and better transfer and Batman Begins deluxe.
Only thing that pissed me off was when I went to pay. Those 2 came to a total of $44.36. So I brought these dollar coins and quarters with me. 3 bucks in coins. And I went to the comic book shop earlier to grab Justice #2. So I had exactly 2 bucks change from there, $2.50 left on the coins, and 3 $20's in my wallet. So grab 2 $20's and the $4.50! Get 14 cents change and keep the other $20 in my wallet. Then I realize I gave the fucker at the comic shop a dollar coin when I meant to give him 2 quarters! Wtf!? So I had to give 3 twenties. Such bullshit.
75 cents never made me so upset. The concerns of the pretty much jobless.. *sigh*
Alcibiades
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I'll mention the incredible deal I got here too, hopefully other people will take advantage:
basically the Box set is $52 & the SE Batman Begins is $16, going for the same price as the regular edition.
In addition, if you buy Batman Begins + Year One, you get $3 off, and since all of this is over a certain amount of money there is no shipping charge.
free shipping + lowest prices + no tax is pretty awesome... I wish I'd taken more advantage of amazon.com in the past, but I'm always tempted by the store exclusives retailers get on release date, and it's also just convenient when I make impusle decisions....
basically the Box set is $52 & the SE Batman Begins is $16, going for the same price as the regular edition.
In addition, if you buy Batman Begins + Year One, you get $3 off, and since all of this is over a certain amount of money there is no shipping charge.
free shipping + lowest prices + no tax is pretty awesome... I wish I'd taken more advantage of amazon.com in the past, but I'm always tempted by the store exclusives retailers get on release date, and it's also just convenient when I make impusle decisions....
Alcibiades
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I was only going to buy Batman and Batman Returns, but then I figured it would be cool to own the others just for the sake of having them and maybe seeing what the filmakers think now.
Basically, I figured it would cost me almost $40 for both films when tax is accounted for, so I said what the heck and got the full anthology probably $13-$14 more.
yeah maybe you should wait till around Christmas to decide, maybe a retailer will have a nice sale on it.
Basically, I figured it would cost me almost $40 for both films when tax is accounted for, so I said what the heck and got the full anthology probably $13-$14 more.
yeah maybe you should wait till around Christmas to decide, maybe a retailer will have a nice sale on it.
Schmo Florez
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Saw it for the first time today and holy moly! All I can say is AMAZING! Friggin AMAZING film in all aspects of entertainment. It surpassed the hype and I regret not seein it in the theatre.
VisionaryQuest0
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Willco said:
Anthology is great just for the fact of Batman & Robin's special features where they pretty much apologize for making the movie as shitty as it was. :lol
Quadrophenic
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damnit...I went to Target, Wal-Mart, and a Hollywood Video near work, and all were sold out of the Deluxe/Special Edition. I can't think of the last time I couldnt find a new DVD release.
Ninja Scooter
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picked up Batman '89 SE. ITs worth the $20 just for the Prince videos!
Ninja Scooter
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Willco said:
ALL HAIL THE NEW KING IN TOWN!
PARTY MAN!
PARTY MAAAAAN!
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Seriously, the entire retrospective feature is Schumacher et al apologizing/making excuses for the movie.Willco said:
Watched all five films yesterday. REALLY makes you appreciate Begins all the more if you watch it after B&R. And I recommend everyone at least pick up Batman '89 SE, if only for the excellent special features.
We are getting a sequel so the BO intake for BB matters not at this point. Batman 2 will have well known villians and won't be pure bruce wayne the first hour to scare away the impatient fools. It will EASILY make more than Batman Begins so at this point worrying about this franchise's future is not needed.
Alcibiades
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I went to the post office Wed. afternoon and my order had already arrived. That was pretty amazing considering it was free shipping.
Nolan talks Batman over at Boxofficemojo.com and it's a really great interview. READ IT HERE, BITCHES!
Two things stick out:
The last question angered me and made me want to punch the interviewer in the mouth.
Two things stick out:
The last question angered me and made me want to punch the interviewer in the mouth.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Willco said:
He asked is it too long?!! Son of a bitch!! I expect all of Nolan's Batman movies to pass 2 hours, it's goodness can't be contained at anything less!! Damn impatient ADD ridden movie goers.
Ninja Scooter
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Prestige sounds cool. Are there still rumors that they will shoot Batman 2/3 back to back? Or has that one pretty much died?
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