Tag: Dark Knight
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The Great Superhero/Fantasy Movie Ranking Full List (aka Rank-narok)
I’ve got them all here so you don’t have to read all about them… but if you want to read, please do! From the bottom to the top… 95: “The Crimes of Grindelwald” 94: “Batman & Robin” 93: “Green Lantern” 92: “Attack of the Clones” 91: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” […]
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The Great Superhero-Fantasy Movie Ranking (aka “Rank-narok”) Part. 4 – The TOP!
Dramatic music, long drawn out sweeping camera moves, all that stuff that we have come to believe makes a great movie… we have some of them here. Not a ton, but some! Yet despite those obvious flaws, I’ve got my top 24 ready to go. I’m sure more people will find things to argue about, […]
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Oh, Man… Batman Talk Again
As luck would have it, I received a McFarland Toys version of the Joker for Christmas. It’s a really great figure, and it sparked a revisit of the 60’s series and movies. Yes — movieS, as I’m including the two animated films starring West, Ward and Newmar. But wait! The list is yet to come: […]
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Some of My All-Time Favorite Movie Scenes
Certainly not all of them. This is just something I wrote up on a break. But I stand by all of them for the moments they provide, for what they teach me about writing, and for just being plain great. And most of these are SCENES, with a beginning, middle and end. Anyway… PULP FICTION, […]
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Still on this “Batman’s Not Crazy Thing”
I can’t let it go. Maybe *I’m* the crazy one. Nope. I’m right. I know what I’m talking about. Read on: Batman is arguably the most popular comic book character of all time. Top 3 easily. Most people know who he is and what he’s about, and most people (I think) like him. Most people […]
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Batman’s Not Crazy. I swear!
In the recent Scriptnotes podcast on superheroes (and the screenwriters who write their movies), it was stated that Batman’s “crazy.” And this was agreed to by the panelists, either by saying something or silently agreeing. The evidence given was “The Dark Knight Returns.” And that made me realize that this is a bad example of […]
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Characters Entering Vs. Appearing
A quickie, but a possibly importantieeee, and something I first noticed while trying to make myself like “The Dark Knight Rises.” So I’ll start there. “Dark Knight Rises” contains some of Batman’s least dramatic film entrances, simply because they are simply entrances. Seriously, that’s all they are. Batman just walking into frame. The two that […]
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Script Doctor Eric’s Great Movie Challenge
I’m participating in Script Doctor Eric’s “Great Movie Challenge,” in which readers list and rank the 2012-released movies they saw for a chance to win fabulous prizes. Turns out I saw a bunch of movies, thanks to a few helpful babysitters and Netflix streaming (and, I suppose, by poor box office resulting in a quicker […]
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I’VE GOT IT! What’s Missing From “The Dark Knight Rises”
I got “The Dark Knight Rises” on DVD for Christmas. No special edition. I let the bells and whistles try to save “Star Wars” prequels. This one’s gotta stand on its merits. But as I’ve been reviewing it, I realized one of the biggest scenes missing from the movie: there’s no clear moment where where […]
Phillip Mottaz 