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mysterious frankie
Jan 11, 2009

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Big Beef City posted:

Is he actually the villain in this or?

I think he's supposed to be a serial killer?

At one point a year or two ago I'd swear I heard that he's angry about politics?

I guess riddles are also involved?

Pattinson's bummed out, anemic, post-punk Batman seems like the best thing in the movie, which is maybe the first time for me that Batman's been the primary draw in a Batman movie. I mean, maybe there's other cool stuff there, but they've done a hell of job miscommunicating it if so.

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mysterious frankie
Jan 11, 2009

This displeases Dev- ..van. Shut up.

Big Beef City posted:

Who the hell is 'Pattinson'?
Is that who's playing Batman? Is that who's playing the villain?

This is what I know about movies.

The guy from Water for Elephants is playing Batman.

I don't know who is playing the villain. Maybe someone from Chapo Trap House?

I don't have amazing hopes for it because of how little they've said about the non-Batman stuff. Batman films, for me, have traditionally hinged on all the cool villains and events that Batman has to react to, and I feel like WB generally accepts this to be the main draw of the movies. This one I know nothing about, except that its Bruce Wayne probably knows a lot more about Factory Records than me. That's not a... great sign. Like, maybe they're holding the neat stuff close to vest in order to really surprise audiences, but I doubt it.

mysterious frankie
Jan 11, 2009

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I saw The Batman. It was not very good. I did appreciate that it was the first movie that gave up on trying to hide the fact that a guy dressed like Batman would be jarringly goofy to actual humans, and so there are multiple scenes where he’s awkwardly stomping around a crime scene and someone idly goes “the gently caress’s with this guy” like you would if a furry showed up at your office and started fixing the printer.

mysterious frankie
Jan 11, 2009

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dr.acula posted:

The mall I used to work in had a security guard that was a furry.

As in, they came to work in full regalia?

mysterious frankie
Jan 11, 2009

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dr.acula posted:

He wore lion paw boots and a lions tail, while in uniform, then when the mall would die down a group of furries (some in full costume) would meet up in the food court to hang out and then he would don his lion head and gloves and join them.

This was pretty much a regular daily thing in that mall.

Imagine being 16 and getting mall arrested by a guy in a Simba head in front of all your friends.

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mysterious frankie
Jan 11, 2009

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Mumpy Puffinz posted:

was the movie any good?

Right now, no, but I think in ten years, when I’m deep in my middle age and more nostalgic for the 90s, I will think it was a hidden gem that I didn’t give enough of a chance, because it sorta feels like a mediocre but stylish movie green lit to capitalize on the success of Se7en. IMO it’s considered good because of how much it pisses Ben Shapiro off.

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