Batman Begins

I keep seeing references... is that little kid really supposed to be Dick Grayson or is everybody guessing?

 

It's just a guess, but there's no reason for him to be in there, otherwise.

 

Pretty impressive that Christian Bale was the kid in Empire of the Sun, playing a British youngster stuck in a Japanese prison camp.

 

He's a very good actor. He's got a kind of dark, twisted streak in him, which is perfect if you're playing Batman.
Triva note: Christian Bale's stepmother is Gloria Steinem

 

Worked pretty well for him in "American Psycho" too.

 

i didn't for a second make that connection with the young boy in the movie, but then i know v. little batman lore. But I really hope it wasn't foreshadowing - a) I like bale as Batman, no need to add a sidekick in the next movie and involve someone else, and b) I still have nightmares from the "batman& Robin" movie because of its epic crapiness. Bad acting, stupid script - just, horrible. So I say no to Robin, even in the hands of the people who brought us BB.

Bale was also really good as a bad guy in Shaft. Haven't seen the Machinist yet, but I want to.

 

The first 45 minutes is worthless, and Holmes was, is, and will be a joke . . . but more than OK, otherwise . . .

 

I think the appearance of Robin won't happen until late in the third movie. And he won't be a smart-aleck wise-ass.

 

We need a film adaptation of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. No half-assed attempts anymore. Give us the real thing.

 

I think "Begins" was pretty close.

Some of the really long, long-term spoiler/spec reports say that Warner Bros./DC intends both the Batman and Superman series to culminate in the third film of each series, in 2011-2013, based on the fundamental conflict between the philosophy of each character (Batman/brooding vigilante, Superman/establishment father figure), which was basically the plotline of "Dark Knight."

 

And those films will be overshadowed by "X-6: X-Men Entangled in Hugh Jackman's Claws."

And then the terrorists will have won.

 

Isn't Batman like 50 or 60 years old in DKR?