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"You either die a hero and you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"-Harvey Dent
Director:Christopher Nolan
Cast:Christian Bale,Michael Caine,Heath Ledger,Aaron Eckhart
Genre:Action,Crime,Comic Book Adaptation
Year of release:2008
Running Time.153 minutes
Plot:
With just one year having passed after taking out Ra's Al Ghul's plan to have Gotham eliminated and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA the Scarecrow, and after the city was nearly plundered with his toxins, Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter-ego the Batman, continue the seemingly endless effort to bring order to Gotham, with the help of Lt. James Gordon and newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But a new threat has now emerged into the streets. The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman morality makes him as dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to Batman to stop the mysterious Joker at all costs, knowing that both of them are in an opposite line. One has no method at all and seeks to see the world plunge into the fire he has yet to light. One represents the symbol of hope and uses his own shadow to bring the peace and order he has yet to accomplish doing.
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In 2005,Batman was sucessfully revived in the silver screen in the excellent Batman Begins,ressurecting the series.3 years later,Bob Kane ´s legendary hero is back in The Dark Knight.I was excited to see The Dark Knight because i m enjoying this new turn on Batman and man,this movie is definetly a masterpiece.The Dark Knight is a explosive,hearthpouding and phenomenal blockbuster that pleased both fans,critics and audience,becoming one of the must sucessfull films ever made and also a contemporary masterpiece.
Christian Bale delivers once again a brilliant perfomance as Batman/Bruce Wayne.This time,Batman faces the biggest chalenge yet when he faces the sadistic and maniacal crime master known as The Joker,who will force Batman to break the line between the hero and the vigilante.Bale is definetly born to be Batman because he brings a whole new level of intensity and realism to the role.Bale is wthout doubt the best Batman ever.Heath Ledger is phenomenal as The Joker and he delivers one of the most oustanding perfomances of all time.The Joker is a mysterious figure dressed like a clown but he quickly shows to be a menace and takes Gotham to a ride of anarchy and destruction.Ledger did suprised me because i never thought he would pull it off as The Joker but he did.Ledger s Joker is much darker,threatning and dangerous than the other versions,giving to the audience one of the most memorable villains of al time.Heath Ledger will never be forgotten and he totally deseverd the Oscar.Aaron Eckhart was great as Harvey Dent,the district attorney who also becomes the villain known as Two Face.Eckhart was another suprise of the film and he was great.The rest were great including Gary Oldman as LT.James Gordon,Michael Caine as Alfred,Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes(lot better than Katie Holmes)and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox.
Christopher Nolan once again takes the Batman series to a whole new level and created a sequel that honors the original.With his wonderfull directing, Nolan created a spectacular and dark masterpiece and also one of his best works.Christopher Nolan is without doubt one of the most brilliant directors of today.
The Dark Knight is one of the greatest movies of all time and a modern classic that holds a special place in film history.The Dark Knight keeps alive the legacy of Batman and i can t wait for The Dark Knight Rises.RIP Heath Ledger and keep the good work,Nolan and Bale.
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"Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing". -Tony Stark
Director:Jon Favreau
Cast:Robert Downey Jr,Terence Howard,Jeff Bridges,Gwyneth Paltrow
Genre:Action,Adventure,Comic Book Adaptation
Year of release:2008
Running Time:126 minutes
Plot:
Tony Stark is the complete playboy who also happens to be an engineering genius. While in Afghanistan demonstrating a new missile he's captured and wounded. His captors want him to assemble a missile for them but instead he creates an armored suit and a means to prevent his death from the shrapnel left in his chest by the attack. He uses the armored suit to escape. Back in the U.S. he announces his company will cease making weapons and he begins work on an updated armored suit only to find that Obadiah Stane, his second in command at Stark industries has been selling Stark weapons to the insurgents. He uses his new suit to return to Afghanistan to destroy the arms and then to stop Stane from misusing his research.
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I almost had a heart attack when i discovered that Iron Man would be adapted to the silver screen.I was preety excited because Iron Man is one of the coolest super heroes of Marvel and one of my faves next to Captain America,Spider-Man and Wolverine.I was afraid of the idea of being a dissapointement but thank god that didn t happen.Iron Man is the kind of movie i ve dreamed of:has action,comedy,amazing cast and impressive visual effects.It may not be like Spider-Man of X-Men but that doesn t even matter.Iron Man is one of the most spectacular comic book adaptations ever made next to The Dark Knight and Superman:The Movie.
Robert Downey Jr. delivers a brilliant perfomance as Tony Stark aka Iron Man and he was made for the role.Tony Stark is the example of success:buiseness man,playboy billionaire and a brilliant inventor but his fame has it s bad side specially he s kidnapped by terrorists in Afghanistan.Tony builds a special armour to escape.Affected by the effects his weapons can create,Tony decides to protect the world as the armoured hero Iron Man.Downey is perfect for the role because he brings a lot of charisma and dynamic to Tony Stark in a great way.Thank god for him because he s a brilliant actor and Downey Jr will always be Iron Man.Jeff Brigdes was amazingly evil as Obadiah Stane.Stane is Tony s mentor and family friend who has thirsty for power and creates his own armour to destroy Stark at any cost.Brdges was great as usual and i love this kind of villain.Terrence Howard was ok James Rhodes,Tony s friend.I think Don Cheadle will be better in Iron Man 2.Gwyneth Paltrow was great as Pepper Potts but i would prefer Rachel McAdams in the role but Paltrow was great like usual.
Jon Favreau did a great job on bringing Iron Man to the big screen in a huge way and direction was briliant on making such a fun movie and at same time respecting the comic book.I more excited than never for the sequel.
Iron Man is without doubt one of the best summer blockbuster of 2008 and one of my favorite comic book movies in years.Iron Man is here to stay and i hope they make more movies with the Armoured Avenger.Bring it,Iron Man 2!!!
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"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? OK".. -Travis Bickle
Director:Martin Scorsese
Cast:Robert De Niro,Harvey Keitel,Jodie Foster,Cybil Sheppard
Genre:Crime,Drama
Year of Release:1976
Running Time:113 minutes
Plot:
Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a cabbie at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For Travis, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palatine. Travis becomes obsessed with Betsy. After an incident with Betsy, Travis believes he has to do whatever he needs to to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve year old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.
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I wanted to see Taxi Driver for a long time but i never had the chance to see the movie,which made my excitement growing up a lot.When i watched it for the first time,i was blown away about Martin Scorsese s urban saga.Taxi Driver is probably one of greatest movies ever made and i had a good feeling on watching the movie.With great perfomances,great directing and a brilliant but dark history,Taxi Driver is an amazing masterpiece.
Robert De Niro delivers one of the most memorable and popular perfomances of his legendary career as Travis Bickle.Bickle is an emotionally unstable Vietname war veteran who gets a job as a taxi driver in New York City.During his work,Travis walks in the streets full of crime and decandence and starts to get consumed by it.Affected by the ongoing violence in the streets,Travis believes he can change the world by trying to help a teenage prostitute,which it leads him to extreme actions.De Niro is one of the greatest actors of all time and Taxi Driver shows De Niro s at his best.His perfomance was so intense and realistic that made Travis Bickle a sort of urban anti-hero.I think this De Niro s most iconic role ever next to Jake La Motta in Raging Bull.Jodie Foster makes one of her first appearences as Iris,the teenager prostitute who makes a connection with Travis.Not bad for Jodie sharing the screen with De Niro.She showed the signs of the great actress she would become.The rest were great including Cybil Sheppard as Besty and Harvey Keitel as Benjamin,the pimp.
Martin Scorsese is a master what comes to classics and Taxi Driver is no exception.Scorsese managed to capture the urban side of New York like no other director could do and Scorsese did it prefectly.The score is one of the best things of the picture,so is Pual Schraeder s brilliant script.
Taxi Driver is a amazing urban saga and one of the greatest movies of all time.Almost 35 years later,Taxi Driver is an unforgetabble classic of film history,courtesy of Martin Scorsese.
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"Vengeance blackens the soul, Bruce. I've always feared that you would become that which you fought against. You walk the edge of that abyss every night, but you haven't fallen in and I thank heaven for that".-Alfred
Director:Bruce Timm and Eric Radowski
Cast:Kevin Conroy,Mark Hamill,Dana Delaney,Hart Bochner
Genre:Animation
Year of release:1993
Running Time:75 minutes
Plot:
Someone is killing off some of Gotham's mob leaders in an eerie costume, vanishing and reappearing like a ghost and eyewitnesses insist that it is Batman. The dark knight is now in serious trouble with the police, accused of being dangerous and unpredictable. Hunted wherever he goes, Batman must solve the mystery of the Phantasm to stop the killing and regain his reputation. Meanwhile old wounds are opened as Andrea Beaumont (whom Bruce Wayne had had a serious love affair with in the past) returns to the city. Memories of the past are now preying on Bruce's mind, memories of a time before Batman where Bruce was drawn between happiness and the promise he made to his parents. The mystery of the Phantasm is really putting Batman's skills to the test as the police slowly draw in with no mercy. The answer to it all lies somewhere in the past of both Bruce Wayne and another deadly foe, The Joker.
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I was really forward to see Batman:The Mask of the Phantasm because i m a huge fan of Batman and i ve heard positive things about this movie created by the masterminds behind Batman:The Animated Series.If you think The Dark Knight is the best Batman ever made,think again.The Mask of the Phantasm is very superior to Tim Burton s films and on the same level of Chris Nolan s version.I loved this film and is reccomendable of the fans of the Dark Knight of Gotham and who those loved the animated series aswell.
Kevin Conroy is absolutely fantastic as the voice of Batman.Conroy managed to capture the spirit of the character in a huge way,even animated.Batman faces an strange enemy that is killing Gotham s crime bosses and he gets the blame and also has a travel into Bruce Wayne s past before embrace his destiny as Batman.Conroy is amazing and honestly he would be a great live action Batman instead of Michael Keaton.Mark Hamill is so hysterical as The Joker.It s kinda silly mention Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger.Mark Hamill is also the best Joker eveer.The Joker faces Batman once again and it won t be a clean fight this time.The new character of the film is the Phantasm,the masked avenger who uses the same methods as Batman but he kills the bandits while Batman doesn t do that.I was shocked when i discovered his true identity and is Andrea,Bruce s old love.
Bruce Timm and Eric Radowski are truly the masterminds behind this amazing movie on giving a great brilliance and magic to the movie that no one has capture before.One of the best scenes of the movie is when Bruce Wayne puts the mask for the first time which is definetly one of the greatest moments of the character,thanks to Shirley Walker s amazing score.
Batman:The Mask of the Phantasm is a masterpiece of animation and a wonderfull representation of Batman,honoring his 70 year legacy.A movie reccomendable of the Batman fans who knows really what Batman is all about and not for the idiots who think that The Dark Knight is the best of all Batman movies.Masterpiece of animation.
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Batman
1989, PG-13)
"Batman... Batman... Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in, where a man dressed up as a *bat* gets all of my press? This town needs an enema"!-The Joker
Director:Tim Burton
Cast:Michael Keaton,Jack Nicholson,Kim Basinger,Jack Palance
Genre:Action,Adventure
Year of release:1989
Running Time:126 minutes
Plot:
Gotham City: dark, dangerous, protected only by a mostly corrupt police department. Despite the best efforts of D.A. Harvey Dent and police commissioner Jim Gordon, the city becomes increasingly unsafe...until a Dark Knight arises. We all know criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot...so his disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. He becomes a bat. Enter Vicky Vale, a prize-winning photo journalist who wants to uncover the secret of the mysterious "bat-man". And enter Jack Napier, one-time enforcer for Boss Grissom, horribly disfigured after a firefight in a chemical factory...who, devoid of the last vestiges of sanity, seizes control of Gotham's underworld as the psychotic, unpredictable Clown Prince of Crime...the Joker. Gotham's only hope, it seems, lies in this dark, brooding vigilante. And just how does billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne fit into all of this?
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I love Batman since i was a kid and he s one of greatest super heroes of all time next to Superman and Spider-Man.I know Batman better than the people who doesn t read comics or they believe that The Dark Knight is the best Batman movie ever made but for me Tim Burton s oustanding adaptation is a amazing classic and honors the true spirit of Bob Kane s legendary hero.Batman is the most exciting of all Batman movies and a spectacular ride.
Michael Keaton is absolutely fantastic as Batman/Bruce Wayne and he was impressive.His choice was so contorversial that the fans were so enraged because they though he would suck as Batman but they were wrong.Keaton s perfomance was great because he makes Batman a dark,mysterious and tortured character with a touch of madness and realism.Keaton brings a lot of intenisty to Batman and he s such a badass with the bat suit.Michael Keaton portrayed the real Batman of the comics just like Chirstian Bale and he s simply fantastic.Jack Nicholson dominates the entire movie as The Joker and he was perfect because The Joker is the kind of villain we love to hate and laugh too.Nicholson s perfomance was amazing and no matter how Heath Ledger was great in TDK,Nicholson was the most faithfull to the comics.Jack Nicholson is a true showstopper.I love Kim Basinger as Vicky Vale and she was stunning.She and Keaton had a great chemistry specially in the Bat Cave scene when she learns the truth about Bruce Wayne.
Tim Burton brings his unique dark vision to the world of Batman and he was the perfect director on bringing the Caped Crusader to the screen.Burton s one of few directors who has such a great and unique visions in his films and Batman is no exception.Burton started with Batman his amazing career and this is one of his best films along Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow.
Batman shows that the legacy of The Dark Knight is still alive and this classic is no exception.One of my all time favorite movies and of the 80 s,Batman is an oustanding masterpiece reccomendable for all the Batman fans.
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"You can either become the sheep or the wolf. The choice is yours".-Sloane
Director:Timur Bekmambetov
Cast:James McAvoy,Morgan Freeman,Angelina Jolie,Terence Stamp
Genre:Action,Thriller
Year of release.2008
Running Time:108 minutes
Plot:
The anxious, clumsy and abused office clerk Wesley Allan Gibson has a hell and boring routine life: his obese boss humiliates him all the time and his girlfriend betrays him with his colleague and best friend during working period. When he meets the sexy Fox, Wesley is informed that his father was a professional killer that belonged to an ancient organization called Fraternity and killed by the skilled and powerful Cross, a hit-man that has betrayed the Fraternity. Wesley learns that his anxiety actually is a manifestation of his latent abilities and he joins the society under the command of Sloan. Trained by Fox, he changes his personality and attitude, being prepared to face the dangerous Cross and find a hidden secret.
Review:soon..
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" You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory".-Kuato
Director:Paul Verhoeven
Cast:Arnold Schwarzenegger,Rachel Ticotin,Sharon Stone,Michael Ironside
Genre:Action,Science Fiction
Year of release:1990
Running Time:113 minutes
Plot:
The story is set in the year 2084. Douglas Quaid is a construction worker who has been experiencing dreams about exploring the planet Mars with a sexy brunette. After seeing an ad from Rekall, a company that sells imaginary adventures by implanting memories, he decides to buy a "vacation" on Mars from them, one in which he will take a vacation from himself by becoming a spy. Rekall calls it an "ego trip." Before buying the vacation, Quaid is cautioned by a co-worker that Rekall are "lobotomizing people", in reference to failed memory implants which caused the recipients to suffer permanent brain damage. Quaid hesitates, but disregards this warning.
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Total Recall is the kind of movie i watched over and over again while growing up.I used to watch this movie when i was a kid.Although the hardcore violence,Total Recall is such an amazing film with a brilliant plot.I dare to say it s one of the best action-sci fi movies ever made and gets better everytime i watch it.
Arnold Schwazenegger delivers a great perfomance as Douglas Quaid,a simple civl worker who is haunted by memories of planet Mars.Decided to discover the reason of this dreams,Doug finds out that he s actually a secret agent from Mars which memory was erased by the agency.Schwarzenegger s perfomance was brilliant and i dare to say he delivers his best role yet next to The Temrinator on portraying a ordinary man with unusual skills.Rachel Ticotin was great as Melina,Quaid s former lover who wa able to be in the same level of the hero.Michael Ironside was fantastic as Ricther,Cohaagen s henchman.Ritcher is kind of a losse cannon who won t stop at nothing to kill Quaid.Sharon Stone was sooo hot as Lori.Before becoming miss hot legs in Basic Instinct,she left her mark with her first villain role.
Paul Verhoeven does it again with Total Recall after his sucessfull american incursion with Robocop.Verhoeven knows how to make such a great with incredible violence and realism with a interesting.I think Total Recall is his best movie ever next to Robocop and Basic Instinct.
Total Recall is one of the best action-sci fi ever made and such a timeless classic aswell.Total Recall is one of the my favorite Schwarzengger movies next to The Terminator and Predator.A must see.
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