I have no comment on this review of the Batman movie, except

[mmcirvin]

I think if you refer to comic-book-inspired visuals as "Roy Lichtenstein-like", you've been writing arts articles for the Post too long.

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[pootrootbeer.livejournal.com]

Oh, Washington Post.

The Ny-Post has never heard of Licktenstine, but it knows all about big rasterized color comic strips I tell you wot.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

I got to see the first 20 minutes or so on Monday night-- I know a guy who knows a projectionist and they were doing their test-run (the sound couldn't stay in sync, so they had more work to do). Go see it in IMAX if possible-- those first 20 minutes at least have some visuals that supercede a number of good IMAX documentaries I've seen.

I've gotta say that 20 minutes of a movie makes one helluva teaser-- I was reasonably looking forward to BB before, but now I'm positively itching to see it. Bothered, if you will.

[arsonnick.livejournal.com]

Heh...I wonder if the soup aisle strikes him as a bit Warhol-esque?

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

He's probably a person who can't fill out a form without summoning Kafka.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

I think the reviewer was a she (and she was commenting on the Sixties TV series, by way of saying that "Batman Begins" is not like it). I suppose there's some validity to bringing up Lichtenstein in that the old TV series was also probably being pop-art-ironic. But it's still odd, considering that the similarity is that they were both imitating the appearance of comic-book panels.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

I was reading through the imdb trivia page for Batman begins, and it notes that Frank Miller was brought in to write a movie adaptation of Batman: Year One (on which Batman Begins is based) which apparently transformed the batmobile into a Caddy, and Alfred into some sort of pimp. Or something. You should go look, I really can't do it justice.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Hmm... a poor Batman? That's a pretty radical reimagining.

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't it be Lichtensteinian?