Movie: The Dark Knight Rises

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8.5 high

Genre: Superhero, adventure

Series or set: Batman series

Number in series: 3^rd

Primary actors: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Morgan Freeman

Length: Two and a half or so hours

Based on: The comic books, I think?

Time period: Present. Or maybe future. But basically present.

Rating: PG-13

Year it came out: 2012

My overall opinion: So. I’ve seen the first two Batman movies (Batman Begins and Dark Knight), the latter twice. I didn’t love them. Didn’t hate them. But yeah. Not a huge fan. However, I knew I needed to see this one and am so glad I did! I feel like I’ve seen a lot of not-so-positive reviews for this third Batman movie. I don’t agree with those reviews. This one was hands-down my favorite. Action scenes were amazing and gripping. Mystery was intense.

And then. There was Anne Hathaway. As a general rule, she’s not one of my favorite people. Not that she’s bad. But I haven’t been a big fan of any movie in which she starred. Until now. Let me just say…Cat Woman is amazing. Aka Anne Hathaway. She’s my new favorite superhero. If Cat Woman is a superhero. And here we take a short break…Captain America is my favorite superhero. Then Thor…and I think he ties with Iron Man. And THEN Batman. But if Cat Woman can count as a superhero, she pushes them all down a notch and takes first place. Now, back on topic. Cat Woman was amazing. She was a strong and fierce woman. And while I can’t fully emulate her way of doing things or her fashion, she was pretty awesome. And I think she deserves her own movie…does she have one yet?

So. Because Cat Woman was in this one, it was amazing. Batman…well, he was kinda old and not with it as much as in the earlier films. Understandable, perhaps. I don’t know. But this movie was good and I liked it a lot and it’s definitely one I want to watch again someday. Do take note: it’s got one scene in particular that’s worth skipping. Otherwise, it’s not too bad, but as always – research this one before you watch it.

Male Doubles: Post 4

Here we go, a fourth post of Male Doubles! When you start looking, it's amazing how many doubles there are out there. :)

Hugo Weaving

Elrond (Lord of the Rings, 2001, 2002, 2003)

The Red Skull (Captain America, 2011)

Dominic Cooper

Willoughby (Sense and Sensibility, 2008)

Howard Stark (Captain America, 2011 -- he's the father of Iron Man)

Terrence Howard

Rhodey (Iron Man 2008)

Captain A. J. Bullard (Red Tails 2012)*

James (Princess and the Frog 2009)

Morgan Freeman

Lucius Fox (Batman movies, 2005, 2008, 2012)

Hoke Colburn (Driving Miss Daisy)

Christian Bale

 

 Bruce Wayne aka Batman (Batman movies, 2005, 2008, 2012)(I haven't seen the third one)

Laurie Laurence (Little Women, 1995)

   * means I haven't seen it. 

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Movie: Batman Begins

 

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8

Genre: Superhero, adventure

Series or set: Batman series

Number in series:  1^st

 

Primary actors: Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman

Length: Two hours or so

Based on: The comic books

Time period: Fantasy, present

Year it came out: 2005

My overall opinion: I liked it well enough. Dark Knight was more impressive with visual effects, but this one? Not bad at all. It was very interesting and highly exciting. And it wasn’t nearly as freaky as DK was! Something I appreciate…freaky movies just aren’t fun for me. They don’t scare me, I just don’t like ‘em. So I preferred this one. :)

Movie: Dark Knight

 

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 7.5

Genre: Superhero, adventure

Series or set: The second Batman movie

Primary actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger

Length: Two hours

Based on: The comic books, I think

Time period: Present

Year it came out: 2008

My overall opinion: You probably noticed that it didn’t get an exceptionally good rating from me. My biggest problem with it was how dark and freaky it was. That definitely didn’t leave me wanting to watch it again, and I DON’T recommend watching it right before bed – thankfully, I didn’t. However, the graphics were impressive – really amazing. Someone put a lot of time and work into them! Those were my primary impressions: freaky movie, great graphics. I doubt I’ll watch it again in the near future. 

 

Note: Christian Bale is also an interesting Double...FYI, he was Laurie in the 1995 Little Women. The picture second to bottom especially looks like him. ;)