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June 21, 2005
Batman's Mysterious Moving Castle's Skin Begins
I have been remiss in my Roger Ebert imitation, and I've seen a few good ones recently. Here are the capsules:
Batman Begins
Yes, it's true. This is the best Batman movie. It's very entertaining without being stupid, like most action/superhero movies. In fact, what is great about it is how well it manages to show the origin story of Batman and completely plausibly explain all of the things that have always seemed so ridiculous in Batman. (You know, like how, if he hasn't been hit by Gamma rays or come from another planet, can he be so good at fighting and never get killed, and, as Joker said in the first one, where does he get all those toys?)
Christian Bale is good, especially when playing Bruce Wayne (I could have done without his Batman growly voice), and all the cast not engaged to Tom Cruise play and fit their parts well, especially Michael Caine, who plays Alfred perfectly. I didn't love the way Nolan directed the fight scenes, but the look of the movie and the special effects are just right.
| The latest movie from Hayao Miyazaki (of My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away fame) finally made its way over from Japan, and it is more of what you would expect. In other words, incredible animation, weird unexplainable things happening to charming characters, led by a strong female lead, and social messages (in this case, war is futile, and there are more important things than beauty). |  |
Mysterious Skin
Entertaining is not quite the word for this movie, but it is a powerful and extremely well-written look at the horrors of sexual abuse. What is striking about the movie is that it uses the parallel stories of two victims without blame or hatred for the abuser -- one actually felt honored and loved by the abuse, while the other has blocked the experience entirely -- to make the audience feel the truly terrible and long-ranging effects of the abuse. The acting by the two leads is great, as is the acting by the child actors, who couldn't possibly have known what they were really acting out. Gregg Araki wrote and directed and, while there were a few heavy-handed hints showing the direct cause-and-effect between one boy's abused past and his unseemly present situation, the story and dialogue were real and powerful.
Posted by JoshHornik at June 21, 2005 04:55 PM
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