First Batman post with many more to come!

Before I get into this post, let me clear on one thing. My opinion means absolutely nothing. Millions of bloggers sign into their blogging accounts on the daily, posting some random crap, that you and I can care less about. In fact, I know I'm wasting my time by doing this. But I do it anyway because it helps my ego... the very big ego that you all have grown to love. I've never been shy when it comes to voicing my opinion about things. I love Batman. Here it goes.

The Dark Knight Rises hit theaters, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who hasn't seen it yet. I still haven't seen the new Spider-Man flick, nor have I seen the Avengers. Whatever, I have more important things to do like pretend I'm too important to go to the movies, and pretend I have a life other than school, video games, Magic the Gathering, and surfing the web. The third and final (which I think is bullshit) installment of Nolan's Batman saga has come to an end. I can't make a final verdict on the saga yet (eventually down the road) but I'd like to go more in depth of the pro's and con's of Nolan's saga, and compare it to the previous Batman films of the late 80's and 90's.

Where do I start?

Batman in 1989 is where I and most of the people I know started with the caped crusader. Batman vs. Joker is like Hulk Hogan vs. anyone who doesn't take their vitamins, Superman vs. Luthor, Spider vs. Goblin, Magic Johnson vs. HIV... you get what I'm saying? As much as I'd love to kick Tim Burton in the balls, he did a phenomenal job for someone my age in 1989. I watched this version again the other day, and it kind of... wasn't as good? Either way, it's still a classic, and it's still better than George Clooney's Batman film. That's always a good way to look at things. If there's anything that pisses you off about Batman, think of George Clooney. I like Clooney as an actor, but Danny Ocean was not  a very good Batman. I think the Keaton Batman films were the better two of the late 80's and 90's. I don't think Val Kilmer did a terrible job as Batman, and that whole Batman Forever movie wasn't too bad. Then there's Batman and Robin with Alicia Silverstone and the Governator... horrible. Just HORRIBLE. So far Keaton is the best Batman.

Enter Bale and Nolan

Batman Begins was a great film. It's probably my favorite Batman film today (not counting the cartoon films which were phenomenal as well). I think Batman Begins brought life to the Batman world. It was a different vibe, it showed new characters that we've only known from the comic books and Animated Series. There were so many great things about that film that I'm peeing myself. Really quick... I love Bale as Batman. I think Hoagie played an excellent Alfred (Hoagie is a Jaws reference), I think that Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow was brilliant and twisted and EVIL...oh and let's not forget Liam Neeson as Ras! The whole storyline of Batman starting off is just kick ass. Love it!

Now we talk about the Dark Knight. This is where I'm going to get some shit from no one... because no one will read this! But in the slim chance that someone will, I may be verbally attacked. Hopefully I might shine some light on a topic that could be hiding in the minds of a movie that may have been overhyped? Well here's the thing. I didn't like Heath Ledger as joker at first. I regret that every time I watch the movie because in reality, he was boss. I prefer Nicholson's joker still, but Heath was a brilliant psychopathic bastard. My vexation with the film stems from what I believed to be an unbalanced movie when it came to the characters. I feel like Nolan crammed in too storyline and characters for the amount of time it was given. I don't think there was enough Joker, or Batman, and they crammed too much Dawes, Dent, and some pesky bastard trying to frame Fox. But that's not bad. I was able to deal with the movie.

My MAJOR annoyance with the film was the amount of daylight the movie had. That's right, I said daylight. The Dark Knight to me lacked a total Gotham City feel to it. Maybe that was Nolan's plan all along? I felt like all of this was going on in New York City, the whole time. Even when Gotham General blew up, it was daylight. There was no darkness, there was no gloom, and that is what a Batman movie is supposed to be! Batman Begins had a slight darkness to it. A slight Gotham feel if you will, but that is where the Dark Knight did not deliver in my part. In order for me to like a Batman story, the grime, the gloom, the darkness, has to be there, or just doesn't feel like Batman.

The VERDICT: This is where I give respect to that Batman and Robin film, and all of the late 80's and 90's Batman movies. The one thing they did better than the first two Nolan Batman films, is they portrayed Gotham City better. It was animated, and dark. I loved it. Though the acting is terrible, it made you feel like it was Gotham City. For future Batman movies, I hope they involve the writers from Rocksteady who created the Arkham games. Those story lines were brilliant. Also, they should bring to light some other enemies like Croc, Strange, Black Mask, or even Penguin. I personally hope Grant Morrison has no say in any future Batman project even though he does a great job with the comics, but he admitted to the world that Batman was gay. Which I hated believing considering all of Batman's women.

Until next time folks!

ARTY MCFLYYYYYYY

Arty Alone.

Well, funny story, this is called Arty and Friends. There are no friends posting here other than me (for now). BUT, who knows, maybe someone will be worthy enough. I used to write a blog entitled, "Zombie Digest" and it was all about zombie culture, and horror culture. It sucked, so I stopped. The only major perk was meeting cool people with brilliant minds, unlike myself. I wanted to expand that foolery past the horror world. Arty and Friends is a world full of... ME, and shit that I find cool. I'm a very nostalgic person, so that's pretty much one of the exits this blog will be turning off on. I'm also a gadget whore, as well as a movie collector. I like to voice my opinions, and be arrogant about things I'm not 100% educated on. The one thing that needs to be known is that I love all of you... if you read this.

Note: This blog is non diet related. I do not post anything in the diet blog anymore because I found that dieting on my own without sharing to the world made me happier and less sensationalistic. Yes, I feel like my life was more of sensationalism, than people caring. My health was not your entertainment, and that is one area I failed in mentally with sharing that shit in the first place. If people cared, they'd talk to me on a personal level. So we'll end it there.


Hope everyone reads. This blog will be a mixture of EVERYTHING. That's also a sign that I'll probably forget about this in about... 20 hours. ENJOY!