I went to see the new Batman movie, enticingly named close to one of the modern classics of serial arts (The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Returns respectively). I didn’t like the movie. I didn’t have much anticipation for it so I don’t think I was let down in anyway.
I’m left wondering WHY I didn’t like the film. There was nothing wrong with the film. It wasn’t bland. It wasn’t boring or alienating. An idea of an explanation came to me later. The film was somehow malignant, there was something deeply black about it. The film was in short depressing. There was something about the worldview of the film that rubbed me the wrong way, but my analysis stops there. I’m not interested in digging deeper into why that is. I can only suggest you to go and see the film itself.
It’s a very rare occasion when a film or any other kind of piece of art has almost a physical effect on me. Supposedly it happening verifies that I’m still alive?
How did you like Transformers, Batman Begins and other such comic-book-turned-movie films?
Dear Sir,
I think it’s best to make a clear distinction between comic-book adaptations and movies with characters (and such) adapted from specific comic.
I think most movies based on serial arts is of the last type e.g. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Having not seen Transformers I can’t say anything for it. I enjoyed Batman Begins. Sin City was one of the most faithful adaptations of a comic-book(s) I have seen.
I can’t say I’m the foremost consumer of the super hero genre. I think all you need to read are The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen.
To answer your question, out of the set of those films that have been somewhat comics related, I’ve enjoyed them at least somewhat. The Dark Knight makes a distinct exception.