Sunday, July 10, 2005

watching erronous movies

To those who have watched the below "big budget" films, or are going to watch them, the following are some errors or that I have spotted throughout the film or some scenes that just didn't really seem to make sense:

BATMAN BEGINS

1. The scene after Rachael Dawes (Katie Holmes) was gassed by the "Scarecrow", saved by Batman and then sent home by Alfred (the Butler) after being sedated by her saviour, she woke up in bed wearing a different top. She was wearing a light purple 3-quarter sleeved top when attacked and woke up in a brown top.

2. The powerful microwave machine thing that was used to vapourise Gotham City's poisoned water supply had a questionable point about it. Why did it not also evaporate/boil/vapourise the townsfolks' blood and/or water supplies in their bodies?? This is a machine that was supposedly SO powerful that it was capable of vapourising water (read, above 100°C) in a matter of seconds, but yet completely did not affect Batman and Liam Neeson as they were fighting around it on the train?? Give it a think...

Review:
On the overall, this was an entertaining and true to life account of a "superhero". Notice the quotes, as Batman is simply a martially well-trained man with a bank account almost impossible to deplete and a stock of high-tech war equipment.

He does not fit the exact bill of a superhero who possesses super powers, but yet at the same time, he gives hope to little children because it shows that any mere man (with lots of money) can become almost almighty.

Certain scenes of Batman failing/falling in his initial attempts of saving the city made this character more endearing than ever by showing that everyone fails in life. Just get up and go at it again. A good moral to pass down to the superhero-obsessed young, I would say.


WAR OF THE WORLDS

This is generally a really entertaining film and so far, I've only have one curious thought. If the machines took in the human blood by sticking a tube into them, wouldn't the machines need to regurgitate them out from the "baskets" just to get their blood supply? Sounds quite tedious to me for such smart, highly technologically developed machines to do that... Swallow, then spit out, just to feed... Unless they were doing it just for torture's sake (which is an idea that Hubs came up with), I really don't see the point.


FANTASTIC FOUR

I would rate this as an action comedy as the banter between the characters can bring quite a bit of comic relief to this supposed seriousness of them turning into "freaks" with supernatural powers. Only one small flaw spotted in the scene where Johnny (aka the "Human Torch") was distracting the heat seeking missile away from his sister (aka the "Invisible Woman") and "The Thing" by turning his flame on and flying towards the ocean. A particular close-up shot showed that the "Fantastic Four" logo on his suit was inverted. Or in clearer terms, was a mirror image. The logo is supposed to be on his left breast, but in that shot, it was on the right and the number "4" was a mirror image. Keep an eye out for it.

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If anyone has spotted anything else, please feel free to let me know. Or if you have any queries on any of the above movies that you think I may be able to answer, shoot. =)