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Originally Posted by troutman
Saw the movie last night, and thought it was really good. My complaints are minor ones - the movie was a bit long (we thought it could have ended when Two Face got his face melted off). Also, what is up with Batman's voice? - he sounds like a Monster Truck spokesman when he talks - really distracting. How does the Joker keep attracting henchmen? - seems like a career path with a very short life span.
Was Chicago used as the back-drop? Where is Gotham and Metropolis in the DC version of the US?
There was a joke in the middle about cats - are they foreshadowing Catwoman?
The boat dilemna is a common device in comics - I remember Spiderman in the 1970s having to decide between Aunt May and Mary Jane in a battle with the Green Goblin.
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The two voices is more defined in Batman: The Animated series, as Kevin Conroy has 2 separate voices for Bruce Wayne and Batman. Christian Bales seems to be over the top, but certain excesses are allowable for theatrical purposes.
Some of the Joker's Henchmen seem to be escaped inmates from arkham asylum. No sane person would willingly do half the things that occur in the movie, but it is readily apparent that the government is corrupt, and that the cops can be turned due to loyalties to family members, allowing for more leeway in what can be done. Also the level of compartmentalization in most of Joker's schemes is very high, when you consider the opening bank robbery.
Heck, if the mob has their own banks, that should only speak of how corrupt the city is, and how much a hostage of the mob or the law, the citizenry are.
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In terms of atmosphere, Batman writer and editor Dennis O'Neil has said that, figuratively, "Batman's Gotham City is Manhattan below Fourteenth Street at eleven minutes past midnight on the coldest night in November."[2]
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Although I find it ironic that an inverted map of Vancouver was used for the first 2 Tim Burton movies.
On another note, what is the thought of both Batman and The Joker as social engineers? (For reference, another equally implausible movie, Live Free or Die Hard) After all, it is more about engaging those 600 people than fighting the 6 or 7 men.