Sunday, January 20, 2013

Weekly Rant #2

The Last Stand bombs... Broken City bombs! Well that didn't take long. 2013 has begun and we have our first box office duds. It's unfortunate for The Last Stand because reviews were not terrible, but the movie trailer was. Johnny Knoxville is NOT who you want in a movie anymore.. and I guess neither is Arnold. Oh well, at least it will be on Blu-ray in a couple of weeks. :)

JJ Abrahams, Paramount, and Bad Robot have bought the rights to Cycle of Lies: Lance Armstrong Biopic. I don't think he even had finished his interview with Oprah yet and the deal was done. Here is the problem I have with that. The man still isn't done lying!!!! Did they buy the rights knowing they could have a possible sequel?? Who in their right minds will want to watch this garbage? This is a lifetime movie, or CBS movie of the week... not Hollywood!! Ugggh!! Maybe we can get John Mayer to play him in the movie.. he's a big slime ball too. 

Brain DePalma, and Al Pacino are set to do a Biopic on Joe Paterno. The working title for this film is called Happy Valley.
SMH!! If any are relatively new to the social networking world we live in, SMH stands for Shaking My Head. The forums out there were running wild with jokes, and theories on who might play Jerry Sandusky, the man who sexually abused 10 children (that we know of) and is sentenced to life in prison. 
Is this Hollywood's lack of creativity screaming out again? Are studio execs saying... screw it, let's have a week of choosing to make films about low down, no good, sleeze-bag filths??!!
Pacino and DePalma are notorious for their Scarface film. 
Ok, c'mon.. it's ok, let it out... you know you wanna say it... all together now, "Say Hello To My Little Friend". I'm wondering if Sandusky's character will have that line in the movie? 

Well, overall it was a quiet week for my rants. I'm still pissed about Ben Affleck not being nominated for Best Director. I am also pissed off that Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't nominated for Django Unchained. The Academy members are idiots, always have been. Who votes for The Best Years of Our Lives over It's a Wonderful Life???? SMH! Do you know where It's a Wonderful Life is ranked on AFI top 100 films of all time? It's 20!! Do you know where The Best Years of Our Lives is? It's not on the list!! Enough Said. However, I am going to finally break my vow. I am going to watch the damn film this week for the first time. Tune in next week and you can hear me rant more about this. 


-Jason Traylor
-Editor SS77


Thursday, January 17, 2013

DJango Unchained Review


Grade: A
Shoot em up Fun

First I have to say, I watched this movie and had a smile on my face from beginning to end. The movie is just fun! Creative and ingenious from one of the most daring and unconventional directors... maybe ever. The soundtrack is fun, the cinematography is brilliant. I have to say this is my favorite Tarantino film since Pulp Fiction. I loved Inglorious Bastards, but this is better. The performances in this film are A+++. 
I can't say who is better. Leonardo DiCaprio was born to play a Respectable Southern man. He is just flat out brilliant!!! I can't believe he didn't get an Academy Award Nomination for Supporting Actor. Christopher Waltz is so ridiculously funny with every line he delivers it should be illegal. I am happy he scored another nomination for Supporting Actor. Samuel Jackson's performance is way overlooked because of everything else going on in the film. 

Jamie Foxx plays the slave turned bounty hunter (Django), thanks to Christopher Waltz's character who frees him from bondage. 

After the first act of bounty hunting, the film turns to them both going after Django's wife who is a slave at DiCaprio's plantation. Foxx and Waltz devise a scheme to fool DiCaprio so that they can legally buy her freedom. All I can say is things go south so to speak, and all hell breaks loose. 

Best Picture Nominee and most deservingly so. The script is fresh, raw, and off the radar. I wanted the movie to continue when it was finally over. The dialogue is very intense at times, and it keeps you reeled into the screen. Tarantino just creates these vivid characters through his scripts. He is an actors dream come true. I highly recommend this film to anyone and everyone... as long as you can deal with over the top blood gushing gunshots and violence. 
This is the caviar of Popcorn films. 

-Jason Traylor
-Editor@SS77

Zero Dark Thirty Review


Grade: A
Intense Reality

My thoughts on Zero Dark Thirty are first and foremost, this is an intense film. Intense about the reality of what our CIA operatives went through after 9/11 to catch The Most Wanted man UBA as they refer to him in the film. I actually like what Mike Epps calls him better.. ol Lodi Dodi. :)

The movie follows a CIA operative (Jessica Chastain), as she journeys through the middle east trying to dig up evidence that might lead her to the whereabouts of UBA. Fighting not only Al Qaeda members who are sworn to secrecy, but her own governments politics. Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker) does a fantastic job of pacing this movie from the beginning. I for one am glad the scenes of torture were depicted. If you are going to tell a story, do it right. 

It's a harrowing example of the continuing sacrifice Americans have made in fighting  terrorism. Nominated for Best Picture which rightly so I believe it should be. Jessica Chastain winner of Golden Globe for Best Actress and Academy Award Nominee has a great shot at winning. I have seen this film twice and must say it's powerful. It almost leaves you with an empty feeling at the end. This is no popcorn film about catching Bin Laden, No Michael Bay helicopter shots, this is gritty and daring.  Hopefully seeing this film will give a bit of closure to the decade we had, the decade that was unjustly took from so many due to an evil plot, and evil man. 

We need more honest films like this in Hollywood. Films that choose to take bold chances no matter who it might offend, and to preserve it's integrity. 

Red 2 Trailer


August 2nd Release Date for Red 2


Summit Entertainment released the first trailer for Red 2. 
I am really excited about this. The first was a lot of fun. I think adding Catherine Zeta Jones and Anthony Hopkins is great. 

Check out the trailer here: 


Thanks to ComingSoon.com 

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Jack the Giant Slayer Trailer #2


Warner Bros. released the 2nd Trailer for Jack the Giant Slayer today. 

The film is approaching it's release date on March 1st.

Starring Nicholas Hoult (Warm Bodies, About a Boy), Ewan McGregro, Stanley Tucci, Bill Nighy, Ian McShane. 

The forums have been writing this film off since day one. The second trailer may actually help this film out. 
I think it looks fun. It has potential to be a box office bomb though I must admit. 


Tuesday, January 15, 2013

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir




The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The first thing that I found enchanting about this film is it's score. I have seen this film several times and never realized the Bernard Herrmann was behind this masterpiece of music. Herrmann was the music behind many Hitchcock films. In an interview Herrmann said that Mrs. Muir was his finest score. I disagree only a little, I feel his Vertigo score was mesmerizing. 

1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir hit the silver screen. Nominated for it's sole Best Cinematography Academy Award. Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady, Doctor Dolittle, Cleopatra) and Gene Tierney (Laura, Leave Her To Heaven, Heaven Can Wait) share a haunted love story set by the sea. A newly widowed (Tierney) decides to find a home by the sea. On a budget, she decides to move into a home that is haunted by it's prior owner, a dead sea captain (Harrison). 


Captain Gregg tries to play tricks on Lucy to get her to move out, after all a sea captain needs solitude. Lucy unshaken by the forceful gestures of the Captain, she comes to pursue a bargain with him. 


Lucy decides to write the memoirs of the Captain. 
In London Lucy visits a publisher that takes more interest in her than the Captain cares to entertain. 

The playful banter and chemistry is fun between the two. 
A ghostly love story of two people who seemingly met at the wrong time. Gene Tierney is exquisite, and Rex Harrison was deserving of a nomination for Best Actor. One of my favorite things is to watch Harrison's slow subtle way of falling in love with LucyThe monologue he delivers at the end is spectacular. 

In 1990 20th Century Fox was close to remaking the film with Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer. Poor box-office results of The Russia House led to it's demise. 

Some fun trivia is that this is one of the few films that doesn't intro with the famous trumpets and 20th Century Fox image. Instead we are introduced to our film through Bernard Herrmann's magical score. 

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir is an old timeless romance film. 
I highly recommend if you haven't seen it, you need to. 




-Jason Traylor
-Editor@SS77



2013 Possible Box Office Bombs


Last year we saw some huge disasters on the screen. 

Let's recap

John Carter was the first of these bombs. 
A production budget of 250 million.
73,078,100 Domestic (Ouch)
209,700,000 Foreign 
Just barely making back what it cost to make. 
I honestly didn't think the film was that bad... it was marketed really bad. 

Battleship is next on the sinking money ship. 
A production budget of 209 million. 
65,422,625 Domestic (sunk)
237,602,860 Foreign
Foreign ticket sales saved Universal, but overall this ship never had a chance. Once again... I actually enjoyed Battleship... wrong release date, and lack of star power killed it. 

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter sucked the life out of a lot of critics, and Fox. 
A Production Budget 69 million. 
Domestic 37,519,139 (wow)
Foreign 78,952,441
Yeah they made back the budget, but that's not the point behind studios making movies... they want a lucrative profit. Some liked this film... I was not one of them. 

DREDD and that's exactly what people did.. dreaded this film. 
A Production Budget of 50 million.
Domestic 13,414,714 
Foreign 19,344,901
The loud scream you've been hearing is Lionsgate. The film really wasn't a bad movie, it's just you are not going to put people in seats with Karl Urban & Olivia Thirlby. 

Cloud Atlas failed to make it's budget back, much like the 
Wachowski's Speed Racer. Now this is one of the few that really bombs, and yet it was an attempt to think outside the box for once. I admire the attempt, and I enjoyed the outcome. It's sad to see a movie that aspires to be something great, and yet no one went and saw it. That's not to say there are not flaws in the film.
A Production Budget of 100 million. 
Domestic 27,036,298
Foreign 44,085,649
I think after this launches on Dvd and Blu-ray Warner Bros. will make back it's production cost for the film. There could be a long cult following for this film as well. I have been in the forums abroad and have read a lot of positive reviews. 

NOW, on with the 2013 Possible Box Office Bombs

#1 The Lone Ranger



This movie was supposed to have cut it's production budget and failed!! 250+ million with Armie Hammer your lead star. Armie who?? Exactly!! I don't like the guy to be honest, and that's why maybe I'm biased and have this listed. Armie Hammer has been in films such as The Social Network, J. Edgar, and Mirror, Mirror. Snooze fest. He is boring, and has the acting range of Rodney Dangerfield. Ok, maybe I am being to harsh. The movie also stars Johnny Depp as Tonto. Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer are hoping that lighting strikes twice and Tonto is as popular as Jack Sparrow. 
In the last 20 years Westerns have not faired well with box office returns, unless your name is Eastwood or Tarantino. 
Gore Verbinski, who brought the first Pirates of the Caribbean 
to the screen is trying to break that trend. I don't see this film doing well domestically. It will make money in the foreign market because of Depp, but Disney is hoping to double it's investment.... I don't see it happening.  
Wild, Wild, West and Jonah Hex were along the same lines. 


#2 Turbo



I don't care how many stars you have voicing the film, it's uninteresting, and unoriginal. Oh, it's also releasing on July 19th, 2 weeks after Despicable Me 2, and a month after Monsters University. That's all I have to say about this wanna be pixar Cars film. 

#3 Grown ups 2 


Shoot me now please!!! Adam Sandler movies are becoming increasingly more unappealing with every new film. Yes, the first Grown ups made money, so do politicians. Every critic said it was the worst movie they had ever seen. A sequel?? The best thing  Kevin James could do is to leave Happy Madison and Adam Sandler, they are killing him. I enjoyed Paul Blart mind you, but Sandler rehashes the same crap in every movie. We get it already... WE KNOW YOU ARE JEWISH AND PROUD!!!! I think it's quite bold to release this film on July 12th amidst 15 to 20 other much more creative summer films. The last grown ups cracked 100 million foreign. Domestically this thing will not make back it's production budget. 

#4 After Earth 


I have been on the fence about this film. I like Will Smith, I like Jaden Smith, I like M. Night Shamalama ding dong. I really do. The trailer to this film.... yeeeaaahhh not impressed. It looks like CGI threw up everywhere. Will's character looks like his isn't even in the film. It looks like a bootleg Avatar ripoff in my opinion. Will it make money? Yes. I still think this could bomb... I know.. when was the last time a Will Smith movie bombed? Something just seems very unappealing to me about this film, and it has competition from a lot of other more interesting Sci-fi films. We will see. 

#5 The Wolverine


Another one that could go either way, I'm choosing to go with my gut. X-men Origins: Wolverine was boring and pretty stupid. I mean... it even had Deadpool, and Gambit and still managed to disappoint. Jackman was the best thing about it. This new sequel has been in development hell, and the film is based in Japan. 
I am really hoping this doesn't bomb. As a journalist though I am skeptical, as I should be. 

Understand that a film can make money and still be a
 Box Office Bomb.

 Other Notable Possible Bombs:
Riddick, Enders game, GI Joe Retaliation, The Last Stand, The Croods, Epic, and The Great Gatsby. 


Monday, January 14, 2013

Schindler's List Blu-ray Preorder


Schindler's List 20th Anniversary Blu-ray is coming to Blu-ray
on March 5th, 2013. 





Steven Spielberg personally supervised the extensive high definition transfer, lossless audio, and packed special features. 

One of the most incredible true story films shot entirely in Black and White. 

This is one to own in the best possible format. 

I must say, Universal has done a tremendous job on all of Spielberg's films on Blu. I am really looking forward to this release. 

Once we have this in hand, we will take some pictures and video the unwrapping so you can take a look. 


Screen Rants #1

Ben Affleck being screwed over by the Academy was what set the tone for this last week. How the hell do you not nominate him for Best Director for Argo?? It's like the Academy has a Sixth Sense of Overachieving Stupidity. Well, after wins from the Film Critics Association and now A Golden Globe Winner for Best Director... I hope the Academy takes a long good look at the voting process and realizes how screwed up it truly is. 

The Academy didn't stop with Affleck...no, no, no... Let's not Nominate SkyFall and Nominate Amour in two categories. Best Foreign Film and Best Picture. What the Hell is the point of having a category for Best Foreign Film when you are just going to nominate it for Best Picture as well?????? SkyFall deserved a nomination for Best Picture out of the nine. Really, it's ok if it wasn't a typical Academy choice. The damn Oscars is really starting to be a joke. If a film makes any money.. it must be a popcorn film right?? WRONG!!! 

Zero Dark Thirty has dusted up a shit storm this week from a bunch of idiots in Hollywood!! Namely Ed Asner and Martin Sheen, who want the Academy members to rally and not vote for it in protest for filming the depiction of the U.S. using torture methods after 9/11. ARE YOU F%&$#*& KIDDING ME??? (sarcasm) I am pissed off that Steven Spielberg didn't depict German Soldiers better in Schindlers List!!! I bet that there were some soldiers who gave flowers to the Jews.
 (end saracasm) Scratching my damn head. Kathryn Bigelow also a Academy Snub for Best Director did an Amazing Job with the film. We need to show those victims of 9/11 that we were doing everything in our power to find the Son of B%&#@ who killed over 3000 innocent people. I bet those depictions of planes flying into damn buildings has just vacated ol Ed and Martins brains. 
I am so sick of hearing about Movie Violence, and Video Game Violence as the cause of this countries woes and criminal activity. The cause is lousy parenting in the home and terrible school systems. The cause is our ridiculous Government and Congresses over inflated wallets to sit on their asses and not do anything but put us more in debt. It's not violence in movies, removing guns from innocent people protecting themselves isn't the answer. I wish celebrities would realize they shouldn't be allowed to preach on pulpits different than mine just because they our actors. If you are going to preach do it for the good of humanity and not your own political agenda. 

Last but not least... Michael Bay is defending the script and name change of the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie. It will be called Ninja Turtles and they are from space.... one will be called Optimus Prime......... no wait..... that's another Bay Film. Is it me, or is Hollywood losing it's creativity??? A reboot of a franchise that hasn't really fared to well to begin with in it's last 3 attempts. Bay needs to find some originality for God's sake!!! Produce something for once that didn't come from the 80's... get your own ideas. GEEZ!!! 

Whew!! I feel much better now that all that is off my chest! 


-Jason Traylor
-Editor@SS77

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Golden Globe Recap




Argo comes up big at the 70th annual Golden Globes. 
Winner of Best Picture for a Drama and Best Director for a Drama... Argo has quickly become 2012's best. 

After being snubbed or I like to call it screwed.. by the Academy of Motion Pictures for a Best Director nomination, Ben Affleck has won twice in less than a week. The Film Critics Association honored him, and now he wins a Golden Globe. 
The Academy should feel like a bunch of idiots. I couldn't be happier for Ben. Even George Clooney who was a producer on Argo commented on Affleck's talent behind the camera. 

Affleck backstage jokingly asked the media why no one said he was snubbed for Best Actor for Argo. Clearly trying to make light of the fact that the Academy seemingly likes to make mistakes year, after year, after year. 

Les Miserables took home Best Picture in a Comedy or Musical. Hugh Jackman took home the Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for Les as well. 


Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. 
She looked gorgeous. 


Daniel Day Lewis and Jessica Chastain took home the Dramatic Globes for Actor and Actress. I was very pleased with the outcome of both categories there. Zero Dark Thirty won the weekends box office as well amidst all the controversy surrounding the film. 


Supporting Globes went to Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) and Christopher Waltz (Django Unchained).

Quentin Tarantino won for Screenplay (Django Unchained) and raised a lot of eyebrows backstage answering questions about the use of the N word, dropping it himself. He talked about how he is true to his stories and will not conform. 

I was happy Adele took home Best Original Song for SkyFall. 


The only award I really was upset with was Animated Film. Wreck it Ralph should have won hands down over Brave. 
Oh, well... can't win em all. 

Amour won for Best Foreign Film which was no surprise to anyone. 

For T.V. Results Click the Link Below, I don't really follow T.V. so I can't make comments. 

Here are more red carpet images. 








Next Up SAG and then The Oscars 


- Jason Traylor
- Editor@SS77




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Friday, January 11, 2013

The Call Movie Trailer


Sony Pictures

The Call is a suspense thriller starring Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin Official Movie Trailer. 

911 operator (Halle Berry), takes a call from a teenager and possibly makes a mistake that costs that girl her life. 
A second chance to catch the same killer is given to her when (Abigail Breslin) is abducted. 

March 15th, 2013 this film drops.




Jurassic Park 4 is coming





Jurassic Park 4 is coming to theaters on June 13, 2014. 

Steven Spielberg will produce the next installment of the instinct carnivores. Very few details have been issued about the film as of yet. 

The film will be shot in 3D and released in IMAX 3D. 

After hearing that Spielberg's next project Robopocalypse was going to be delayed for an indefinite amount of time, this is good to news to fans. 
Rumors were circling that the reason for delay was because Disney locked him up to direct Star Wars episode 7. Spielberg stated early in December that he wouldn't be taking that on, Jurassic 4 makes more sense now.

The Original 1993 Jurassic Park will see a 3D re-release on April 5 of this year. 

Let's hope we get to see some of our old favorite characters back in the next addition of this Dinosaur saga. 

-Jason Traylor
-Editor@SS77

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Manlentines Day Movies



We men have feelings too, right?? We like a little romance in a movie... surrounded by a bunch of stuff blowing up, gunfights, Arrows blazing, and fast cars. We always tend to get the short end of the stick on V-day. 

I'm Declaring this year as Manlentines Day!! We are gonna get our significant other to watch one of our favorite
 (cough, cough) "Romance" Movies.

Here at SS77 we are gonna give you a list of the Best Manlentines Day Movies. 




The Last of the Mohicans 

Daniel Day Lewis, Tomahawks, Indians, Soldiers, Scalping... This is a true cinematic Man Romance or I like to call Manlentines Movie. Madeline Stowe and Daniel Day Lewis have great chemistry in this film, and I still think it's one of Michael Mann's best. Travel back in time to the French an Indian wars for your special Manlentines Day.




A Knights Tale 

If you are looking for a Bromantic comedy for that special day... look no further than A Knights Tale. The soundtrack alone to this movie is just fantastic. Heath Ledger, Dueling Knights, Swords, Villains... it's all here. Even some fun romance... and a weird dance scene. Ha!! 




Casino Royale 

Bond in love?? Nah... can't be. Casino Royale is my favorite Bond of all time, simply for the fact we see Bond vulnerable to a woman. I loved SkyFall a lot, but Casino Royale is just perfect in every way. You have to have Bond on a top Man film list. 
Your significant other can't say this isn't a romantic movie either. 
Vesper Lynd: Am I going to have a problem with you, Mr. Bond? 
James Bond: No, don't worry, you're not my type. 
Vesper Lynd: Smart? 
James Bond: Single. 






Empire Strikes Back

Just look at the movie poster and you know this is pure Masculinity at it's finest. Han and Leia are the romance in this, followed by the best Star Wars film to date. 
This is the ultimate Manlentines Day Movie!!!! 





The Matrix 

Mr. Anderson. The Matrix has Neo and Trinity two star crossed lovers who's fate has yet to be decided.... at least that is what you say to your mate. Haha!! The Matrix is perfect for this special day, with that certain someone. 




Troy

I don't foresee you having a hard time getting her to watch Brad Pitt frolic around in a skirt on a beach for 2+ hrs. Troy is badass and I love it. I love the scene with Peter O Toole and Brad Pitt, that was a classic scene. Get your freak on with this trojan horse of a Valentines movie. 




The Mask of Zorro

"Because you know Zorro..... He could be anywhere." 
Martin Campbell who directed Casino Royale, years later helms this fine ode to Zorro. Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas seek revenge in this fast paced hero film. Catherine Zeta Jones rocked the film world when she starred as Elena the daughter of the infamous masked vigilante. 




Return of the King

Winner of Best Picture and Best Director. Return of the King concludes our journey through middle earth in the LOTR trilogy. (in a dramatic voice) Aragorn and Arwen share of love that may or may not endure. < That is what you say... and then you're golden. 



These are just a few of the possibilities to take over the holiday that is Valentines. Share some of your favorite Bromance movies in the comments below. Remember even if it's just a hint a love or romance.. you are justified in your request to watch with that special someone. 

Happy Manlentines Day!! 

-Jason Traylor
Editor @ SS77

Oscar Nominations 2013







The Nominations are in.... and.... the biggest snubs are 

SkyFall for Best Picture &
 Ben Affleck for Best Director of Argo. 

I had my hopes for SkyFall to be one of the 9, but deep down I knew the Academy wouldn't honor a Bond film in that way. 
I did not expect Ben Affleck to be snubbed on what should have been in our opinion here at SS77 a nomination and win for the Argo director. Wow!! Well, can't say I'm not surprised. 

John Goodman and Leonardo DiCaprio are among others I felt were snubbed. John Goodman should have landed a Supporting Actor Nom. for either Flight or Argo. DiCaprio shined in Django Unchained.. similar to how Denzel shined in Training Day. 

I am really hoping for an upset in the Best Actor category. I love Daniel Day Lewis, and I think his Lincoln performance was amazing. I just would like to see Bradley Cooper or Joaquin Phoenix win. 

Anyways, check out all the Oscar Nominations in the link up above. Be sure to join in on our Forum debate for worst snub. 

-Jason Traylor
@SS77

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Best Batman Keaton Vs Bale




courtesy of Warner Bros. & DC Comics 


Who's the better Bat??
 Is it Bale? or Keaton? The Best Batman becomes our first Cinema Debate at SS77. 

Michael Keaton recently stated he wanted to star in a 3rd Batman with Burton. The two wanted it to be an origin story that dives deeper into why Batman is who he is. Producers at the time didn't want that route.... yet. 

So now that we have finished another donning of the cowl, we ask the question.... who has been the better Batman? 
Be assured we are not asking who is a better Bruce Wayne... just who portrays The Dark Knight more convincingly?

I have been thinking about this question and wondering myself. I am very biased and favor Keaton. I think most people's knee jerk reaction is to choose Bale. Why? You have to separate Nolan's Direction and Burton's Direction in order to really find an honest opinion I think. Very different films, styles, scripts, etc. 

We were able to see Bale create the Batman for Nolan's film version in Batman Begins. I thought we were able to see Bruce Wayne's trials that led him to become Gotham's savior and hero.  I honestly think this hurts Bale in a way. I think he is too humanized. I get that it's an origin story, blah, blah, blah. I just never felt a mystique with Bale. Please don't mistake this as I didn't enjoy Bale thoroughly as Batman, because I did. I am really sad we won't have an opportunity to see him in the role again. I just believe that Keaton's Batman was darker. Even in a more comic type atmosphere production that Burton had. Keaton really was Batman. No real emotion, a subtlety that you see in the character on cartoon episodes. 
Keaton just seemed to embody the character better. He wanted to be Batman. I always got a sense that Bale didn't like the role. 

Anyways... enough of my opinion and view. 

I want to hear yours. 

Check out our forum to the right above. Feel free to register and let me know what you think. 

-Jason Traylor
Editor@SS77