i have been sitting on this one for a while. sounds interesting. maybe i will have to give it a view now.

I loved Drag Me to Hell, and I hate the horror genre. But apart from Drag me to Hell - 28Days Later was really well done as well. It's sequel too, which is rare.

I've never even heard of these two...

Rosemary takes the 3rd round. That was a close slow battle.


Batman (1989) by Tim Burton

vs.

The Dark Knight (2008) by Chris Nolan

Batman (1989): 0

vs.

The Dark Knight (2008): 1

I hate Tim Burton. I love Nolan. I highly recommend watching The Following

Batman 0
Dark Night 2

Seen Inception yet?

I forgot about that one. Definitely one of my favourite films of the last decade, nevermind just the horror genre. The sequel was good, but didn't quite impress me so much. It got really tasty when the city got infiltrated at the end though.

And...

Batman - 0

The Dark Knight - 3

For this same reason;

i actually like the Burton Batmans....but they fail in comparison

again The Dark Knight really transgresses the typical "super hero" movie

Batman - 0
The Dark Knight - 4

I have and I enjoyed it, no doubt. It succeeded at being a total mind fuck in a way no movie has in a really long time (since the matrix?). But I'm not really sure if I would say it's a good film.There's a 1.50 theater in Raleigh and I'll probably see it again there and hopefully my mixed feelings will subside.

Also only the 2nd movie I've seen in the theater in 2010. I saw about 70-100 in 2009

Batman - 0
Dark Knight - 5

Never cared for Burton much either. Dark Knight is probably the best comic adaptation that I can remember.

Batman - 0
Dark Knight - 6

And I love Burton and Nolan. Don't hate guys :rolleyes:

ambivalence =/= hate

Dark Night 7
Batman 1989 0

I always thought people preferred the original in some ways, because it's the original concept. But yeah, The Dark Night is obviously supremely better so I dunno why I thought that.

I totally agree with this post. Though I have to say I prefer Batman Begins to The Dark Knight and Batman Returns to Batman.

Anyway...

The Dark Night: 8
Batman: 0

The original?

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Donno, I just loved the industrial polluted feel I got through out Burton's Batman. The Dark Knight felt a bit too clean, too digital.
Although The Joker was much superior in the latter, but The Dark Knight seemed a bit too revolved around the villain, and somehow I hated Batman's parts. They just seemed to linger on. Plus, I preferred Batman Begins to that one.

The Dark Night- 8
Batman- 1

I think I hear what you're saying, but I don't know what you would consider a good film in this case.

I think where Inception fared better than most other films is that its used symbols to deliver a meaning that didn't beat you over the skull, was still logical in the actual plot it had layed out, and lent itself to multiple interpretations.

Its narrative was probably the best thing I've seen in quite awhile. Curious to know what you meant by good film/not good film though.

It's interesting that you found the movie that was filmed on location in a real city to be cleaner than the one that was filmed almost entirely on sets.

Yeah Burton's originals tend to get flack for being a gothy college art project. I think Nolan made strides to make it seem possible.

The set was obvious. It just seemed like an extremely corrupted universe, maybe cause it felt more like it's local. We have no skyscrapers, and I'm a big fan of smoke. Seemed like a German Expressionist decor, or easily a Neo Noir film. Definitely dirtier than the real world.

Interesting. I love the Burton Batman movies by the way. But as far as feeling local goes, I used to live in Chicago, where the Nolan movies were filmed, and because of that they really had that local feel for me. One of the craziest things in The Dark Knight for me was seeing the hospital blow up because I used ride my bike by that hospital all the time on the way to my friend's apartment.

i thought dark knight felt more realistic(it should be with all the cgi). what better villain could you think of than heath ledger's joker to revolve a film around?

Dark Knight - 9
Batman 1989 - 1

Although Tim Burton has made some excellent films, I prefer the Dark Knight. Not to mention Heath Ledger's outstanding performance as the Joker (although Jack Nicholson was good in Batman)

I did say Heath Ledger was far superior as The Joker, but when Batman becomes a filler in his own film, and praying for The Joker to finish him, there must be a problem somewhere... and I did say I liked the exaggeration on the set of the earlier Batman.

I had a theory about Nolan's Batman project being set to be a trilogy, with Batman Begins showing Batman obviously, the sequel presenting the ultimate villain, and finally the third showing both of them equally in the final clash. With Ledger's death though, and his remarkable performance, I don't think they can replace him.

It was just a lot to take in, 2.5 hours. I also recognize just because I like something doesn't mean it's good and vice versa. I can't really describe it very well but pretty much I like to watch Ed Wood movies but they're god awful.

i heard somewhere that the joker won't be in the final film. also that he(nolan) is excited because he gets to have some finality to it. batman's voice in the nolan ones is a bit annoying i give you that.

I think everyone could do without the grunts.

^ I didn't notice them in the first one. However, in The Dark Knight, I was laughing uncontrollably during his scenes. It was pretty ridiculous indeed.

Uhhh, The Dark Knight.

The Dark Knight X
Batman (1989) 1

Well, the original that turned it from being a complete joke into a dark gothic series.

Ah... the original second adaptation of other media.

I'm going to go for the original Batman, as its a movie from my childhood that I've always enjoyed. Dark Knight was also a fantastic film, but didnt do much for me opposed to Batman.


Going way back into the thread but thanks, I'll check them out. I saw Drag Me To Hell not too long ago though and thought it was terrible. The funny kind of terrible though :)

Damn, the older one's really getting some hate. I'm going for the Burton version because I just found it more interesting. The Dark Knight is a really good, entertaining movie, but there's some wackiness in Batman that I enjoyed. I love the odd Joker gadgets, like the foot-long gun.

Dark Knight: 10

Batman: 3

That's the one.

I agree 100% with all your choices except that one... I think that one is a very niche audience type of horror movie. I mean people get grossed out by the Saw series, but if that saw that... I dunno, I don't think it would go over so well.

I'm gonna vote for The Dark Knight. And actually I don't mind the growl, 'cause when I think about it, the very concept of superheroes seems very silly to me. I mean if I can accept a guy dressing up as a giant bat, I sure can accept the bizarre voice. It goes with the theatrics.

And because, someone haven't counted Violent&Funky's vote, the new result is:

The Dark Knight 12
Batman 3

And a crushing victory for the Dark Knight!

I'm gonna post the next battle a bit early today, cz I'm leaving in a while.


The Matrix (1999) by The Wachowskis
vs.
Inception (2010) by Chris Nolan
(So yeah, another Nolan battle, those are the suggestions. I hope there won't be any spoilers)

Let the battle begin!

Inception 1

Matrix 0

I'll admit, I simply fell in love with Inception. It's perfection from beginning to end.

This was my suggestion, and I'm not sure why. Because I love the ideas and concepts explored in both films, even though Matrix has a lot more originality I just loved Inception, I think it will be remembered in a few years time, just like The Matrix, it not more so.

Inception 2
The Matrix 0