War of the Worlds VS. Batman Begins
There are a few things I want to say before I get to the article. Firstly, if you have not seen the movie and want to as well as be surprised and not have major spoilers thrown in your face, I would encourage you to not read the review below, just keep reading this paragraph. Secondly, there is less and less posting here, and I think we should get more posts as well as more contributers, as only three of us are very active at all. Please get anybody possible to contribute. Thirdly, there is nothing to say besides what I said above, but stop reading now if you don't want major SPOILERS!!!
Ok, the movie was pretty good. I saw it this afternoon, and was the second movie that I saw this week. The other one was Batman Begins. They were both good and both had their strength and weaknesses. Basically, Batman Begins was about an average rich crimefighter taught in the way of the league of Shadows, a kind of samurai society (Yes, it is random, but Batman is a swordfighter). He tries to save his hometown from evil guys letting fear gas loose in the city, which makes people delusional and everything to them looks scary. There is a lot of explosions and fear-related scenes, but what was awesome was that Batman actually has no superpowers, just a lot of guns and stuff. The plot was actually the movie's forte, and not even Spiderman could compete with the complex plot, flashing back to Bruce's childhood days, filled with despair. With nonstop action as well as Bruce fights evil and fear, it is a great movie.
War of the Worlds had even twice the action of Batman with the suspense starting in the first 15 minutes. The characters kinda just POOF out there, and you don't know much about them, but for an action movie, the characters are actually very well made and you get to know them well, which is a good thing for an action movie. Aliens and tripods destroy all and later capture humans to suck their blood in some pretty horrific scenes, some of the best scenes this year. Eventually, the aliens are killed...but not by men...by germs. Yes, if the aliens were immune to all viruses, we would have died...
So here is the comparison...
Batman VS. War of Worlds
PLOT: B-4.5/5 (It could have been better, but was still amazing) W-3/5 (But who cares if the plot is fair as long as there is intense action, eh?)
SPECIAL EFFECTS: B-4/5 (Not perfect, but good) W-5/5 (With people disentegrating and explosions and big exterminations, it is excellent!)
VILLAINY: B-3.5/5 (Bah! The villains have no superpowers...just a toxic fear gas...) W-4/5 (Aliens...usually they would be old, but with horrific blood-sucking crushing of the human race, I will let aliens pass as classic evildoers)
ALL AROUND: B-4/5 (No superpowers, but not enough battles) W-4/5 (Tied, eh? Right. The special effects are awesome)
It just depends on what you want. If you want good plot, choose Batman. If you want action, action, and more action, choose the War. Me? I saw both. They are both worth seeing.
Ok, the movie was pretty good. I saw it this afternoon, and was the second movie that I saw this week. The other one was Batman Begins. They were both good and both had their strength and weaknesses. Basically, Batman Begins was about an average rich crimefighter taught in the way of the league of Shadows, a kind of samurai society (Yes, it is random, but Batman is a swordfighter). He tries to save his hometown from evil guys letting fear gas loose in the city, which makes people delusional and everything to them looks scary. There is a lot of explosions and fear-related scenes, but what was awesome was that Batman actually has no superpowers, just a lot of guns and stuff. The plot was actually the movie's forte, and not even Spiderman could compete with the complex plot, flashing back to Bruce's childhood days, filled with despair. With nonstop action as well as Bruce fights evil and fear, it is a great movie.
War of the Worlds had even twice the action of Batman with the suspense starting in the first 15 minutes. The characters kinda just POOF out there, and you don't know much about them, but for an action movie, the characters are actually very well made and you get to know them well, which is a good thing for an action movie. Aliens and tripods destroy all and later capture humans to suck their blood in some pretty horrific scenes, some of the best scenes this year. Eventually, the aliens are killed...but not by men...by germs. Yes, if the aliens were immune to all viruses, we would have died...
So here is the comparison...
Batman VS. War of Worlds
PLOT: B-4.5/5 (It could have been better, but was still amazing) W-3/5 (But who cares if the plot is fair as long as there is intense action, eh?)
SPECIAL EFFECTS: B-4/5 (Not perfect, but good) W-5/5 (With people disentegrating and explosions and big exterminations, it is excellent!)
VILLAINY: B-3.5/5 (Bah! The villains have no superpowers...just a toxic fear gas...) W-4/5 (Aliens...usually they would be old, but with horrific blood-sucking crushing of the human race, I will let aliens pass as classic evildoers)
ALL AROUND: B-4/5 (No superpowers, but not enough battles) W-4/5 (Tied, eh? Right. The special effects are awesome)
It just depends on what you want. If you want good plot, choose Batman. If you want action, action, and more action, choose the War. Me? I saw both. They are both worth seeing.
posted by Echomaster at 4:33 PM
3 Comments:
A few things -
One - How can you give Batman Begins a lower villainy rating? That's what the whole Batman/Gotham storyline is. All of those superheroes and villains fighting each other.
Two - Seeing as you have published three of the last eighteen articles, I'm not really sure how "very active" you have been lately.
No need to be upset...and those are just my opinions.
I'm not upset at all, those are just my opinions.
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