Full disclosure: in my youth I read many, many Batman comic books. And yet, I have absolutely no recollection of this character. Now, I'm not quite willing to declare that she doesn't exist at all, because she might have shown up in some weird place I never read. But I read a lot of them and she made no impression, so my guess is she's made up.
Why? Why would they do this? Bruce Wayne is allowed to have weird sexual tension with women, it's true, but it really shouldn't be some stupid doe-eyed harmony-spouting weirdo. Also I question the choice to let her find out and then not make her move to Fiji. (You will recall that the old movies let the woman find out, but only pretty grudgingly, and then she disappeared.)
Also, apparently Kat(i)e Holmes doesn't want to be in the second one, or something. Now, for me, this would be a sign from above that Rachel Dawes is a stupid one-film character and life would be far worse if she were allowed to become a stultifying recurring one, but nobody asked me.
So they picked Maggie Gyllenhaal! Are they trying to make me hate this movie? Me, personally? Honestly!
Let's review. Rachel Dawes is a stupid hippie, and probably made up. Women in Batman films should go away because Bruce Wayne is not a maundering softie. Katie Holmes is weird-looking and Maggie Gyllenhaal is repulsive (and won't this destroy her indie cred or something?). We've already run one Batman franchise into the ground; now that we have a better one, can we at least attempt to make it work?
4 comments:
I have to wholeheartedly disagree with your assessment that "Maggie Gyllenhaal is repulsive." I'll ref. SherryBaby and, especially, Secretary as proof of my stance.
Maggie looks like the joker in drag. She cant draw an audience without resorting to showing her droopy body. Cant believe Im saying this but I can stomach Katie better and she's good an actress and pretty. The lackluster problems is the writing.
her acting is the epitome of suckage.
She looks like a freak show. Is there a circus in town? Im not attracted to Holmes but she's hotter and better off as Wayne's lady love than Maggie that's for sure.
Damn Katie is ugly and Maggie is hands down fugly. But put them side and side and Katie becomes pretty so I say let the joker kill Maggie.
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