Tim Burton is a visual director with infinite imagination and good portrayal of decent and villain characters. His biggest feature is the use of a combination of dark Gothic style and fairy-tale shooting techniques to give the audience a unique look and feel. . So, as the most suitable director to shoot Batman at the time, he tried his best to put these two points into play in this work. Perhaps it is precisely because of Bolton’s fairytale shooting hobbies that [Batman 1] lacks enough pen and ink to erase the comical sense of the characters in portraying the protagonists, especially the heroine Vicky Pell, city officials and the villain clown. , Nolan's version is a good way to strengthen the ins and outs of the motives of Harvey Dent and the Joker.
Speaking of Joker, I have to mention the similarities and differences between this character in the two Batman.
Jack Nicholson has created his own neurotic and somewhat crazy personal performance style since [The Shining]. Therefore, in his performance, the clown truly interprets what it means to "crime with a smile". After he was severely disfigured, his face could not return to normal, which happened to trigger his inner madness. He used his own laughing gas in an attempt to control the entire Gotham City and completely chemically "industrialize" this industrialized city. In the film, the clowns from time to time send a few small dances with small tunes, abnormal but reasonable lines, never soft violence at key moments, and previous indiscretions. They can't help but make people associate this image with Kubry. McDowell’s classic performance in 1971 [A Clockwork Orange] is on par.
In 2008, the clown increased the length of the red lipstick on his smile, which gave people a greater visual impact. In fact, Heath Ledger, who has been in the drama very deeply, turned out to be unfavorable. It perfectly shaped the image of the Nicholson version of the classic clown that was considered impossible to be surpassed. It was crazier, more violent, sharper, and more vicious. The classic personal slogan Why so serious is more chilling than Nicholson's dance in the moonlight. The Heath-Ledger version of Joker has reduced lines and singing and dancing, and almost no emotional exposure, so the character's comic sense is obviously reduced, and he has become the best creator and renderer of the dark style of the movie to a large extent.
Danny Elfman is one of Hollywood’s underestimated soundtrack masters. He has collaborated with Tim Burton for many years and is the best representative of Tim Burton’s Gothic fairy tales. He also participated in Sa Mremi’s [Spider-Man] series of soundtracks, he used his precise understanding and orchestral expressiveness to fully express the atmosphere of the comic hero fighting and the thrilling performance before and after encounters with the enemy, with a sense of fairy tales, graphics and mystery. , It's a pity that Hans Zimmer is not as good as [Dark Knight] in the dark depressive level.
Let's look at the structure of the story again.
[Batman 1] The focus of the story is actually not on the hero Batman, but on the Joker and Gotham City. We will gradually learn later that Batman, like Spider-Man, will also have the entanglement of revealing his identity, the tragic childhood of his relatives being murdered by villains when he was a child, and even a large section of newspaper reporters have an influence on each other. Tim Burton’s first movie can’t explain Batman’s life experience in all aspects. He has a tragic childhood, a mysterious butler, diverse weapons, luxurious residences, and a just heart. As for why and how they came. Yes, there is no in-depth discussion (some of them will be mentioned in the second film in 1992), and the 126-minute film length has reached the limit of this type of film at that time. The Nolan version is very different. After the first prequel, he has already laid out Bruce Wayne's life experience, butler, weapon storage, fighting learning, etc., and the second one is 152 minutes long. The film length shows in detail that the frenzied clown nearly ruthlessly ruined the justice, legal system and peace of the entire Gotham. After experiencing many inner struggles, Batman chose to sacrifice himself and become a behind-the-scenes hero to maintain the justice and peace of the city. The validity of the law.
In terms of graphics and special effects, since 1989 and 2008 were separated by a full 20 years, the Bolton version was definitely at a disadvantage, but it is not difficult to speculate that the bat chariot, bat plane and bat small weapons that pulled wind were shocking at the time. , At least for today, it is still not outdated and has a strong entertainment effect; Nolan saves the use of special effects, and his realistic style shooting focuses more on the cool colors of the city and the destruction of the clowns. , It also has a good performance on the bat chariot and bat motorcycle. I haven't read the original comics, and I have no right to comment on whether realistic style or comic style is more suitable for this series, but I personally think that they have their own advantages, and they can all justify themselves very well. Sometimes this is enough for movies.
All in all, Jack Nicholson’s almost crazy performance, Michael Goff’s calm, introverted and witty old butler Alfred, Tim Burton’s dark gothic fairy tale style brought to the film, Danny Elfman’s atmosphere And full of mysterious soundtracks, as well as wonderful stories surrounding Bruce, Batman, Joker, and Gotham City officials, all of which are not classics at the time. It is a pity that their seemingly insurmountable performance is still [Batman: The Dark Knight] surpass one by one. The old Chinese saying goes well: It is also applicable to the two [Batman]. However, I think the two movies also have their own different characterizations and shootings. , The focus of the theme, and their respective wonderful special effects, performances, and director performances, they should be more about sympathy, rather than coveting each other. This is a lot lighter than the dispute between Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang. One mountain can hold two tigers occasionally.
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