Batman Begins was way more mature than Spiderman. I think Spiderman was aimed at the younger audiences. Batman had a cooler villain. It was kind of like Star Wars, ("Luke, I am your father") except it was his mentor instead. And when I see a green monster on a flying skateboard I just want to laugh. Now, if it had been Venom instead...plus the love interest wasn't a moron like Mary Jane (why name your kids after marijuana???) but a smart and accomplished assistant DA. What's Mary Jane? A stupid model with an abusive father, who isn't smart enough to know that SHE LIKES SPIDERMAN!!!! No upside down kisses with Batman though. But then, the plot in Batman Begins wasn't wasted on trying to develop the whole romance thing. It focused on the ACTION and Batman's tortured past. And who would YOU rather see? A billionaire playboy who by night is the mysterious Batman (dun dun duuuuuh) with a sexy voice, or a cowardly high school kid? I don't know about you, but I would prefer Batman anyday. The Green Goblin has better weapons (grenades right? I can't really remember) and the villain in Batman just had hallucinogenic drugs. But it was more subtle at least.
And Michael Caine is an awesome Alfred. I love how he just doesn't question anything Batman does and isn't fazed by anything. Does Spiderman have a butler? Didn't think so.
I think the highlight of Spiderman 2 was Aunt whatsername attacking Doctor Octopus with an umbrella (I'm pretty sure it was an umbrella).
And Batman has a sweet ride. He doesn't swing from rooftops, he has a monster of a vehicle. And cool batropes and stuff.
Batman Begins, all the way baby. Ciao!
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Very much in agreement I am. Interesting that you parallelled Batman Begins to Star Wars, being that Liam Neeson stars in both Batman Begins as the evil Ninja Assassin and in SW:Ep 1 as Qui-Gon Jinn. He also seems to fill the same role in both movies, the trainer with his own agenda (Qui-Gon is a bad ass Jedi, he doesn't roll with the council most of the time, eg Anakin).
Morgan Freeman made such an awesome gadgets guy (much better than Q's replacement in James Bond). Oh wow, favorite lines: "Oh, the tumbler? You wouldn't be interested in that." or "Hmm, I guess we never thought of selling it to the billionaire cliff jumping spellunking market." Hahaha.
#1 Complain about Spiderman, what the eff is up with Green Goblin's costume? It looks like its made out of cardboard. I liked Spiderman 2 more than the first one.
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