Comments on: Frank Miller Hasn’t Seen ‘The Dark Knight,’ Says He “Can’t Watch A Batman Movie”

By: dryer

dryer — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:15 +0000

Nolan's trilogy is engrossing the first viewing but it's very simplistic at its core. But of course Nolan's films only really work under cloak and dagger mysticism, once you strip away the varnish you realize you've just been suckered into a magic trick of empty content; aka The Dark Knight. If you compare TDK to DKR it's the same picture but without the pizazz of a bad guy to carry the picture, therefore your left focusing on the plot holes, the disregard of actual real time. Better yet you can accept a completely unrealistic hospital being blown up because of Ledgers Joker, but it's harder to accept Gothams plight with unrealistic street scenes in DKR. Miller is correct in Nolan's use of the title, it's absurd and shows how few people truly enjoy the character and not just its studio blockbuster byproduct. Creatively, Miller does own the character, given every interpretation since Returns has been an offtake of the grizzled fractured psyche version of Bruce Wayne.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:15 +0000

UH… have you seen Frank Miller's IMDB page?

[on Batman Begins (2005)] "I totally thought they did a damned good job. It was the first "Batman' movie I've genuinely liked. I sat there, I watched it, and I came out of there going, 'Well done, man.' Sure, they used my stuff – they used everybody's stuff, but they used my stuff a lot – but they did it well, and that's all I care about. It was Batman. What I mean by that is, I thought the character was true. You understand, when I work on a character, I have a very, very hard time seeing anybody else's interpretation. I get very possessive. But when I went out to see this thing, I said, 'This is a pretty cool Batman.' I wasn't sitting there going, 'This is a merchandising tool.' I felt like it really had heart and substance, and Christian Bale with no doubt performed the best Batman I have ever seen".

By: ArtistAlan

ArtistAlan — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:15 +0000

I'm a huge fan of Nolan's 'Batman Trilogy', it's a brilliant vision of all the character's set in 'our' real world, but I am so sick and tired of Frank Miller acting like he owns the character. To me 'Year One' was excellent, but 'The Dark Knight Returns' stank to high heaven, it was god awful, and so political of the time. Miller should get a life and stop acting like he is the be all and end all of the character. He should read some of the brilliant work that is being done now at DC with all the characters to do with the franchise. Meanwhile, at the moment I reserve judgement on Zak Snyder's vision until I see it.

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:15 +0000

I'm a massive fan of Nolan's trilogy, but I wish they'd leave the character alone cinematically for many years, if not for good. How many Batman interpretations are even that interesting in comic form to begin with? I know there's money to be made, so nothing stops the nerd train.

By: Marv

Marv — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:14 +0000

Miller sounds like a total douche. He needs to get over himself. Look at Stan Lee everyone loves him because he embraces the film's and his fans. Frank Miller directed The Spirit which was a piece of shit. His comic book writing is good for Batman, but he seriously needs an attitude check.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:14 +0000

Miller needs to get over himself. His film credentials are directing the Sin City movies and producing the 300 movies. Not a fan of any of those…just a bunch of fluff. Nolan did a fine job with his movies and he was pulling from various sources….Miller didn't invent Batman. Frankly, too much of Miller's material and characters feels redundant.

By: The Goddamn Batman!

The Goddamn Batman! — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:14 +0000

Frank Miller isn't a good writer either. The Dark Knight Returns goes completely off the rails in the second half and his Daredevil run also doesn't deserve a modicum of the praise it receives. If it wasn't for Year One he could be written off completely.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:14 +0000

Maybe that's why Frank Miller is a horrible filmmaker. We haven't gotten any reviews from Sin City 2 because it's going to be awful.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:14 +0000

It's like what Ken Kesey said about the adaptation of "Cuckoo's Nest": "If a bunch of Hell's Angels come over to your house and say, 'We've got your daughter on the front lawn. You want to come watch us rape her?' Are you gonna go?"

By: Ouch Joust

Ouch Joust — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:14 +0000

Love Nolan's trilogy as well. but I was really hoping he would take on the Riddler before bowing out. Who could make a more sophisticated Riddler than the Nolans?

By: Ugh

Ugh — Mon, 23 May 2016 05:47:14 +0000

Frank Miller is probably upset Nolan didn't put in a lot of rape & had Batman walking around beating up women & minorities for the hell of it. Miller hasn't just gotten older & crabbier, he's also gotten racist(ier) & woman hate(ier).