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Il_Paolo confirms to be the usual playful one, someone who - quoting Derrida in his personal profile - plays a bit with us by de|reviewing and de|constructing. I remember Christian as one of the most unsettling figures of the '80s.

Il_Paolo confirms to be the usual playful one, someone who - quoting Derrida in his personal profile - plays a bit with us by de|reviewing and de|constructing. I remember Christian as one of the most unsettling figures of the '80s.

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Great page, you write well with a nice mix of personal touch—yet accessible and relatable to everyone, especially peers or near-peers—and a focus on music. In any case, I experienced the '90s between high school and college, feeling sensations not unlike yours, as the majority of us did, I assume.

Melissa, regarding Dick Tracy, I follow you and agree, although I wasn't too fond of the movie. About Schumacher's Batman, I have the suspicion that the director wanted to mimic the campy series from the '60s, leaning more towards the comedic rather than the comic book; the result was disastrous in terms of criticism and, as far as I remember, also in terms of audience reception. The other day on TV, I tried to watch the first ten minutes of this film to see if it was salvageable – even for review purposes – but then I preferred to switch to a film by Enrico Montesano. And I've told you everything.

"Comics-like" because it overly emphasized unrealistic colors and very exaggerated characters (the already mentioned Tess, the villains including Al Pacino), somewhat like Schumacher's two Batman films that I don't really like. And what you say is indeed true: the risk in adapting comics - but also books - is that you end up displeasing everyone, unless you manipulate the original idea to create an entirely new language, something that perhaps Burton wanted to do, but he only partially succeeded due to the commercial pressures from the production companies.

I'm reading again after months: the film was 5 STARS, I simply made a mistake when entering the rating.

Regardless of the difficulty of turning comics into films – I actually really liked Ang Lee's Hulk – the fascinating aspect of Batman, Joker & Co is that they have become true "masks," interpretable by both illustrators and actors and directors according to their personal sensibilities. So welcome to Ledger's Joker, even if Nicholson's was perhaps something else. In any case, I must commend Cesar Romero's Joker in the iconic '70s TV series, who portrayed the villains quite well; I hope you also remember Burgess Meredith's Penguin, Vincent Buono's King Tut, George Sanders's Mr. Freeze, Vincent Price's Egghead, Frank Gorshin's Riddler, and Shane played by the same actor – whose name escapes me – who is Peter Parker's uncle in Spiderman. And above all, the fetish Catwoman played by Julie Newmar.

@black: reviewed in Cellular ('04) Kim Basinger hasn't lost an ounce of charm and beauty, to the point that when you watch her, you ignore everything else. Perhaps it's for the best.

òBlack: I didn't mean to update the gossip, especially since I wouldn't demean the death of poor Ledger by calling it "gossip." It's a fact, however, that the role of the Joker, even in light of some rather luciferian recent interviews from old Jack, has returned to prominence also due to the tragic implications. As for Michael Keaton, I clarify my position: he portrays a slightly yuppie Wayne, late '80s, rather bland, which doesn't convince me. In the '90s, he was certainly overshadowed by Batman, not having any significant roles afterwards. Worse than him were definitely his successors: aside from the disastrous Kilmer, I was quite disappointed by Clooney who had the physique but perhaps is too self-satisfied: the film with good George, in any case, is HORRIBLE, just think about how Mr. Freeze's transformation is presented: via a VIDEO played in the Bat Cave. The TV show from the '60s was Kubrick by comparison...