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blick57 said:Dluppers,
I have finally finished watching and my experience was extremely positive. I do have a few minor quibbles with how it plays out, but keep in mind I had to watch this 30 minutes or so at a time over a week or two, so I may have missed something - please feel free to correct me if I have.
As mentioned before I had to watch this on a small TV (maybe 15") since my main DVD player freezes when trying to play the movie. As such I can't really comment on video quality. I also can't comment on audio quality, since I was always watching one room down from a sleeping baby.
Regarding the video, am I crazy or is this 4:3? I can't really tell since my crappy DVD player can only zoom in, not out, and the crappy tv doesn't have any zoom control. Anyway, it's a 4:3 tv and with a typical widescreen movie I get the black bars on top and bottom, but that didn't happen with this DVD. Just wondering.
Now....
The opening credits were just fantastic. The concept is wonderful and you executed very well. It really got my attention, saying to me "here comes something different."
The editing back and forth between the movies was very well done. In general it made logical sense and carried a good balance between the two films. I'm so glad that you chose this approach, because there was no need to present it in order (all of the editied movie 1 first, and then all of 2 edited after). For me, personally, both movies work great on their own and didn't really need to be edited. So to have you do something different like this really made it worth my time.
I never minded the Bruce/Vicki love story in the first movie, and I didn't even mind her in the batcave (although Alfred was risking termination). Having said that, I don't see how it would have worked to have Bruce involved with both Vicki and Selina in the same movie, and even if it could be worked out logically, it would have been too much. Removing the Bruce/Vicki love story works perfectly - well done!
Some of the things mentioned previously (snow versus no snow, changing batsuit, etc.) didn't bother me in the least.
I never saw your splitscreen end credits but your final end credits worked fine - I liked this concept much better.
A few minor quibbles - there were a few things that didn't quite make sense in the context of this edit. The city getting the bat signal so early in the movie seems odd to me. While necessary for the Batman Returns scene where they call Batman with it, it's a little odd given Batman's relationship with the city at that point in the movie. Also, Vicki and Bruce's relationship is so trimmed back that some of their brief interactions don't make sense. For instance, when Alfred tells Bruce that Vicki has called to say she'll be late to the art gallery, they haven't really been introduced to each other at this point (the introduction scene at Bruce's party was cut). I seem to recall a few other small things, but can't remember specifics. Regardless, it didn't detract too much from my enjoyment of the movie.
Overall, this was a great job of coming up with a worthwhile concept and making it work. Makes me glad I pushed for NTSC
