Two dinners, two nights

03.01.2003

I'm having dinner w/ Cat in an hour; then we're off to the show at The Space. She's going to cook and I'm looking forward to it (the last few times I've cooked). Last night we went out for a late dinner at District 211. I'd never been there before, but heard good things. The food was quite good and well presented (though nothing beats Cosmo's). The Shawn "Thunder" Wallace jazz ensemble was playing (Cat manages his PR). I'm not really into jazz, but it was a fun time nevertheless.

Later, we watched a very outdated Batman Forever. The movie made me realize a few things: the early 90s displayed very poor use of color (i.e. neon), the science of fonts (as in opening credits) was in its infancy, cheesy acting was still the norm, and CGI animation still had a long, long way to go. That said, it was a fun movie to watch, especially since Val Kilmer's portrayal of Batman was the worst ever. Same for all the villains. Only Kim Basinger's Dr. Chase Meridian was even slightly believable as a real human being.

I thank J Edmund most of all for teaching me about comics. Thanks to him I know how poorly this movie represented the Batman franchise (Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns is still my favorite comic ever).

OK, I'm off to shower before my evening out. But before I go - I now have a LiveJournal weblog as well (thanks to Bay Jo). I'll still be posting here; but now I don't have to post as "anonymous" to my friends' LJ blogs.

Posted by Miguel at 06:15 PM

Comments

That movie...That was one of the most hated comic movies ever..until "Batman and Robin" came out and made "Batman Forever" look GREAT!
Also, here's my trick for viewing "Batman Forever" and enjoying it.
Forget the comic book. Forget it ever existed. Imagine that the only Batman that ever existed was the campy 60s TV series, and maybe some of teh "meets Scooby-Doo" level cartoons. Then imagine that some smart movie writer said "Hey, I bet this silly character could actually be cool" Basically, imagine the movie not as an interpretation of the comic, but as an update of the TV show.

Posted by: josh at April 12, 2003 02:04 PM