Batman Begins rewatch

So, in the movie's timeline, Bruce Wayne disappears for seven years and Rachel Dawes is the last person to see him alive? How did that go?

Rachel: The last time I saw Bruce, we had just had a big fight. I hit him a few times and told him his father would be ashamed of him, then I stranded him in the city's most crime-ridden district... what? What's everyone looking at me like that for?

ETA: And what's the big deal with Bruce blowing up the ninja compound again? I know, "ha ha, you killed the guy you were trying to save, snark snark!" But realistically, what were his options? They told him to kill the guy, he said no, they told him they were planning a fucking terrorist attack on his hometown, he said no again, they said "We'll kill you if you don't do it" (well, okay, "There's no going back," but c'mon, we all know how it works with secret societies)... what would you have him do? He was surrounded by about a thousand ninjas!

Trust me, I've watched a lot of Chuck Norris movies, and once you're inside a ninja compound, the only way to make it out alive is blowing shit up.

ETA2: If "it's what we do that defines us," what does it say about Rachel Dawes that her big interactions with Bruce are berating him when he A. admits to grappling with some pretty big psychological issues (yes, Rachel, slap the inability to properly mourn out of Bruce!) and B. when he openly tells her that he's got more going on than boozing it up. What's she even angry about there, that he's having a good time? Is Bruce supposed to go 24/7 on the justice front? Even without the Batman thing, he's in the middle of reclaiming his company, getting it away from arms dealing and probably using it to help Gotham on the economic front. I think that deserves some fun time with double floozies. What's her big accomplishment anyway, mildly annoying Cillian Murphy?

ETA3: So Bruce and Rachel are in the car, commiserating about how a corrupt judge set Joe Chill up to be murdered so he couldn't inform on Falcone.

Bruce: Your system is broken.

Rachel: *long lecture with visual aids about how thousands of people are in poverty, crime lords are openly ruling the streets, and both the courts and police are deep in their pocket*

Rachel: So you see Bruce, the system is working perfectly fine!

Christ, this chick must be the worst-written love interest to ever show up in a Batman movie.


Yes, even worse than Robin.

ETA4: Just for comparison, Ra's al Ghul...

A. Gives Bruce a pep talk.
B. Teaches him to be a ninja.
C. Tells him his parents' death wasn't his fault.
D. Offers him an exciting new job opportunity.

WHO'S THE REAL VILLAIN HERE, HUH?

Herp derp

So I'm doing an eight-hour shift at work today when I find out... and here is where the title comes in, that management has somehow failed to schedule someone in the deli for two and a half hours. Old guy gets off work, new guy comes in, somehow these two events are a James Cameron movie apart. It's not that I mind, really, since working in the deli is just waiting for someone to walk up and ask for meat, which leaves a lot of time to jot things down on the ol' notepad. It's like having a corporate sponsor for my Cara/Kahlan fic! Although there was this one time a man came to the counter to ask for a freshly-sliced meat and where most of God's children had a face, he had a void.

Anyway, so it's not like I mind working the deli, it's just that I hate the thought that someone's gonna ask me "Hey, why didn't you get your work done?" and "I was too busy doing someone else's job to do mine" will be considered too snippy an answer.

Speaking of the last Nikita I watched (it was the one with Michael's angst. Did that narrow it down?), are we still doing the "not all Muslims are bad! Just the bad ones!" PSA every time a villain is Al Qaeda? The whole "Imperialist swine!" "How dare you misuse the Koran, Osama not Laden!" dialogue is getting kind of condescending now. Thanks, CW, I was going to burn a Koran, but thanks to your sexy new hit, fresh episodes every Thursday only on the CW, I've been educated while I was entertained! And on The Walking Dead, Michael Rooker taught me that racism was wrong. Result!

Also, is there going to be waterboarding every time a Muslim terrorist needs to torture a good guy? I get it, irony irony satire... I just don't think anyone who flies into a building to meet chicks is going to be real big on ironic detachment.


Say what you will about the insurgents, but they don't listen to the Dresden Dolls and their facial hair is unironic.

I miss the 80s, where every drug lord and South African diplomat worth his salt had Al Leong with some exotic torture implement. People took pride in their villainy back then.


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