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[Kalevala]

Here is my ranking of Batman movies:

S tier: The Dark Knight
A tier: Batman Begins, The Batman (2022), Batman (1989)
B tier: The Dark Knight Rises
C tier: Batman Returns
D tier: Batman Forever, Batman and Robin, Batman v Superman

Thinking back, I believe that I've seen your first three tiers and enjoyed them.  Question for you:  How the heck can you have Batman vs. Superman?!    Was someone infected by a virus or something else which warped their thinking?

K

[Karl Henning]

Joel Schumacher himself has apologized for how bad Batman and Robin is.

This might be nuance but I both enjoyed the movie somewhat (I'm not recommending it to anyone) and believe that the apology is called for.

[DavidW]

Thinking back, I believe that I've seen your first three tiers and enjoyed them.  Question for you:  How the heck can you have Batman vs. Superman?!    Was someone infected by a virus or something else which warped their thinking?

K

In the movie, Batman inexplicably brands the criminals he catches. Lex Luthor paid some thugs in jail to murder one of them to make it look like Batman arranged for the criminal to be executed so that Superman would think that Batman is the worst type of vigilante. He also got a guy who was paralyzed from the incident in the previous movie (Man of Steel) to prosecute Superman. When Superman shows up at the trial, the bomb Luthor put in the wheelchair detonates, blowing up the entire building and making it look like Superman did it to escape justice. So then Batman has decided that Superman went too far. It was the straw that broke the camel's back because in the previous movie, when Superman was fighting Zod, he destroyed the building that Bruce Wayne's employees were in, killing them.

Therefore, Lex Luthor's plan ends up with both of them thinking that either is a psychopathic vigilante murderer that needs to be stopped. He then kidnaps Martha Kent to ensure that Superman doesn't back out of fighting Batman.

So there you have it, it takes a lot of convoluted planning to make it work.

[Kalevala]

In the movie, Batman inexplicably brands the criminals he catches. Lex Luthor paid some thugs in jail to murder one of them to make it look like Batman arranged for the criminal to be executed so that Superman would think that Batman is the worst type of vigilante. He also got a guy who was paralyzed from the incident in the previous movie (Man of Steel) to prosecute Superman. When Superman shows up at the trial, the bomb Luthor put in the wheelchair detonates, blowing up the entire building and making it look like Superman did it to escape justice. So then Batman has decided that Superman went too far. It was the straw that broke the camel's back because in the previous movie, when Superman was fighting Zod, he destroyed the building that Bruce Wayne's employees were in, killing them.

Therefore, Lex Luthor's plan ends up with both of them thinking that either is a psychopathic vigilante murderer that needs to be stopped. He then kidnaps Martha Kent to ensure that Superman doesn't back out of fighting Batman.

So there you have it, it takes a lot of convoluted planning to make it work.

Oh, boy!  Not for me, but thanks for the explanation.

K

[Karl Henning]

In the movie, Batman inexplicably brands the criminals he catches. Lex Luthor paid some thugs in jail to murder one of them to make it look like Batman arranged for the criminal to be executed so that Superman would think that Batman is the worst type of vigilante. He also got a guy who was paralyzed from the incident in the previous movie (Man of Steel) to prosecute Superman. When Superman shows up at the trial, the bomb Luthor put in the wheelchair detonates, blowing up the entire building and making it look like Superman did it to escape justice. So then Batman has decided that Superman went too far. It was the straw that broke the camel's back because in the previous movie, when Superman was fighting Zod, he destroyed the building that Bruce Wayne's employees were in, killing them.

Therefore, Lex Luthor's plan ends up with both of them thinking that either is a psychopathic vigilante murderer that needs to be stopped. He then kidnaps Martha Kent to ensure that Superman doesn't back out of fighting Batman.

So there you have it, it takes a lot of convoluted planning to make it work.

I believe you've just taped out why I only dip my figurative toe in the Superhero Movie Pool.

[Karl Henning]

Following a suggestion from our @Cato
Ang Lee's Sense & Sensibility.

There are two commentaries, to both of which I'll want to listen, but I want to watch it undistracted a second time, first.

[Daverz]

Following a suggestion from our @Cato
Ang Lee's Sense & Sensibility.

Wuxia Jane Austen?

[Karl Henning]

There are two commentaries, to both of which I'll want to listen, but I want to watch it undistracted a second time, first.

Two deleted scenes, one between Edward and Elinor.

[Mister Sharpe]

Willem & Frieda: Defying the Nazis, a documentary presented by Stephen Fry about two LGBTQ Dutch resistance fighters, one an artist, the other a cellist and conductor. A most impressive profile in courage and well-produced. We saw it on BBC Select which is devoted to documentaries and offers a free trial period. 

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=willem+stephen+fry&type=E210US105G0#id=2&vid=1d37c5de1581101e92ff1bc66e6536c4&action=click

[relm1]

Jaws just celebrated it's 50th anniversary so has been on tv a lot this month.  I haven't seen it in maybe 10+ years but was still so drawn in to it, it's nearly a flawless film that generally still holds up well today and John Williams' score is still fantastically effective as ever!