Batman Begins

[Jay]

Wow, you're a Rutger Hauer expert!

That's a scary thought

but when I first heard they were making LOTR, Hauer was the first guy who came to mind for Theodin...

I think Jackson seemed to avoid anyone with a well known face at the time because I think it would've sorta broken the fantasy illusion he was setting up

[trekgeezer]

I see someone else is posting about this movie.

[BB]

The new actor playing Bruce Wayne looks like GEorge W. Bush and Tom Cruise mixed together.

[Roman]

Rutger Hauer is the BEST!!!

[Harry]

oh sweet, I'm sooooo excited about batman begins.

first off, the batmobile is modled off of the car from "The Dark Knight Returns" by frank miller.  if you havn't read it...you should.  It's more of a tank than a speed demon.

Christian Bale is perfect for batman.  I've said this since the first time I saw American Psycho, in fact, while I was watching it I turned to my brother and said "this guy should be batman."

Michael Keaton was ALMOST perfect for batman, he had the voice, the EYES, the mannerisms, all of that perfectly...but.....he wasn't tall enough.   Other than hight....perfect.

Chris Nolan is an awesome director, anyone who doesn't think so... go watch "Memento" again.

It's supposed to be pretty dark...which makes me happy, Schumaker made gotham city look like a cross between tommorrowland and a weird rave.

And I know for a fact....no nipples :)

[Fearless Freep]

Michael Keaton was ALMOST perfect for batman,

Like Christopher Reeves as Superman and Toby Macguire as SpiderMan, playing the hero in the custom is pretty straight, a lot of people could do it.  The real secret is playing the alter ego: Clark, Peter, Bruce.

[trekgeezer]

According to Nolan, the story will be about the man behind the mask and he will not be overshadowed by the bad guys.  That was the problem with the other movie versions,  the villans were far more interesting than Batman.

[Brian]

Christian Bale-Welsh
Michael Caine-British
Gary Oldman-Irish
Liam Neeson-Scottish
Cillian Murphy-British

Ken Watanabe-Japanese and he is going to be The Demons Head. The character is Eqyptian or South African. Ra's is over 1,000 years old and whoever portrayed him in the animated series had sold me on the choice when he walked into the batcave like he owned the place and said "Detective".

[trekgeezer]

I don't  think they are going to bring up the immortality bit, not is this movie anyway.

[Dave Munger]

How many movies was Rutger Hauer in where it's a near future "Defiant Ones"? Where there maybe just two like that, and it seems like more? I just posted somewhere else that the Fritz Leiber novella "You're All Alone" would make a good movie, and that I'd cast Rutger Hauer in the lead.

[Dave Munger]

Micheal Keaton always sort of struck me as an inert nonentity. MacGuire is the only one who's really gotten to do any real acting as a superhero, in movie history, to my knowlege. Batman's always just like grr-grr, I'm Batman, grr. He should be played by the guy that sang that "I'm a liar" song, I forgot his name. He's played a crazy cop once or twice.