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Batman Begins 2005
It's tricky to re-examine something you first watched when you were 11 years old. The younger version of me was just tuning in to watch Batman beat up bad guys. Also, most of my Batman knowledge was coming from the animated series and the Burton/Schumacher Batman movies.
When I rewatched "Batman Begins" I was seeing all of the layers that went into the film. It was first and foremost a Christopher Nolan flick, which was obvious to me now and…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2023
"Mutant Mayhem" is great in that it accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do: introduce a new iteration of the turtles and stress that they are teenage boys. For that, I tip my shell.
The animation style is what really elevates this movie. It is hard not to compare it to the "Spider-Verse" films because both use stylized animation to create something that feels different from the stale visuals of Pixar, Dreamworks, and Illumination animated films.
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