this is why i love movies

when i was 15, kevin dufendach, michael turk and i would watch the trailer for the phantom menace every day before mr. smith’s english class.  you see, i was (and partly still am) a huge star wars geek.  i read all of the expanded universe books and comics, played all the video games, had hundreds of dollars worth of toys and collectables.  it was the most excited i’d ever been about a movie.  ever.  until nine years later.

i’ve always loved batman.  i think it was tim burton’s batman that originally got me into the character, but i also enjoyed the adam west version, and especially the original bruce tim batman: the animated series.  there’s something about him that always gripped me more than lesser “superheros.”  as far as dc is concerned, you’re either a superman person or a batman person.  me, i’m a batman person.  superman has to be a superhero, batman chooses to be one.  maybe that’s why i like him, cause he doesn’t have powers, but he goes out there anyway and defends the city he loves.  

but as the years went on and the batman movies gradually and then spectacularly declined into utter schlock, i lost faith in the movie franchise.  then chistopher nolan’s batman begins came outta nowhere and knocked me on my ass.  i’ve been waiting for the dark knight ever since.  when the trailer comes on tv, i literally shush people around me.  i’m that stoked and i feel like i’m 15 years old again, waiting for what i hoped to be movie-geek nirvana.

nine years ago i was ultimately disappointed.  i have a distinct feeling that tonight at 12:15 am, i won’t be.

-srd