Another week, another contest!!... Congratulations to last week's winners!! Last week my mind went blank when it came about winter movies :S it was after reading the entries that I realized there are many winter movies I like馃槄
Anyway, this week it was an easy pick for me and here it is:
Otra semana, 隆隆otro concurso!!... Felicidades a los ganadores de la semana pasada. Esa semana mi mente qued贸 en blanco cuando trat贸 sobre pel铆culas de invierno :S solo hasta despu茅s de leer los posts me di cuenta que hay varias que me gustan 馃槄
En fin, para esta semana me fue sencillo elegir y aqu铆 est谩:
Batman Returns. The second Batman film from the Tim Burton era, it came out in 1992 starring Michael Keaton as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Danny DeVito as the Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman/Selina Kyle and Christopher Walken as Max Shreck.
This is the continuation from 1989's Batman, bringing back Michael Keaton as the hero. The movie takes us back to Gotham, one would think that after the Joker's mayhem in the previous movie live would be calm in the city... but since when has Gotham been known for its calmness?
Synopsis
Long story short, the Cobblepot wealthy family had a baby which was deformed so they simply ditched the baby by throwing him on a river, he ended up in the sewers... a pretty dark way to begin any movie.
33 years later, at the time where the movie takes place, the baby all grown up is now known as the penguin and wants to know who he really is.
He kidnaps Max Shreck, who is a well known respectful and powerful business man, the penguin blackmails him, he can destroy Max's reputation because he knows the dirty secrets his company hides. Max helps the penguin to be seen as a misunderstood hero by the city by making it look as if the penguin saved a kidnapped baby.
Meanwhile, Selina Kyle, who is Max's secretary, also finds out about the company's secrets, Max's Power plant has been stealing energy from other places and also has been an environmental hazard.
To hide his secret, Max kills Selina by pushing her down the window, she falls several stories down but surprisingly, a bunch of cats approach her, they start biting and licking her until she opens her eyes, Catwoman has been born, leaving behind the shy personality Selina used to have and now she wants to seek revenge against Max.
The Penguin finds out his real name is Oswald Cobblepot, his story is shared by the media and soon all citizens have sympathy for him thanks to his heartbreaking story. Taking advantage of this newfound popularity, Max convinces Oswald to run for Mayor, that way Oswald would be respected and Max could carry on with his Power plant. But on his batcave, Bruce is researching Oswald and he knows the Penguin is behind the criminals that have been attacking the city under his commands.
Catwoman with a new costume recently hand made out from a leather jacket goes to a mall, one of Max's many business places to destroy it. Batman fights her but she gets away.
Both the Penguin and Catwoman want Batman out of the way to keep going with their plans so they temporary team up. They make Batman seem as the villain by make it look as if he kidnapped and killed a model, the whole city turns against him and trust more in Oswald.
Batman cleans his name and shows the Penguin's true colors to the citizens, after this an angered Penguin plans to kidnap all of Gotham's first born babies and kids while all the parents are at a party hosted by Max, at that party Selina is seen by Bruce, both previously have had encounters because they've felt attracted to each other since they met, there she reveals she's there to kill Max and after a brief talk they discover each one's secret identities because they say things they told each other as Batman and Catwoman.
Bruce leaves to save the children after the Penguin breaks into the party and kidnaps Max... wow, there sure is a lot of kidnapping in this movie... after Batman saves the children the Penguin comes up with yet another plan, this time he sends hundreds of penguins armed with bombs, he wants to blow up the whole city, but yet again his plan is frustrated by Batman, leading him to have a final showdown with the Penguin himself.
While this happens, Catwoman goes to the Penguin's sewer lair where Max is, she is determined to kill the man who killed her first. On the top of that sewer lair, Batman defeats the penguin who falls all the way down, Batman sees Catwoman there and tries to persuade her from not killing Max, but she kills him anyway in a cool and creepy way by electrocuting him with a teaser and a kiss while holding a high tension power structure.
Bruce looks for Selina but she's nowhere to be found, Bruce only finds Max's electrocuted corpse.
Later Bruce is seen being driven by Alfred through the city, Batman may had won but it doesn't feel like a victory, Bruce lost his love interest, although he gets hope when he gets a glimpse of a shadow that looks a lot like Catwoman, but when he goes to look for her he finds himself in an empty alley where the only company he gets is from a cat which he carries in his arms and goes back to his car, on the sky the bat signal can be seen, meaning that the city trusts him again and accepts him as their hero. While we watch at the signal knowing the movie ended, we realize that Catwoman is seeing the signal too, looks like she had 9 lives after all... In fact, she herself makes a recount of the lives she's lost as you can se in video below:
Batman Regresa. El segundo filme de Batman de la era de Tim Burton, sali贸 en 1992 protagonizada por Michael Keaton como Batman/Bruno D铆az, Danny DeVito como el Ping眉ino, Michelle Pfeiffer como Gat煤bela/Selina Kyle y Christopher Walken como Max Shreck.
Es la continuaci贸n del Batman de 1989, trayendo de regreso a Michael Keaton como el h茅roe. La pel铆cula nos lleva de regreso a G贸tica, uno pensar铆a que despu茅s del desastre del Guas贸n en la pel铆cula previa la vida ser铆a tranquila en la ciudad... 驴pero desde cuando Ciudad G贸tica ha sido conocida por su quietud?
Sinopsis
Para resumir, la acaudalada familia Cobblepot tuvo un beb茅 que estaba deforme as铆 que simplemente lo desecharon lanz谩ndolo al r铆o, el beb茅 termin贸 en las cloacas... una forma algo oscura de iniciar una pel铆cula.
33 a帽os despu茅s, en el momento en que la pel铆cula toma lugar, el beb茅 todo crecido es ahora conocido como el Ping眉ino y quiere saber quien es realmente.
Secuestra a Max Shreck quien es un respetado y bien conocido poderoso hombre de negocios, el Ping眉ino lo chantajea, puede destruir la reputaci贸n de Max por conocer los sucios secretos que oculta su compa帽铆a. Max ayuda al Ping眉ino a ser visto como un h茅roe poco comprendido por la ciudad al hacer parecer que salva a un beb茅 secuestrado.
Mientras, Selina Kyle, la secretaria de Max, tambi茅n descubre los secretos de la compa帽铆a, la planta de energ铆a de Max ha estado tomando energ铆a de otros lados y ha sido un peligro ambiental.
Para esconder su secreto, Max asesina a Selina empuj谩ndola por una ventana, ella cae varios pisos pero sorpresivamente, un pu帽ado de gatos se acercan, comienzan a morderla y lamerla hasta que abre los ojos, Gat煤bela ha nacido, dejando atr谩s la t铆mida personalidad que Selina ten铆a, ahora quiere buscar venganza contra Max.
El Ping眉ino averigua que su nombre real es Oswald Cobblepot, su historia es compartida por los medios y pronto todos los ciudadanos tienen simpat铆a por el gracias a su historia desgarradora. Tomando ventaja de su nueva popularidad, Max convence a Oswald de postularse como alcalde, as铆 Oswald podr谩 ser respetado y Max puede seguir con su planta energ茅tica. Pero en su baticueva, Bruno investiga a Oswald y sabe que el Ping眉ino est谩 detr谩s de los criminales que han estado atacando a la ciudad bajo sus 贸rdenes.
Gat煤bela con su nuevo disfraz recientemente hecho a mano de una chaqueta de cuero va a una tienda, uno de los tantos negocios de Max para destruirlo. Batman pelea con ella pero escapa.
Ambos, el Ping眉ino y Gat煤bela quieren a Batman fuera del camino para seguir con sus planes, por lo que temporalmente hacen equipo. Hacen ver a Batman como el villano haciendo como si el hubiera secuestrado y asesinado a una modelo, toda la ciudad se vuelve en su contra y conf铆an m谩s en Oswald.
Batman limpia su nombre y muestra a los ciudadanos los verdaderos colores del Ping眉ino, luego de esto un furioso Ping眉ino planea raptar a todos los primog茅nitos de G贸tica mientras los padres est谩n en una fiesta de Max. En dicha fiesta Selina es vista por Bruno, ambos previamente han tenido encuentros porque se sienten atra铆dos desde que se conocieron, ah铆 ella revela que est谩 en el lugar para asesinar a Max y luego de una breve charla descubren sus identidades secretas por decir cosas que se dijeron como Batman y Gat煤bela.
Bruno se va para salvar a los ni帽os luego de que el Ping眉ino irrumpe en la fiesta y secuestra a Max... vaya, si que hay mucho secuestro en esta pel铆cula... despu茅s de que Batman salva a los ni帽os el Ping眉ino sale con otro plan, esta vez env铆a a cientos de ping眉inos armados con bombas, quiere volar toda la ciudad pero una vez m谩s su plan es frustrado por Batman, llev谩ndolo a tener un enfrentamiento final con el Ping眉ino en persona.
Mientras esto sucede, Gat煤bela va a la guarida del Ping眉ino en las alcantarillas, donde Max est谩, est谩 determinada a matar al hombre que la mat贸 primero.
Arriba sobre la guarida, Batman derrota al Ping眉ino quien cae hasta abajo, Batman ve a Gat煤bela y trata de persuadirla de no asesinar a Max, pero lo mata de todos modos en una forma genial y espeluznante al electrocutarlo con un teaser y un beso mientras sostiene una estructura de alta tensi贸n.
Bruno busca a Selina pero no est谩 en ning煤n sitio, Bruno solo encuentra el cadaver electrocutado de Max.
Despu茅s Bruno es visto siendo llevado por Alfred conduciendo por la ciudad, Batman podr谩 haber ganado pero no se siente como una victoria, Bruno perdi贸 a su inter茅s amoroso, aunque recibe esperanza al tener un vistazo de una sombra que luce mucho como Gat煤bela, pero cuando va a buscarla se encuentra solo en un callej贸n vac铆o donde la 煤nica compa帽铆a que obtiene es de un gato al cual carga en brazos para regresar al auto, en el cielo la batise帽al se puede ver, significando que la ciudad conf铆a nuevamente en el y lo acepta como su h茅roe. Mientras vemos la se帽al sabiendo que la pel铆cula acab贸, nos damos cuenta que Gat煤bela est谩 viendo la se帽al tambi茅n, parece que tiene 9 vidas despu茅s de todo... Y de hecho, ella misma hace recuento de las vidas que ha perdido como pueden ver en el video abajo:
Why is it my favorite?
First of all, it reminds me of my childhood, not that my childhood was dark, full of creeps and kidnappings everywhere... but because I remember my parents used to take my brother and I to the video store and let us picked movies for the weekend, I was 8 years when this movie came out and had already watched the first movie, which was ok but for me it was kinda boring, so when I watched this second one I wasn't very excited about it but as soon as I met Catwoman she was my favorite.
Since I remember, I've enjoyed watching female role models in movies and tv shows or cartoons, and when I was a child, superhero movies or shows options were only Superman, Batman and the Flash, all of which lacked female leads... I wasn't born on time to watch Linda Carter's Wonderwoman... and it's not like I was a feminist or a girl seeking female empowerment... back then I didn't have concepts for that, it's just that my brother used to dress up as those heroes and I had no one to dress up as, I wanted to be a hero too!... and in a previous post I mentioned how Supergirl became that female hero I was looking for.
驴Por qu茅 es mi favorita?
Antes que nada, me recuerda a mi ni帽ez, no que mi infancia fuera oscura, llena de fen贸menos y secuestros por todos lados... sino que recuerdo que mis padres sol铆an llevarnos a mi hermano y a mi al video club y nos dejaban elegir pel铆culas para el fin de semana, yo ten铆a 8 a帽os cuando la pel铆cula sali贸 y ya hab铆a visto la primera la cual estaba bien pero para mi fue algo aburrida, as铆 que cuando vi la segunda no estaba tan emocionada pero tan pronto conoc铆 a Gat煤bela ella fue mi favorita.
Desde que recuerdo, he disfrutado ver modelos a seguir femeninos en pel铆culas y shows de tv o caricaturas, y cuando era ni帽a, las opciones de pel铆culas o shows de super h茅roes eran solo Superman, Batman y Flash, los cuales carec铆an de estelares femeninos... no nac铆 a tiempo para haber visto a la Mujer Maravilla de Linda Carter... y no es que era una feminista o una ni帽a buscando empoderamiento femenino... en ese entonces ni siquiera ten铆a conceptos de eso, es solo que mi hermano se sol铆a disfrazar como esos h茅roes y yo no ten铆a a nadie para disfrazarme como ella, 隆yo quer铆a ser una super hero铆na tambi茅n!... y en un post previo mencion茅 como Supergirl fue la h茅roe femenina que estaba buscando.
The people that know me now, know that I'm a cat person, and probably they assume I like Catwoman because of that, but back then I didn't even know I was a cat person, so my taste in pets has nothing to do with why she's my favorite character and why I like this Batman movie.
When I watched this again as a grown up, I liked how not everything is black and white, the hero isn't always sure of himself, the villain has all the right to hold a grudge against society, the charismatic person is a manipulative selfish man, and I liked the ambiguity of Selina/Catwoman, she isn't good or evil but leads herself by her own vision of things.
In spite of being fiction it reflects how society acts, as an unwritten rule the freak is usually rejected and feared, the one who only wants to help and makes things better gets hardly judged without giving him time to explain himself after one mistake or misunderstanding, the powerful man wants more and more power and doesn't care who he has to step on to get it, and the woman who raises her fist after facing abuse is pointed as crazy. It doesn't matter if it was 1992 or if it's 2023... we still act that way.
Back as a child, this movie taught me that is okay to be different as long as you don't lose your mind because of it, if you're a creepy penguin human hybrid you can get accepted if you show you're not evil... just don't mess it up by wanting to destroy the city because deep down all you wanted was to manipulate everyone; also if you're a woman whose boss doesn't respect you at all, and treats you as if your life is meaningless, it's okay to raise your voice and make him regret mistreating you... but don't let him murder you because I highly doubt anyone would receive mystical kitten first aid to come back to life.
Quienes me conocen ahora, saben que soy una persona de gatos, y probablemente asumen que me gusta Gat煤bela por eso, pero en ese tiempo ni siquiera sab铆a que yo era una persona gatuna, as铆 que mi gusto en mascotas no tiene nada que ver con el por qu茅 ella es mi personaje favorito y porqu茅 me gusta esta pel铆cula de Batman.
Cuando la volv铆 a ver ya grande, me gust贸 que no todo es blanco y negro, el h茅roe no siempre es tan seguro de s铆 mismo, el villano tiene todo el derecho de tener rencor a la sociedad, el carism谩tico es un ego铆sta manipulador, y me gust贸 la ambig眉edad de Selina/Gat煤bela, no es buena ni mala sino que se rige por su propia visi贸n de las cosas.
A pesar de ser ficci贸n refleja c贸mo act煤a la sociedad, como una regla no escrita el fen贸meno es usualmente rechazado y temido, el que solo quiere ayudar y hacer las cosas mejor es duramente juzgado sin darle tiempo de explicarse luego de un error o malentendido, el hombre poderoso quiere m谩s y m谩s poder y no le importa a quien pisotea para obtenerlo, y la mujer que levanta el pu帽o luego de enfrentar abuso es se帽alada como loca. No importa si era 1992 o si es 2023... a煤n actuamos as铆.
De ni帽a, esta pel铆cula me ense帽贸 que est谩 bien ser diferente siempre y cuando no pierdas tu cabeza por ello, si eres un aterrador h铆brido ping眉ino humano puedes ser aceptado si muestras que no eres malvado... solo no lo arruines con querer destruir la ciudad porque en el fondo todo lo que quer铆as era manipular a todos; tambi茅n si eres una mujer cuyo jefe no te respeta del todo, y te trata como si tu vida no importara, est谩 bien alzar tu voz y hacerlo arrepentirse de tratarte mal... pero no dejes que te asesine porque dudo mucho que alguien reciba primeros auxilios m铆sticos gatunos para regresar a la vida.
And that was Batman Returns, my favorite Batman movie and all because of Catwoman 馃ぃ... It would have been great if Tim Burton had continued with his ideas, I watched in a curiosities video of this movie that it was supposed to be Harvey instead of Max and when Catwoman electrocuted him, he would survive but having half of his face deformed, becoming then in the villain 2 face, and him and Catwoman would had appeared in the third Batman's movie directed by Burton... but merchandise had other plans and wanted a more toy maker movie and they gave us a colorful Batman Forever.
Y eso fue Batman Regresa, mi pel铆cula favorita de Batman y todo por Gat煤bela 馃ぃ... Habr铆a sido genial si Tim Burton hubiera continuado con sus ideas, v铆 en un video de curiosidades de esta pel铆cula, que se supon铆a iba a estar Harvey en lugar de Max y cuando Gat煤bela lo electrocutara 茅l habr铆a sobrevivido pero teniendo la mitad de su cara deformada, convirti茅ndose as铆 en el villano 2 caras, y el junto con Gat煤bela hubieran aparecido en la tercera pel铆cula de Batman dirigida por Burton... pero mercadotecnia ten铆a otros planes y quer铆an una pel铆cula m谩s hacedora de juguetes y nos dieron un colorido Batman Eternamente.
Until next time!
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