Coty Ellis
@cotygeek.bsky.social
Filmmaker, artist, writer, maker. Husband to a supervillain and father of two feral super gremlins. Raising awareness of adrenoleukodystrophy.
I want MySpace back, dammit. And not some modernized version drowning in algorithm.
September 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I want MySpace back, dammit. And not some modernized version drowning in algorithm.
It was a big toy commercial...and it worked, because I had the toys and had a blast with them. It's not a great movie by any stretch, but it's fun if you jet let it be.
June 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It was a big toy commercial...and it worked, because I had the toys and had a blast with them. It's not a great movie by any stretch, but it's fun if you jet let it be.
It's a bad Mission Impossible movie, but a great action movie.
May 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It's a bad Mission Impossible movie, but a great action movie.
The crazy thing is that his Riddler is actually more unnerving before he's in costume.
May 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The crazy thing is that his Riddler is actually more unnerving before he's in costume.
The real villain of this story is Jon Peters. Schumacher wanted to make a darker movie, but Jon Peters wanted it to be lighter. Schumacher chose to give Peters what he wanted twice in a row in the hopes of making a darker movie later, especially when Lost Boys and Flatliners got him the job.
May 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The real villain of this story is Jon Peters. Schumacher wanted to make a darker movie, but Jon Peters wanted it to be lighter. Schumacher chose to give Peters what he wanted twice in a row in the hopes of making a darker movie later, especially when Lost Boys and Flatliners got him the job.
Tommy Lee Jones should have been more of a straight man to Carrey. His performance needed a little more Harvey and just a little less Two-Face. Had it not been retroactively lumped in with Batman & Robin I think it'd be remembered a little more fondly.
May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Tommy Lee Jones should have been more of a straight man to Carrey. His performance needed a little more Harvey and just a little less Two-Face. Had it not been retroactively lumped in with Batman & Robin I think it'd be remembered a little more fondly.
Yes. I think this is a visually gorgeous movie (gaudy, yes, but still gorgeous), the score is an admirable (though certainly not superior) follow-up to Danny Elfman's score, and the Robin origin is handled fairly well. I think the biggest mistake is having Tommy Lee Jones match Jim Carrey's antics.
May 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yes. I think this is a visually gorgeous movie (gaudy, yes, but still gorgeous), the score is an admirable (though certainly not superior) follow-up to Danny Elfman's score, and the Robin origin is handled fairly well. I think the biggest mistake is having Tommy Lee Jones match Jim Carrey's antics.
Jim Carrey's camp was fine, but Jones should have been more of a straight man to Carrey's antics rather than a participant.
May 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Jim Carrey's camp was fine, but Jones should have been more of a straight man to Carrey's antics rather than a participant.
From my understanding Joel thought that if he made it a little lighter like Jon Peters requested that he would be able to do the darker sequel he wanted...but then Peters demanded Batman & Robin be a toy commercial, so Joel tried to appease him to make the case for his darker sequel.
May 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
From my understanding Joel thought that if he made it a little lighter like Jon Peters requested that he would be able to do the darker sequel he wanted...but then Peters demanded Batman & Robin be a toy commercial, so Joel tried to appease him to make the case for his darker sequel.