Batman "The Dark Knight"

[freedom78]

   First of all, making a "realistic" Batman movie is a huge mistake. Are we supposed to believe that this city, in the good ol' US of A, is kinda like a better looking Bagdad, with the authorities being completly powerless against a group of not-so-smart looking thugs and a weird psychopath? And Batman's "toys" just don't work when you're trying to make them realistic..the car that after taking a shitload of bumps and crashes, turns into a magical motorcycle that can turn on a fucking wall, the goggles, give me a break !  Tim Burton knew exactly what Batman was: it was pure fantasy, not meant to be taken seriously, but to be enjoyed .

Doesn't sound too far off to me.  Whether he was a psychopath or not, Capone certainly went to work on Chicago justice for a good amount of time, and that period, as I understand it, was the basis for the crime in this movie.

Whole different era, dude...

So?  It's fiction.

[MadmanDan]

   First of all, making a "realistic" Batman movie is a huge mistake. Are we supposed to believe that this city, in the good ol' US of A, is kinda like a better looking Bagdad, with the authorities being completly powerless against a group of not-so-smart looking thugs and a weird psychopath? And Batman's "toys" just don't work when you're trying to make them realistic..the car that after taking a shitload of bumps and crashes, turns into a magical motorcycle that can turn on a fucking wall, the goggles, give me a break !  Tim Burton knew exactly what Batman was: it was pure fantasy, not meant to be taken seriously, but to be enjoyed .

Doesn't sound too far off to me.  Whether he was a psychopath or not, Capone certainly went to work on Chicago justice for a good amount of time, and that period, as I understand it, was the basis for the crime in this movie.

Whole different era, dude...

So?  It's fiction.

  That's kinda my point. It's fiction, it's pure fantasy, let's not spoil it by making it too serious and realistic

[freedom78]

   First of all, making a "realistic" Batman movie is a huge mistake. Are we supposed to believe that this city, in the good ol' US of A, is kinda like a better looking Bagdad, with the authorities being completly powerless against a group of not-so-smart looking thugs and a weird psychopath? And Batman's "toys" just don't work when you're trying to make them realistic..the car that after taking a shitload of bumps and crashes, turns into a magical motorcycle that can turn on a fucking wall, the goggles, give me a break !  Tim Burton knew exactly what Batman was: it was pure fantasy, not meant to be taken seriously, but to be enjoyed .

Doesn't sound too far off to me.  Whether he was a psychopath or not, Capone certainly went to work on Chicago justice for a good amount of time, and that period, as I understand it, was the basis for the crime in this movie.

Whole different era, dude...

So?  It's fiction.

That's kinda my point. It's fiction, it's pure fantasy, let's not spoil it by making it too serious and realistic

I prefer a depiction of what might be called an "alternate reality," rather than the colorful, ice-capades approach of "Batman and Robin".  Those films just got really silly.

[MadmanDan]

   I was talking about the Burton's movies, Batman and Robin was the most stupid thing ever, I don't even classify it as a Batman flick

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Went Yesterday morning at noon to watch it thinking I wouldn't be sitting in the 4th row this time.

Yeah, I sit in the exact seat as the first time I watched it


Theater was STILL packed.

The movie left me with the same awesome feeling as the first time I watched it.

Is it bad that I relate to the Joker on a lot of levels???

Anyway, I'll definitely be going for a third showing before it leaves theaters.

When I go see NIN in Knoxville August 12th, I may leave early so I can watch it at their Imax theater.

[bazgnr]

$300 million and counting.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-07-27-box-office_N.htm

[freedom78]

   I was talking about the Burton's movies, Batman and Robin was the most stupid thing ever, I don't even classify it as a Batman flick

Honestly, I don't know who directed what.  Did Burton do the first two?  Because I did like those MUCH more than what came after (until Dark Knight).

[mrlee]

   I was talking about the Burton's movies, Batman and Robin was the most stupid thing ever, I don't even classify it as a Batman flick

Honestly, I don't know who directed what.  Did Burton do the first two?  Because I did like those MUCH more than what came after (until Dark Knight).

didnt a guy called Joel Schumacher or something direct the last two batman movies of the original franchise?

[bazgnr]

Yes to the previous two posts....Burton did 1 &2, then Schumacher brought on the bat-nipples and sidekicks.

[LeftToDecay]

Just saw it.Heath Ledger was indeed amazing.  Nice contrast to Nicholson's gentleman psycho. Definately one of the best roles in a loong time.Or characters. Or both!

Who ever wrote the script of Dark knight was fucking lazy.  3 hours of Joker running around, putting explosives in unlikely places and then pulling off a blackmailing routine of varying scale. it's just too repetitive. Wayyy too repetitive.
 Too many locations.  Either Hospitals or  ships should have been left out;" okay when pushed to limits and making something a question of life or death  ppl might turn to killers or psychos or kilerpsychos  we get the fuking point!!"

During 2nd half of the movie Joker stops being Joker and starts being evil version of the main character in unusually bad Bond movie. He outsmarts and bluffs everyone, survives from anything and is so superior to everyone else that no1 even bothers to wonder how the fuck everything essential keeps getting rigged with explosives agan and again.

Ending  was forced."But  B?tm?n! How do we, the humble habitants of the city that is plagued by organized crime and psycho blowing everything including police stations and hospitals up, ever explain the death of these four (4!) people???
B?tm?n: hmm i see no other option than taking the blame:o


...But it wasnt a bad movie

[Chief]

you should leave early and see it on imax, it will be totally worth it!

Went Yesterday morning at noon to watch it thinking I wouldn't be sitting in the 4th row this time.

Yeah, I sit in the exact seat as the first time I watched it


Theater was STILL packed.

The movie left me with the same awesome feeling as the first time I watched it.

Is it bad that I relate to the Joker on a lot of levels???

Anyway, I'll definitely be going for a third showing before it leaves theaters.

When I go see NIN in Knoxville August 12th, I may leave early so I can watch it at their Imax theater.

[Eazy E]

$300 million and counting.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-07-27-box-office_N.htm

Wow, this movie is just crushing all records!  That's the second article I've read that has dared to mention Titanic... 

[w.axl.rose]

yeah but i doubt it will break titanics record. don't get my wrong id love for it to break the record but with all this piracy i doubt it will happen. ill probably just end up in the top 5 box office movies of all time.

[Eazy E]

yeah but i doubt it will break titanics record. don't get my wrong id love for it to break the record but with all this piracy i doubt it will happen. ill probably just end up in the top 5 box office movies of all time.

Well... Shrek passed $400 million in 43 days and still pulled in 44 million AFTER that, if The Dark Knight is on pace to pass $400 million in 18 days, it's looking very likely that it will crack $500 million.  That's ahead of the original Star Wars and #2 all time.  Titanic may be out of reach... so it might "just be the #2 box office movie of all time".... adjusted for inflation all you want, this movie is still a monster!

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

yeah but i doubt it will break titanics record. don't get my wrong id love for it to break the record but with all this piracy i doubt it will happen. ill probably just end up in the top 5 box office movies of all time.

Well... Shrek passed $400 million in 43 days and still pulled in 44 million AFTER that, if The Dark Knight is on pace to pass $400 million in 18 days, it's looking very likely that it will crack $500 million.  That's ahead of the original Star Wars and #2 all time.  Titanic may be out of reach... so it might "just be the #2 box office movie of all time".... adjusted for inflation all you want, this movie is still a monster!

The think about TDK is that there are lots of people who go back and watch it a second, third or fourth time.

Just like all the horny boys and girls went to see the movie about the ship 30 times.

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Ive seen it twice and can definitely see myself watching it 2 more times.

[bazgnr]

I've seen it three times already, and am planning a fourth at an IMAX theater in a few days.

That'll be enough, I think.   

[w.axl.rose]

id love to see it a couple more times at the imax but the nearest one to me is really far, and i dont want to see it at a crappy theater

[Robman?]

id love to see it a couple more times at the imax but the nearest one to me is really far, and i dont want to see it at a crappy theater

next time you'll see it it'll be on a crappy ol' DVD then wont it? 

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