The Dark Knight Thread

[Fort Max]

They're quick, it's gone.

[areaseven]

New Trailer

[Scream Man]

this trailer was ok, but not as cool as the other ones. I think it gave away to much...

[kanedaestes]

Not really cause the trailer still focuses a lot on the Joker when the story is mainly about Harvey Dent slowly becoming Two-Face

[Fortress_Maximus]

Anyway this is sliced, BTDK looks like THE movie to beat this summer! I am all in!

[Wes]

Not really cause the trailer still focuses a lot on the Joker when the story is mainly about Harvey Dent slowly becoming Two-Face

Oh so is THAT who that guy was? Well now I'm alittle worried, as his introduction was when the first Batman movie line went downhill.

[kanedaestes]

Have faith in Chris Nolan and his abilities. Everything I have read from Wizard magazing, to Superherohype, and everything in between says that it is being handled well. In the film he will be Harvey Dent the entire time till the end which allows for great character build up as opposed to a quick mentioning of his accident then him running around like a raving lunitc as Two-Face. I hated that. Also if they had stayed with any kind of continuity from the first two films Two-Face would have been Billie Dee Williams seeing as how he was Harvey Dent in the first few films. Joel Shumacher just doesn't understand Batman or most things and decided to completely ruin all that was good about the Bat. I would say his films were worse than the film with Adam West in it which is bad. "Robin, hand me the Bat Shark Repellent."

[Alpha OTS]

I would say his films were worse than the film with Adam West in it which is bad. "Robin, hand me the Bat Shark Repellent."

The important difference is that the Adam West Batman movie was designed to be bad(ie: ludicrously campy) from the get go. "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!"

[Scream Man]

And while i hate the shumacher films too, it did have some funny momentys:

Riddler to Two Face: "You know...that's never going to heal if you keep picking..."

[areaseven]

Batman Begins Trailer (Domino's Pizza Exclusive)

[azrael]

Early reviews so far have been all positive. Heath Ledger's Joker is sounds like one for the books, too.

[Guest sh002]

nice new trailer. anyone wanna get a gotham city pizza? jk.

[Sumdumgai]

I'm really liking what I see of this new Joker. Nice and psycho.

[kanedaestes]

From all the reviews i have read they are concentrating too much of Ledger's performance. Yes it is a tragedy but who actually thought that he wasn't going to do anything short of amazing with the role? I want to hear how the film actually is. I am not too worried because the Nolan brothers, Chris as director and Jonathan as writer, are an amazing combo but still we get it Ledger is great. Now tell me more about the film itself. The only thing i have heard was Kevin Smith said the movie was epic, and that it lives up to the name Dark Knight. He mention the movie is actually long but it is the Godfather II of superhero movies. So let's see if he is right.

Edited July 3, 2008 by kanedaestes

[Alpha OTS]

The only thing i have heard was Kevin Smith said the movie was epic, and that it lives up to the name Dark Knight. He mention the movie is actually long but it is the Godfather II of superhero movies. So let's see if he is right.

Ok, now that gets the ol' comic nerd senses tingling!

[Ladic]

Michael Bay's rejected script

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=...ogPost%3A355506

[Bowen]

Michael Bay's rejected script

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=...ogPost%3A355506

Man, that was awesome

[Alpha OTS]

Michael Bay's rejected script

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=...ogPost%3A355506

"Pyrotechnics erupt in the distance. Guitar solo."

:D

[Ladic]

if you wanna see Two face and a few other pics click on the link, warning lots of spoilers

http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b45/joma...era%20picutres/

[rikiryou]

Wow, wasn't expecting that to happen in Dark Knight yet, unless that's the end of it. Can't wait! One more week left! But I have to fight the pope to get to IMAX since they'll be closing off roads for 'World Youth Day'. Still baffles me why it's called that.

[Guest sh002]

haha michael bay stick to making transformers (great) crap

[Ladic]

The beginning of the movie in HD:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/75j3p6

[azrael]

The beginning of the movie in HD:

The bank job...I keep seeing this clip being posted and reposted.

[areaseven]

Only 2 1/2 days left. I already got my tickets for the midnight screening on Thursday.

[rikiryou]

That was an intense flick. Get ready for a lot of WTF's, some which you will see coming. It felt a bit like watching The Departed and Die Hard at the same time. Batman's armour gadgets are both neat and ridiculous. I'm not gonna bother going on about the Joker since everyone's heard their fair share by now.

The really cool thing about the show is its explorations of human nature - utilitarianism is featured a lot; something shared in Batman Begins but more potent here. My only gripe with the movie is the long winded moral speech at the end but otherwise you're looking at one hell of a ride.

Another other interesting thing; quite a bit of cool homages to the graphic novels. One of the shots reminded me specifically of the Long Halloween. In fact, a big part of it felt like a Long Halloween which was a very nifty touch to it.

[Scream Man]

woah. That was....woah.

Rikiryou is right, its an intense film. Nolan really knows how to take a vaguly ridiculous concept (Which Batman is) and make a hardcore psycological piece out of it. It's maybe a shade on the long side, but not dramatically so. And to be fair, I watche d a double screening of Batman Begins and then this, so I may have just been Batmaned out.

2 things grated, and neither are spoilers:

- The 'Batman voice' Bale uses drives me nuts. It sounds aweful. And he talks more as Batman in this than the first, so it's more noticable.

- Maybe it was just my cinema, but at times the music was so loufd I had trouble hearing the dialogue. If no one else experiewnces this, i guess it will have been just my cinema.

Its not perfect, but its damned close let me tell ya.

[areaseven]

[areaseven]

The Dark Knight - Better Than Sex?!?

[vermillion01]

The Tumbler transformer.... dont know if its been posted yet.. but wow!

IMPRESSIVE!

[dreamweaver13]

I've seen it. absolute awesomeness.

BEST.JOKER.EVER. the role is owned forever. put him in as the baddest villain of all time in my book.

[Alpha OTS]

Heh, I ended up watching most of that guy's "Marvel/DC" youtube stuff. Funny funny stuff.

[Golden Arms]

Dark Knight was as good as advertised. The best film of the Summer. Iron man was awesome, but The Dark Knight was awesomer.

[Scream Man]

See, I think I liked iron Man more, but I DK was a better film overall. IM was more fun i guess.

[areaseven]

I'm gonna have to agree with the staff over at Spill.com. The Dark Knight is Better Than Sex!

[Sundown]

Very solid, and really picks up in intensity and meaning toward the second half of the film. The beginning was a little harder for me to get into, probably because of my huge expectations and because it wasn't paced as briskly as Iron Man-- and it wasn't as easy for me to see the overall arch of the story with all the disparate plot elements, but when it pulled together about midway, the movie got really good. There was one plot point that could have ruined the movie for me before a reveal made sense of it later on (and in hindsight, fixed other things that felt "wrong" during the course of the movie as well).

I do think it could have been paced better, and would have been stronger if there was a bit more handholding in regards to where the plot was going. Because there will no doubt be comparisons-- I think Iron Man was a tighter, better executed movie, while the Dark Knight offered more substance and material that can be explored in repeated watchings at least a few more times.