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Villavic

07-01-2008, 04:27 PM

I was checking the Dark Night website, the movie will be released in few days. The pics of the Joker really scares.. Seems Ledger did a gret performance. Unfortunately we don't have him anymore.. Hope the whole movie is great, too.

http://www.uruloki.org/felipeblog/imagesflickr/20071208_joker2.jpg

http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/

GODDESS6

07-01-2008, 06:10 PM

i can't wait to see this!!!~

gldstwmn

07-02-2008, 11:30 AM

I was reading some early reviews this morning. They were very positive. That photo of Heath Ledger is just plain creepy.

SortaSavageLike

07-02-2008, 12:12 PM

This movie has four things going for it that Batman Begins didn't:

1. It's not an origin story, so we don't have to sit through 1 1/2 hours of Bruce Wayne's brooding before he does some actual bat****.

2. I actually recognize the bad guy, and Gads, Ledger looks frickin' scary as the Joker. Seriously, did any casual fans know who the hell Scarecrow was, or Ru'Wafo Nafou or whoever it was that was played by Liam Neeson? :rolleyes:

3. This movie actually looks serious and complex, as Batman was intended to be. I mean, Begins was "sorta" serious, but in the end it just resorted to the old "hero and villain fighting each other on a train" cliche.

4. No Katie Holmes this time. I've seen scratching posts with more charisma than her character in Begins.

SuzeQuze

07-02-2008, 12:15 PM

I loved Heath and I don't know if I can go see this although I kind of feel like as a fan I really should. We'll see. Is it true there is video somewhere of Nicholson hearing about Heath's death by a reporter and saying, "I warned him."?

On edit, it is true. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325208,00.html

On edit again, I recall Brad Pitt had a lot of trouble playing Louis (Interview with the Vampire) because the character was so brooding and the film was shot in the dark.

Richard B

07-02-2008, 01:08 PM

I recall Brad Pitt had a lot of trouble playing Louis (Interview with the Vampire) because the character was so brooding and the film was shot in the dark.

Yet another reason he was miscast. The film would have been so much better without him. He brings the film down.

Villavic

07-02-2008, 05:29 PM

3. This movie actually looks serious and complex, as Batman was intended to be.

I wasn't sure if Batman was always intended to be serious, dark, but I think I read it started that way, and had different phases (science fiction, pop art, funny, etc).. Obviuously the dark, little remorse over killing or maiming criminals, is the most exciting..

chiliD

07-02-2008, 06:43 PM

mylittledemon

07-03-2008, 12:28 PM

I wasn't sure if Batman was always intended to be serious, dark, but I think I read it started that way, and had different phases (science fiction, pop art, funny, etc).. Obviuously the dark, little remorse over killing or maiming criminals, is the most exciting..

Yes, the Batman comics in the beginning were quite "dark." The quintessential Batman story would probably be "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller. It came out in 1986. It's SUPERB. if you're a Batman fan at all, it's a must read.

PS...to answer someone's earlier question...yes, I knew who the Scarecrow was. He was a really cool villain on the Batman Animated Series from the early 90s. And Ra's Al Ghul has been around for quite some time too, he was just never a major player, or that popular.

Phoenix

07-03-2008, 07:52 PM

Yes, the Batman comics in the beginning were quite "dark." The quintessential Batman story would probably be "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller. It came out in 1986. It's SUPERB. if you're a Batman fan at all, it's a must read.

PS...to answer someone's earlier question...yes, I knew who the Scarecrow was. He was a really cool villain on the Batman Animated Series from the early 90s. And Ra's Al Ghul has been around for quite some time too, he was just never a major player, or that popular.

-ScareCrow was totally a badass on the cartoons!!!! And I was soGlad that they did one of the OTHER villans, other than ones that had been done, (and screwed up by) the other recent movies. (except for Jack Nicholson as the joker, and Michelle P. as Catwoman, i thought the others were just waaaay to Campy. Arnold as Mr. freeze? Tommy lee jones as 2 face, ect. phu-leeze.

-NOT a Katie holmes fan. at all and I am glad shes gone

-Cant wait to see it!!! GOING AT MIDNIGHT SHOWING!!!!:blob2:

GarboSpeaks!

07-06-2008, 01:32 AM

mylittledemon

07-06-2008, 08:39 AM

I was going to say it's SUPPOSED to be a dark story, but ya'll have touched on that. The initial Batman movie was semi-dark, and although dated, I think all did a fine job. Nicholson's joker was fab.
I like the look better of this one, and was ardent about the last one. Isn't it also the Memento director doing this (and the last) film? Ugh, I always forget his name, but he's frggin' genious. The vibe/feel of the last film was perfect...imo.

Chris Nolan.

Yeah these new movies...are still missing something. They are making them more "realistic"...you know, how would Batman do what he does in the real world. They are missing that macabre kind of...neurotic wackiness that comes with Batman. I think Tim Burton overdid it, but he got the mood of it right. I think Michael Keaton played a way better Bruce Wayne than anyone else has. That's the key to it, I think. Plus Keaton had a better "Batman voice" too.

SuzeQuze

07-09-2008, 10:06 PM

A Knight's Tale is $5 at Target right now. I saw the HUUUGE Dark Night billboard with Heath on it in Time's Square Sat which was incredibly eerie and sad. I have to go see the film as a fan. And bring tissues.

Villavic

07-21-2008, 02:28 PM

mylittledemon

07-21-2008, 03:47 PM

I went last night to watch this movie. It is awesome!! I liked a loot.. !!! and th joker was not the only bad guy, there was another known villain.. Ledger does a great performance.. the whole movie is good..

Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman are also a great addition to the movie, very good performances, they are such great actors!!

http://begbie.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/batman-2.jpg

Yeah, Heath Ledger was great. I dont think he'll get an Oscar...maybe a nomination...

Bale = boring of course (his voice is so irritating when he's Batman...he could learn a few things from Keaton)

And yes...the "other" villain was done extremely well. It's just as much a joy as seeing Ledger's Joker.

estranged4life

07-21-2008, 05:15 PM

Not a fan of the current Batman franchise (After Clooney stunk it up I lost interest - Only Batman movie I enjoy now is the campy 1966 Adam West "Batman" movie), but maybe its just me but for some reason, even before Heath Ledger passed I thought his makeup was in an eerie similarity to Brandon Lee's "Eric Draven" (Of 'the Crow') - and both passed during or immediately after those portrayals.

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Going to go see HellBoy II instead!!! I like the independent comic book character's moreso than the mainstream: Hellboy, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_In_Paradise">SiP</a> (Strangers in Paradise - There was talk of a SiP movie awhile back - But I doubt HollyWEIRD would understand the story of a love triangle between 2 ladies and a dude), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_%28DC_Comics%29">Death</a> (She's such a cool babe) and The Crow (My brother met "The Crow" creator James O'Barr - Said he was a 'different' dude than one would expect...My bro has an estimated 150,000 comic books at his house)

BTFLCHLD

07-21-2008, 05:17 PM

but maybe its just me but for some reason, even before Heath Ledger passed I thought his makeup was in an eerie similarity to Brandon Lee's "Eric Draven" (Of 'the Crow') - and both passed during or immediately after those portrayals. ditto. I am not sure if I will be seeing batman or not.

gold_dust

07-23-2008, 12:31 PM

I'm looking forward to seeing it. I actually live a few miles away from the original villiage that Gotham City was named after - Gotham, though we pronounce it Goat ham.

The village is most famed for the stories of the "Wise Men of Gotham". These depict the people of the village as being stupid. However, the reason for the behaviour is believed to be that the villagers wished to feign madness in order to avoid a Royal Highway being built through the village, as they would then be expected to build and maintain this route. Madness was believed at the time to be highly contagious, and when King John's knights saw the villagers behaving as if insane, the knights swiftly withdrew and the King's road was re-routed to avoid the village.

One of the mad deeds seen by the knights, was a group of villagers fencing off a small tree in order to keep a cuckoo captive from the sheriff of Nottingham. One of the three pubs/inns in the village is known as The Cuckoo Bush Inn.

Reminded of the foolish ingenuity of Gotham's residents, Washington Irving gave the name "Gotham" to New York City in his Salmagundi Papers (1807). In turn, Bob Kane named the pastiche New York City home of Batman Gotham City. The existence of Gotham, Nottinghamshire in the DC Universe was recently confirmed in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #206 (and reconfirmed later in 52 #27), although the connection between two names within the DCU has not been fully explained.

BTFLCHLD

07-23-2008, 12:42 PM

by Jennifer Jordan

File this in the list of the stupidest things people do, you know, that list that makes you wonder how it's possible for some loser to be a parent when there are so many great people out there who can't have kids? Some jerk decided it was a good idea to leave his son in the parking lot in the car while he went in and saw The Dark Knight, the latest Batman installment.

Oh, yes he did. David Farnham, candidate for father of the year, left his two-year-old son alone in a locked car while he took in the more than two hour movie. Naturally people who were actually concerned about the boy's wellbeing noticed him crying and sent for help from the police. When the boy was retrieved he was dehydrated and scared but otherwise in relatively good condition.

The cops noted it was 87 degrees and the windows of the car were rolled up. I think about this kind of thing all the time living in New York where the temperatures get surprisingly hot. Aside from the basic, common sense fact that no child should be left alone in a car, it was too hot for him to be out there. Did I mention it was in the middle of the night? Oh, yeah, the father went to see the 1:00 AM screening of the movie. I know an R-rated movie is no place for a child, certainly not a two-year-old, but isn't it better than being left alone in a hot car? Or, wait--I know the answer: GET A SITTER. If you can shell out the ten bucks to see the movie you can certainly afford a few dollars more to get someone to watch your kid.

estranged4life

07-23-2008, 02:54 PM

The cops noted it was 87 degrees and the windows of the car were rolled up. I think about this kind of thing all the time living in New York where the temperatures get surprisingly hot.

Oklahomans routinely leave their kids in cars with temps of (Such as today's) 103 and noone complains...Usual daily temps in OK during the summer is a nice daily 102

I always knew New Yorkers were soft, Now I have the proof...

Ya Wussies...

:laugh:

Brian "Give that NY dude the Father of the Year LOSER award" j.