2008: The Year In Movies

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by Steviefan49

I gotta agree with you on the Iron Man and Dark Knight theory. Even tho they both were based on comics, they were, a little different. I really, personally, loved them both in their own perspective ways, you know? I've always been a Heath Ledger fan, and it really hurt when he left us. And I also love Robert Downey Jr. also, and am SOOOO glad to see him be back on top again ! I also LOVED him in Tropic Thunder, which we "LOL'd" throughout almost the entire movie! He was hilarious in that! LOL.. My only wish, on a lot of the "re-makes" are.. that in the era of the special affects, that somehow, they could tone that stuff down a pinch, and improve on the acting a bit.. I think when that happens, it's gonna be SOOO much better.. IMO..

I thought the effects in The Dark Knight were very well done. They actually flipped that semi, and broke one of only 4 IMAX cameras in the world in the process of filming that scene. I also thought the acting was great - particularly on Ledger's part. It depresses me that we finally got such a perfect Joker, and then...no more. :-(

Christian Bale's goofy voice thing bothers me, but I can overlook it because everything else was so good, lol. I hope Nolan will go ahead and do another Batman, though before Ledger passed away, I'd figured they'd do something with The Long Halloween...now, I'm not so sure how they'd work that.

I haven't seen Tropic Thunder yet, but I have heard it was funny, and I think that it is nice to see Robert Downey, Jr. upright and making some semblance of sense. I've always been a fan of his.

The Hellboy films are also great additions to the comics adaptation set, particularly since their story lines are original. And del Toro is an AMAZING director. I love him.