The Dark Knight

pure · Post by **pure** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:23 pm

Amazing ledger/joker perfomance. The rest of the cast where poor though. Bale was fine but his voice near the end was comical. I could not even understand wat he was saying sometimes. The Worst clint eastwood impersonation ever heard. Its a 7.5/10 film not 9.5. I think the Americans have lost there mind abit with the rateing on IMDB. Ledger was amazing but the rest of the cast where so poor in comparision.

bagelator · Post by **bagelator** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:14 pm

err.. it was .. ok ?

curtamos · Post by **curtamos** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:07 am

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bagelator · Post by **bagelator** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:14 am

curtamos wrote:why did the joker say his suit was expensive for them to later on tell us he made his own clothes

because he was "JOKING">?

ikarai · Post by **ikarai** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:14 am

did you seriously come away from that film with that preoccupying your mind?

for shame.

bandshell · Post by **bandshell** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 1:16 am

datura · Post by **datura** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:41 pm

Brilliant film.

curtamos · Post by **curtamos** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:41 pm

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datura · Post by **datura** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:48 pm

curtamos wrote:aah a joke yes i see what a surprise

ive got another question though........when the power was knocked out is lau's office how did one of his henchmen get a torch so quickly

fucking hell man, if that's all you can think about after watching a film as good as that...

harlesden · Post by **harlesden** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:34 pm

datura wrote:
curtamos wrote:aah a joke yes i see what a surprise

ive got another question though........when the power was knocked out is lau's office how did one of his henchmen get a torch so quickly
fucking hell man, if that's all you can think about after watching a film as good as that...

amen

ikarai · Post by **ikarai** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:54 am

sooo....

anyone seen this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Gotham_Knight

it's like the animatrix but for the new batman franchise. kinda cool, some nice animation in places. i was expecting it to be better tho...

bob crunkhouse · Post by **bob crunkhouse** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:13 am

Ikarai wrote:sooo....

anyone seen this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Gotham_Knight

it's like the animatrix but for the new batman franchise. kinda cool, some nice animation in places. i was expecting it to be better tho...

I liked it, the later ones were better that the first ones. Still haven't seen the film though..

dubnerd · Post by **dubnerd** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:21 am

DJelements wrote: Nicholson survived a fight with batman.

the dark night joker doesn't die.

sinc_vision · Post by **sinc_vision** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:39 am

DubNerd wrote:
DJelements wrote: Nicholson survived a fight with batman.
the dark night joker doesn't die.

i don't think that's what he was referring to.

aaaanyway....

dark knight was heavyheavyheavy.

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

Ledger was amazing, the moment of the whole 'disappearing pencil' just set the whole tone of the film up brilliantly (how did this film stick with a '12' rating??). His voice, ticks, laughs and glares were incredible, loved his 'applause' when Gordon is named commissioner (the camcorder bits were great as well).
Moment of the film was probably when you see TwoFace for the first time, in the hospital when he was asking Gordon "What was the nickname everyone used to call me by back in IA?". That was something of a moment for me. How SICK did they get his face?? They also got his creation spot on with the events that build up to his transformation and Eckhart played both sides of the personality very well.
Someone said the other cast members were pretty wooden, I completely disagree. If you think about it, Bale plays Wayne just right, smarmy enough to cover his tracks as Batman while not being as boring as all the previous incarnations, plus i got used to 'the voice' now and actually quite like it after finding it ridiculous in Batman Begins. Surely the best actor to play Batman. Maggie Gyllenhal was 1000 times better than Katie Holmes (despite that not being too difficult), Gary Oldman is likeable as Gordon, Morgan Freeman served his purpose as he usually does and Michael Caine was, um, Michael Caine, can't really do anything about that.
The action was also much better choreographed/shot than Batman Begins, you could see what was going on a lot better. It was also very visceral; apart from the stupid sonar vision thing at the end I barely noticed any cgi throughout the film.
Oh, and the car/bike chase scene was sick, though I was sad to see the Batmobile go, i really grew to like it after being unconvinced in the first film.

pre-thought process · Post by **pre-thought process** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:54 pm

Pure wrote:Amazing ledger/joker perfomance. The rest of the cast where poor though. Bale was fine but his voice near the end was comical. I could not even understand wat he was saying sometimes. The Worst clint eastwood impersonation ever heard. Its a 7.5/10 film not 9.5. I think the Americans have lost there mind abit with the rateing on IMDB. Ledger was amazing but the rest of the cast where so poor in comparision.

Couldn't have put it better. It's a shame Heath won't be in the next one.

Best moment for me was the phone in the belly (although I was the only person cracking up in the cinema when it came on)

Out of interest, did anyone else have the 'intermission' half way through?

horse · Post by **horse** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:11 pm

just got back from watching it.

damn.

ikarai · Post by **ikarai** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:38 pm

lol. yep. still buzzin days later.

"You have nothing to threaten me with. Nothing to do with all your strength..."

horse · Post by **horse** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:52 pm

"wanna see a magic trick?"

best bit in the film

timid · Post by **timid** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:48 am

Best movie that's been filmed in Chicago so far. Seriously, that movie was dope.

Heath definitely stole the show. I can't wait to see what villain they do next.

The batman voice got a little annoying but the action made up for it.

hopper · Post by **hopper** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:55 am

Thought the acting from all the cast was amazing, even all of the cameos were great - notably the schizophrenic who shoots Gordon at the rally. Thought the music also elevated the film, they had some sick drones theme that played frequently that sounded like Sunn 0))). I think Ledger completely made the film, can't imagine anyone else being able to pull it off as well as he did, the performance was just awesome. The makeup for the joker was awesome as well, but was slightly let down by two face - thought it was a bit comical really and didn't play in too well with the film.

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