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Departments => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Nessa on August 05, 2008, 03:34:50 PM
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http://www.timewastersguide.com/review/1670/The-Dark-Knight
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That is about what I would have written if I had a logical thought in my head after that movie. My husband and I loved it, and both agree it was a masterful performance by Heath Ledger. However, our kids will not be allowed to watch it. It is too dark, and the pencil thing would definitely get tried, they are only eight and five years old, and both are boys.
Thanks for keeping the reviews up Nessa :) And thanks for writing them you guys :D
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This movie looks so good, but I know it is too dark for me. Scary stuff gives me nightmares.
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I love how when I post my review no one comments, but when Nessa posts it everyone talks about it.
:D ha ha. :P
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Ha! Gotta love the pencil. Definitely not for kids, but man that was funny.
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I thought this movie was really well done. Usually super-hero movies don't stand out as pieces of film, but just within their own genre (not unlike comedies). I think Iron Man is a good recent example of this--Iron Man was a very entertaining film, and very good inside of it's own genre, but it still followed the same basic path that almost all of its predecessors took.
These new Batmen movies, though, can be compared to other well made movies on more than one level. The plot of The Dark Knight stands out as intricate and dynamic; the acting was masterful from both the antagonist and protagonist, as well as most the more minor players; the directing was also very well done, often giving the appearance of violence without actually showing violence/gore on screen.
Unlike most super hero movies, which have appeal as "summer movies", which are notoriously made for profit--to be big smashes but not timeless films, I thought this movie showed an appeal as a piece of art as well as a piece of entertainment. I guess the question here is how many more solid films can we expect out of this series before they drop the ball for profit?
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This movie was simply "amazintastic" to quote miyabi. I dont even remember the old movies anymore. Well maybe the ones with Keaton as Batman but not those other ones. The later Batman movies got Chris O'Donneled pretty badly and they had no hope.
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This movie was simply "amazintastic" to quote miyabi. I dont even remember the old movies anymore. Well maybe the ones with Keaton as Batman but not those other ones. The later Batman movies got Chris O'Donneled pretty badly and they had no hope.
I'm glad my neologistic vernaculars are catching on.
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Gorgon, I sincerely hope that they do not ever drop the ball on the new way they are doing these Batman movies. They are doing so well with them, and they are making a ton of money to boot. So, hopefully that will encourage them to continue to make good movies that will also make them a lot of money, instead of worrying about the money part first.
Sigyn, I know what you mean about scary stuff giving you nightmares, I am the same way. When I watched Sweeney Todd I had to watch two hours of cartoons after to get that movie out of my head enough for good sleep. But, with this one I only watched about an hour and a half of cartoons after. It is kind of my own "rating" system for scary movies. How many cartoons will this movie take for me to be able to sleep later? ;)
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lol thats one way, although i normally just end up reading a lot before i go to sleep. Not that i don't do that anyways....
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Sometimes what I read isn't any help at all ;) So, cartoons it is :D
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The Dark Knight is brilliantly done and imparts a powerful message, however it's very dark both visually and psychologically...when I think about movies I'm going to watch over and over again it's not on the list. For that I'd rather watch Iron Man. :)
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Ironman was too typical of a superhero movie. There was nothing SPECIAL about it.
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The Dark Knight is brilliantly done and imparts a powerful message, however it's very dark both visually and psychologically...when I think about movies I'm going to watch over and over again it's not on the list. For that I'd rather watch Iron Man. :)
Yeah Dark Knight is not just something you pop in for a couple hours on a lazy weekend. Its message and theme is incredibly deep and its something you want to be prepared for. Iron man is also a very good movie, but it is not hardly dark at all. It does incorporate the real world and real life situations such as Iraq but for the most part it is just superhero fun :D
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I am not sure if anyone I know was expecting this movie to be quite this deep and dark. Overall that gave the whole thing a great experience to come away from. There were things about the movie that definitely made me less than thrilled that they happened. However, the one thing that keeps on ringing in my brain when I think back to this movie is what I said after we walked out of the theater, "Apparenly Heath Ledger was in that film...not really sure where though."
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I am not sure if anyone I know was expecting this movie to be quite this deep and dark. Overall that gave the whole thing a great experience to come away from. There were things about the movie that definitely made me less than thrilled that they happened. However, the one thing that keeps on ringing in my brain when I think back to this movie is what I said after we walked out of the theater, "Apparenly Heath Ledger was in that film...not really sure where though."
He was the joker. ha ha. In any case I have a theory about that.
I think they producer had him killed. Why?
Batman has decreased in popularity.
They wanted to make money.
Result.
Everyone now loves Batman
They broke money making records.
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the lack of a smiley makes me question your sanity...
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the lack of a smiley makes me question your sanity...
I genuinely believe my conspiracy to be true.
After all there was never any HARD evidence found to support how he died. . . just a few theories.
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I am not sure if anyone I know was expecting this movie to be quite this deep and dark. Overall that gave the whole thing a great experience to come away from. There were things about the movie that definitely made me less than thrilled that they happened. However, the one thing that keeps on ringing in my brain when I think back to this movie is what I said after we walked out of the theater, "Apparenly Heath Ledger was in that film...not really sure where though."
He was the joker. ha ha. In any case I have a theory about that.
I think they producer had him killed. Why?
Batman has decreased in popularity.
They wanted to make money.
Result.
Everyone now loves Batman
They broke money making records.
I am not entirely sure what your last sentence means. Not sure if there is a referent I am not remembering or if the gibberish in your mind and the gibberish in my mind are clashing with each other in some epic battle right now preventing comprehension.
I will add this though: If your conspiracy is true, and the producer did in fact cause the death of Heath Ledger, then the only way I can see that being plausible, is due to the fact that he realized how good the piece was portrayed, and he knows there is no possibility for a follow-up. Everyone would just be disappointed from then on...even though it would make more sense to just kill the character instead. However, that last part makes sense so it is clearly suspect and ignorable.
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As in like the amount of money they made in the first weekend broke records for most money made.
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Yeah, that would make more sense. My urge to draw tree diagrams to explain where the confusion existed is hard to overcome. Suffice it to say, somehow I read it as the producers literally made money useless by making an album.
Epic Comprehension Fail.
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WOW! Someone forgot to eat their Wheaties this morning.
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I saw Dark Knight.. and loved it. Heath was amazing as the joker, and it definately had that nowhere is safe quality to it. (Spoiler?) I totally called the guy with the bomb in his belly, when he started complaining about burning though. I think Joker was definately my highlight, and I love how Batman sacrificed his reputation in order save Two Face's. All in all, great great movie. I wonder how joker actually did get those scars...
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someone put a cell phone bomb in his mouth. plus duct tape.
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I was on vacation during the premier, i decided to sneak out of my hotel room (parents FTL) and went and saw it. Best Movie Ever. Nothing compares to the acting or the overall story in it. Joker's twisted mind just makes him the most believable and best villain there ever was. I then proceeded to see it every day after the premier for 5 days. Yes, i love batman.
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Frankly, I was disappointed with this film; it was very well-done, but I found it too dark to be able to appreciate it. This is slightly strange, as darkness doesn't usually phase me in a film or book.
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Come on Jade the word Dark is in the name of the movie. Im not calling you out I really loved the movie. It had almost everything you could ask for minus Katie Holmes. The Bat Bike thing was cool but unnessesary. All in all its a good sign for the future movies.
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Don't you know to never judge a film by its title?
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I loved how dark it was. It was such a change from the majority of the "hero" movies that have been coming out a lot recently.