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OT: THE DARK KNIGHT

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:03 am
by X factor
Anyone seeing DARK KNIGHT tomorrow (or at Midnight tonight? 8)
I was actually gonna try to see a midnight showing tonight, but they are ALL SOLD OUT (over 25 showings I checked out) Even the crap theatres have sold out their midnight shows. I think this movie will make a bizillion dollars this weekend! I do believe the summer box office king has just entered the building!

Just curious...

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:10 am
by Rhiannon
Me, Rip, and BJG are hitting the IMAX tomorrow night! :D :D :D

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:21 am
by Don
Rhiannon wrote:Me, Rip, and BJG are hitting the IMAX tomorrow night! :D :D :D


Are you gonna bring a sedative in case RIP has a some kind of Dokken dialog seizure during the film.

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:25 am
by JH'sTXfan
My son is going to the midnight showing tonight. I have to work tomorrow, so I'll wait until the weekend. This is going to be a kick@ss movie. :D

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:34 am
by Glenn
I'm going to the midnight show tonight....Can't friggin' wait!!!!



Side note : Gunbot, your avatars are worth signing in here just to look at. Well played as they say!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:37 am
by NealIsGod
I am going tomorrow night if I can get a couple of tix.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:42 am
by Don
JSS Rocks! wrote:I'm going to the midnight show tonight....Can't friggin' wait!!!!



Side note : Gunbot, your avatars are worth signing in here just to look at. Well played as they say!


All I do is create graphs and analyze stats all day. It's nice to pop in here, make a comment and be greeted by something that isn't a number.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:44 am
by Rhiannon
Gunbot wrote:
Rhiannon wrote:Me, Rip, and BJG are hitting the IMAX tomorrow night! :D :D :D


Are you gonna bring a sedative in case RIP has a some kind of Dokken dialog seizure during the film.


Lol... if he acts up I'll threaten to destroy his copy of LSA. :twisted:

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:09 am
by Jeremey
Just got a ticket for tonight. Came back to load up the iPod with Tim & Eric episodes while waiting for the show to start tonight. Yipee!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:04 pm
by Jeremey
Wow....

Just, wow....

Amazing movie.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:08 pm
by Rip Rokken
Jeremey wrote:Wow....

Just, wow....

Amazing movie.


CAN'T WAIT!!!! Seeing it at the IMAX in Chicago tomorrow!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:40 pm
by NealIsGod
Just Fandango'd my tix for tonite. :D

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:06 pm
by X factor
Gunbot wrote:
Rhiannon wrote:Me, Rip, and BJG are hitting the IMAX tomorrow night! :D :D :D


Are you gonna bring a sedative in case RIP has a some kind of Dokken dialog seizure during the film.

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This almost made my coffee squirt out my nose! :lol:

I'm going to an early show today! No IMAX, but I can't wait!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:34 pm
by Red13JoePa
There are grown people on AICnews.com that are saying Ledger's Joker is literally giving them nightmares.

Best superhero film ever made and best picture oscar for 2008 are also mentioned, as is Ledger's best actor being a shoe-in.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:39 pm
by strangegrey
Rhiannon wrote:Me, Rip, and BJG are hitting the IMAX tomorrow night! :D :D :D


Rhi, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT see a movie at IMAX (unless you have already and actually like getting sick)


Last year, my wife and I went to see HP: order of the phoenix at the local IMAX and it was VERY difficult to watch. On a normal wide aspect screen, when you look at two characters talking to eachother, one on either side of the screen, all you have to do is look forward.

On Imax, the same scenario is left and right. You literally have to turn your head to the right to see something happening on the right side of the screen and turn your head left to see the same thing left. It was so disturbing to watch that I was dizzy walking out of the place.

and I'm fairly sure that the dizziness wasn't caused by the bottle of wine we consumed prior to the movie! :wink:

Regardless, it's tough to watch an action film on IMAX.



Having said all of that, I AM SO there with this movie. I can't wait. I thought Batman Begins was one of the greatest movies ever...this one looks so cool.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:40 pm
by NealIsGod
Red13JoePa wrote:There are grown people on AICnews.com that are saying Ledger's Joker is literally giving them nightmares.


Only two movies have ever given me nightmares - The Exorcist and Burnt Offerings. And both were very long ago.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:45 pm
by Rhiannon
strangegrey wrote:
Rhiannon wrote:Me, Rip, and BJG are hitting the IMAX tomorrow night! :D :D :D


Rhi, do NOT, I repeat, do NOT see a movie at IMAX (unless you have already and actually like getting sick)


Last year, my wife and I went to see HP: order of the phoenix at the local IMAX and it was VERY difficult to watch. On a normal wide aspect screen, when you look at two characters talking to eachother, one on either side of the screen, all you have to do is look forward.

On Imax, the same scenario is left and right. You literally have to turn your head to the right to see something happening on the right side of the screen and turn your head left to see the same thing left. It was so disturbing to watch that I was dizzy walking out of the place.

and I'm fairly sure that the dizziness wasn't caused by the bottle of wine we consumed prior to the movie! :wink:

Regardless, it's tough to watch an action film on IMAX.



Having said all of that, I AM SO there with this movie. I can't wait. I thought Batman Begins was one of the greatest movies ever...this one looks so cool.


I've only ever been to an IMAX once and I don't even remember what it was like. (I was 11 and it was on a summer trip in Gatlinburg, TN...) Don't the seats move at some of them? Where am I getting that from? Ah, well. Thanks for the warning, though. I bet that bottle of wine had nothing to do with it. :P
My friend's boyfriend went to the midnight showing last night and apparently it blew his mind... and he's one of these HUGE comic people. I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing it.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:11 am
by bluejeangirl76
strangegrey wrote:
Regardless, it's tough to watch an action film on IMAX.



It depends on the theater. If its a regular movie (not one designed for Imax) and they don't project it to the full format of the Imax screen its not that bad. I saw Interview with a Vampire that way. The ran it huge but not to the full screen size and it was pretty cool.

The tix are a done deal though, so Imax it is. Maybe we should bring dramamine.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:31 am
by Jeremey
Joker did not give me nightmares, but it was a great character....

With a little hindsight, if anything the film may have been a bit too intense...

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:38 am
by Deb
bluejeangirl76 wrote:
strangegrey wrote:
Regardless, it's tough to watch an action film on IMAX.



It depends on the theater. If its a regular movie (not one designed for Imax) and they don't project it to the full format of the Imax screen its not that bad. I saw Interview with a Vampire that way. They ran it huge but not to the full screen size and it was pretty cool.

The tix are a done deal though, so Imax it is. Maybe we should bring dramamine.


That one would have been cool to see that way too. Pirates of the Carribean was. :)

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:14 am
by RedWingFan
I think I'm going to take my wife and son to the drive-in and watch it. Jump in the van and pick up a couple of pizza's and a 2 liter on the way. Wall-E is playing first so my boy should be out like a light before The Dark Knight starts. :D

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:22 am
by brywool
RedWingFan wrote:I think I'm going to take my wife and son to the drive-in and watch it. Jump in the van and pick up a couple of pizza's and a 2 liter on the way. Wall-E is playing first so my boy should be out like a light before The Dark Knight starts. :D


Nah, don't see it at a drive in. Won't be as good. And Wall E's a cool movie.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:27 am
by RedWingFan
brywool wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:I think I'm going to take my wife and son to the drive-in and watch it. Jump in the van and pick up a couple of pizza's and a 2 liter on the way. Wall-E is playing first so my boy should be out like a light before The Dark Knight starts. :D


Nah, don't see it at a drive in. Won't be as good. And Wall E's a cool movie.

Yeah, I know. But it keeps us from having to get a sitter. I'll get a good viewing of it the plot and all that at the drive-in. If it's as good as everyone says I'm sure I'll buy it on blu-ray and watch it on my 55' 1080 big screen and Bose acoustimass system which is BETTER than the theater. :D

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:44 am
by X factor
RedWingFan wrote:
brywool wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:I think I'm going to take my wife and son to the drive-in and watch it. Jump in the van and pick up a couple of pizza's and a 2 liter on the way. Wall-E is playing first so my boy should be out like a light before The Dark Knight starts. :D


Nah, don't see it at a drive in. Won't be as good. And Wall E's a cool movie.

Yeah, I know. But it keeps us from having to get a sitter. I'll get a good viewing of it the plot and all that at the drive-in. If it's as good as everyone says I'm sure I'll buy it on blu-ray and watch it on my 55' 1080 big screen and Bose acoustimass system which is BETTER than the theater. :D


Red Wing, I'm not sure how old your boy is, but I'm make good and sure he's crashed if he's a little one. This is one intense film!

But OH MY GOD!!! What a great film...I'd hand Heath Ledger an ocsar right now if it were up to me! And Aaron Eckhart? Brilliant!!! Great movie!

ps- to all the haters who say Heath would only get a nod cause he's no longer with us, and that's the "kinda shit the academy does"? Only ONE posthumous oscar has EVER been given for acting and that was in the 70's (The WELL DESERVED Oscar Peter Finch got for NETWORK) So the odds are actually against him getting it. I hope he does, cause this performance, to me, is the stuff of legend. And I've been in the acting game for almost 30 years, so I know a little sumpin' bout it, if I do say so myself.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:53 am
by NealIsGod
I am pumped to see this. Only 3 1/2 hours...

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:00 am
by Memorex
NealIsGod wrote:
Red13JoePa wrote:There are grown people on AICnews.com that are saying Ledger's Joker is literally giving them nightmares.


Only two movies have ever given me nightmares - The Exorcist and Burnt Offerings. And both were very long ago.


Wow, I thought I was the only one who felt that way about Burnt Offerings. I saw it as a kid and to this day I think about it. I never watched it again. I DVR'd it about a month ago to show my kids, who love scary movies. But then I decided against t and deleted it before watching. I can't wait to see Dark Knight.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:01 am
by RedWingFan
X factor wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:
brywool wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:I think I'm going to take my wife and son to the drive-in and watch it. Jump in the van and pick up a couple of pizza's and a 2 liter on the way. Wall-E is playing first so my boy should be out like a light before The Dark Knight starts. :D


Nah, don't see it at a drive in. Won't be as good. And Wall E's a cool movie.

Yeah, I know. But it keeps us from having to get a sitter. I'll get a good viewing of it the plot and all that at the drive-in. If it's as good as everyone says I'm sure I'll buy it on blu-ray and watch it on my 55' 1080 big screen and Bose acoustimass system which is BETTER than the theater. :D


Red Wing, I'm not sure how old your boy is, but I'm make good and sure he's crashed if he's a little one. This is one intense film!

18 months. Last time we took him was about a month ago. He was fast asleep halfway through Kung Fu Panda. It worked out pretty well. We stowed all the seats in the floor so he had a blast playing in the back whenever he wanted. The Dark Knight isn't scheduled to start til around 11:35. So I'm pretty sure he'll be crashed out pretty hard! Now I'm getting all geeked for it and I'm not a DC guy at all. :D

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:06 am
by Don
Memorex wrote:
NealIsGod wrote:
Red13JoePa wrote:There are grown people on AICnews.com that are saying Ledger's Joker is literally giving them nightmares.


Only two movies have ever given me nightmares - The Exorcist and Burnt Offerings. And both were very long ago.


Wow, I thought I was the only one who felt that way about Burnt Offerings. I saw it as a kid and to this day I think about it. I never watched it again. I DVR'd it about a month ago to show my kids, who love scary movies. But then I decided against t and deleted it before watching. I can't wait to see Dark Knight.


Anybody remember the Sentinel, that creeped me out as a kid.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:08 am
by RedWingFan
Gunbot wrote:
X factor wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:
brywool wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:I think I'm going to take my wife and son to the drive-in and watch it. Jump in the van and pick up a couple of pizza's and a 2 liter on the way. Wall-E is playing first so my boy should be out like a light before The Dark Knight starts. :D


Nah, don't see it at a drive in. Won't be as good. And Wall E's a cool movie.

Yeah, I know. But it keeps us from having to get a sitter. I'll get a good viewing of it the plot and all that at the drive-in. If it's as good as everyone says I'm sure I'll buy it on blu-ray and watch it on my 55' 1080 big screen and Bose acoustimass system which is BETTER than the theater. :D


Red Wing, I'm not sure how old your boy is, but I'm make good and sure he's crashed if he's a little one. This is one intense film!

Are you gonna hide him in the trunk or is he young enough to get in for free?

:lol: It's a Chrysler Town & Country van. (no trunk) He gets in for free. :lol: Although he is small enough to fit into the "stow and go" areas. Seriously though when he gets a bit older we may have to smuggle him in there. When he's old enough to know to keep quiet. :lol:

PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:18 am
by Don
RedWingFan wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
X factor wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:
brywool wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:I think I'm going to take my wife and son to the drive-in and watch it. Jump in the van and pick up a couple of pizza's and a 2 liter on the way. Wall-E is playing first so my boy should be out like a light before The Dark Knight starts. :D


Nah, don't see it at a drive in. Won't be as good. And Wall E's a cool movie.

Yeah, I know. But it keeps us from having to get a sitter. I'll get a good viewing of it the plot and all that at the drive-in. If it's as good as everyone says I'm sure I'll buy it on blu-ray and watch it on my 55' 1080 big screen and Bose acoustimass system which is BETTER than the theater. :D


Red Wing, I'm not sure how old your boy is, but I'm make good and sure he's crashed if he's a little one. This is one intense film!

Are you gonna hide him in the trunk or is he young enough to get in for free?

:lol: It's a Chrysler Town & Country van. (no trunk) He gets in for free. :lol: Although he is small enough to fit into the "stow and go" areas. Seriously though when he gets a bit older we may have to smuggle him in there. When he's old enough to know to keep quiet. :lol:


I had forgot about minivans and such. I was thinking back to the days of being under a blanket in the back of a CountrySquire Stationwagon. :lol: :lol: