OT: THE DARK KNIGHT

by **Rhiannon** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:22 am

NealIsGod wrote:I am pumped to see this. Only 3 1/2 hours...

*faints*

by **brandonx76** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:04 am

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

I just watched this last month! It's an exquisitely bad, but good, horror flick. They used real deformed people in the end. Some odd visuals throughout (Beverly DeAngelo, masturbating? Never thought I'd see that)

The ending still bothers me. She got screwed over!

by **S2M** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:11 am

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.

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.

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 Benchly 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.

To ME, and to everyone else - this should be a very illogical statement. It has nothing to do with the Academy NOT wanting to award a posthumous award. It has to do with the odds(so far) of an oscar-winning performance, followed by a death. Odds DO NOT come into play here.

by **Don** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:18 am

brandonpfn wrote:
Gunbot wrote:
Anybody remember the Sentinel, that creeped me out as a kid.

I just watched this last month! It's an exquisitely bad, but good, horror flick. They used real deformed people in the end. Some odd visuals throughout (Beverly DeAngelo, masturbating? Never thought I'd see that)

The ending still bothers me. She got screwed over!

i didn't under stand the ending as a kid but now I think I get it. Christina Raines's character becomes the new sentinel after she takes the cross from the previous sentinel and the priest. She becomes a nun to save her condemned soul after attempting suicide before and rejecting Christ. She has to become blind so not to see all the evil that surrounds her.

by **YoungJRNY** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:42 am

I've been stoked for this for a long time. Still saddens me to watch Heath Ledgers masterpiece before he ever got to. The role that possibly killed him will be the best for years to come..or so the talks are. 4 theaters and times already sold out ..even hours from now. I'm very excited for this one.

by **RedWingFan** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:47 am

YoungJRNY wrote:I've been stoked for this for a long time.

I have to admit, I'm just now getting anxious to see it. The F'n George Clooney Batman just ruined everything about the character for me. I didn't even bother seeing Batman Begins in the theater. Hopefully The Dark Night can erase that nightmare of Clooney from my mind.

by **Glenn** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:49 am

Gunbot wrote:
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.

To this day, it creeps me out....One of the creepiest things I ever saw on TV.

by **Glenn** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:51 am

This was the best midnight movie experience I have ever had....The crowd for starters was pumped...Costumes and all...

the movie was beyond what I thought it would be....I can't wait to see it again.

by **NealIsGod** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:09 pm

I just got back from it. Major disappointment.

by **RedWingFan** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:16 pm

NealIsGod wrote:I just got back from it. Major disappointment.

Care to explain, without divulging many spoilers?

by **NealIsGod** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:27 pm

RedWingFan wrote:
NealIsGod wrote:I just got back from it. Major disappointment.

Care to explain, without divulging many spoilers?

Just found it too preachy and too long. Instead of the audience being allowed to "get it", everything was explained in minute detail. It should have been a half hour shorter. Plus there are other things that would be spoilers, so I won't go into them here.

by **RedWingFan** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:34 pm

NealIsGod wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:
NealIsGod wrote:I just got back from it. Major disappointment.

Care to explain, without divulging many spoilers?

Just found it too preachy and too long. Instead of the audience being allowed to "get it", everything was explained in minute detail. It should have been a half hour shorter. Plus there are other things that would be spoilers, so I won't go into them here.

So basically the opposite of my complaint with X3. That movie would spend 1 30 sec. scene on a major movie plot, and was about 30 minutes too short. Like I said, I'm going Saturday night so maybe I'll go over it after then.

by **SteveForever** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:48 pm

NealIsGod wrote:
RedWingFan wrote:
NealIsGod wrote:I just got back from it. Major disappointment.

Care to explain, without divulging many spoilers?

Just found it too preachy and too long. Instead of the audience being allowed to "get it", everything was explained in minute detail. It should have been a half hour shorter. Plus there are other things that would be spoilers, so I won't go into them here.

Right on...why does Hollywood dumb down everything now? and it was definitely too long....

by **YoungJRNY** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:56 pm

Amazing.PERIOD. Nothing else needs to be said.

R.I.P Mr. Ledger

by **stevew2** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:00 pm

You all are to weird for me, im off

by **bluejeangirl76** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:42 pm

Omg. Just... omg.

Just back back from seeing it with the fabulous Rhi and the also fabulous Mr. Rokken.

Heath Ledger RAN AWAY with that movie. My god but he was awesome!!!!
That made me all the more sad that he couldn't be here to see it or enjoy it. :cry:

RIP, sir.

My one gripe: Christian Bale was not shirtless enough. :evil:

The two times he took the mofo off, they cut away. Me and Rhi was pizzed uff.

by **Rip Rokken** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:33 pm

bluejeangirl76 wrote:Omg. Just... omg.

Just back back from seeing it with the fabulous Rhi and the also fabulous Mr. Rokken.

Heath Ledger RAN AWAY with that movie. My god but he was awesome!!!!
That made me all the more sad that he couldn't be here to see it or enjoy it. RIP, sir.

My one gripe: Christian Bale was not shirtless enough.
The two times he took the mofo off, they cut away. Me and Rhi was pizzed uff.

GREAT movie, and it was awesome to finally see what Heath Ledger did with the role -- just the short Joker clips I'd seen from previews weren't enough to really wow me, and I figured I just hadn't seen enough -- and I hadn't. He did a phenomenal job!

I've been so short of sleep the past week, the last hour was real torture as I kept fighting nodding off. I never fell asleep, but it was pretty much a constant fight, where every few minutes my eyes would start to shut. I'll definitely see it much earlier in the day and after a good rest next week.

There were many surprises in the film, and some story arcs that I'd understood were supposed to be short had much more too them, and that was excellent.

by **Rhiannon** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:08 pm

Instantly one of the best films ever made.

Made me proud to have Chicago(land) as my (new) home. Loved hearing the trains in the background of some scenes. Maybe it felt more real to me because in many scenes I was seeing things I'd seen with my own eyes, watching Batman race down a street I drive on. Etc...

Anyhow... Heath was simply amazing. Several times I was so wrapped up in it, I forgot where I was, who I was, or that I was actually in a cinema. Not enough Bale time... most of it was in the suit, which was not as sexually explicit as Batman suits of yore. Which kinda keeps it truer to purpose. I'm astounded. Best Batman ever. And until I can remember other movies exist, it's my favorite movie of all time.

And yes, was puzzzed off that the most chest action I got was a scarred up wounded view of the upper torso/shoulder area. Christian is the perfect specimen of male. Do want.

by **texafana** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:32 pm

fk... lots of negative reivews on this one all over the place. !!!!! I think the whole "Heath's final masterpiece" crap hyped it up too much. Going to see it this weekend anyway.

by **NealIsGod** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:07 pm

texafana wrote:fk... lots of negative reivews on this one all over the place. !!!!! I think the whole "Heath's final masterpiece" crap hyped it up too much. Going to see it this weekend anyway.

Yes, Ledger was incredible, but it was like Tom Brady playing with high school kids. He stood out too much.

by **Glenn** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:37 pm

texafana wrote:fk... lots of negative reivews on this one all over the place. !!!!! I think the whole "Heath's final masterpiece" crap hyped it up too much. Going to see it this weekend anyway.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight/

Not so much......It's one of the best reviewed movies of the year.

by **NealIsGod** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:42 pm

And the female lead was almost as ugly as the Joker.

by **X factor** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:44 pm

NealIsGod wrote:
texafana wrote:fk... lots of negative reivews on this one all over the place. !!!!! I think the whole "Heath's final masterpiece" crap hyped it up too much. Going to see it this weekend anyway.

Yes, Ledger was incredible, but it was like Tom Brady playing with high school kids. He stood out too much.

WIth Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart Gary Oldman and Maggie Gyllenhaul? Yeah...I'll take THAT high school drama team any old day of the week!

..and Maggie Gyllenhaul is a babe, bro!!!

by **X factor** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:48 pm

StocktontoMalone 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.

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.

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 Benchly 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.

To ME, and to everyone else - this should be a very illogical statement. It has nothing to do with the Academy NOT wanting to award a posthumous award. It has to do with the odds(so far) of an oscar-winning performance, followed by a death. Odds DO NOT come into play here.

I contest that YOUR statement is illogical. Odds DO come into play. If only one actor has ever been posthumously awarded an Oscar in 81 years, then the odds are DEFINITELY not is her/ his favor to get one. How is that illogical, Spock? My point was that some have argued that this is done everytime a well known actor dies. "Well, he or she died, so lets give em the Oscar!" I was simply pointing out that that's not the case...

by **Barb** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:46 pm

We just got back from seeing it. As usual, the movie didn't live up to the hype for me. I was bored and anxious for it to be over. Heath Ledger was fantastic and I love what he did with the character, but this movie is not nearly as great as it should be for all the raving.

by **The_Noble_Cause** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:52 pm

Best Batman Movie Ever....and I was never too keen on Begins.
As with Blade 1 and Blade 2, the less direct input Goyer has over a script, the better the outcome.
Repressively nihilistic and unremittingly neo-noirish, this Batman is likely to satisfy even Burton-purists who prefer their Bats served up with a baroque dose of the macabre.
Can't wait to see this again.

by **Don** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:53 pm

This movie has a current rating of 9.7 on IMDB (with 23,000 votes) That is very rare.

by **Triple S** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:57 pm

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.

Burnt Offerings scared me more than perhaps any other movie that I remember. The Exorcist - not at all. I remember standing in line outside the theatre in freezing cold temperatures for at least a half hour, with fake ID, to get in. Was so relieved and pissed off when I finally did - maybe that distracted me from being scared!

by **RedWingFan** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:57 am

Barb wrote:We just got back from seeing it. As usual, the movie didn't live up to the hype for me. I was bored and anxious for it to be over. Heath Ledger was fantastic and I love what he did with the character, but this movie is not nearly as great as it should be for all the raving.

Exactly. After so many twists and turns and stuff, for me after awhile I just stopped caring. In fact I just asked my wife a couple of minutes ago. "What ever happened to the Joker?" She couldn't remember either. We had both pretty much tuned out by then.
Iron Man was way better.

by **The_Noble_Cause** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:00 am

RedWingFan wrote:[She couldn't remember either. We had both pretty much tuned out by then.
Iron Man was way better.

Iron Man was little more than your average cookie-cutter superhero flick - raised only by Downey's cheeky self-deprecating performance.
Dark Knight has redefined the modern comic book film as we know it.

MR

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