<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (King Shake @ Jul 20 2008, 03:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>May I recall Horny Blond Russian Chicks 4 - The Return of Hard Communism</div> LMAO But you've got to have Joker in the next one. If he's alive, he's got to be in there, he's Batman's arch-villain for crying out loud. I think since they were so apt to reprise Rachel's character <span style='color:#000000;background:#000000'>just so they could kill her</span>, then they should have no problem replacing Ledger.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Jul 19 2008, 10:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I just came back from the movie so I can finally give an honest impression of it. The movie up til the "Interrogation Room" scene...mediocre. Nothing to write home about, and certainly nothing better than Batman Begins. BUT HOLY SHIT from that scene on....just see it already. Oh and where was Catwoman mentioned? And as for the villain of the next film <span style='color:#000000;background:#000000'>Joker is alive, and in custody. Dent is probably not dead, but at least in custody</span></div> I said Catwoman was hinted at. They were modifying the batsuit to make it lighter and easier to move. It was (if memory serves) after the garage scene and before Hong Kong. L Fox mentioned all the things that could penetrate the suit among those was cats. If you recall Batman Returns w/ Keaton & Pfieffer, Catwoman does actually find a soft spot and claws the caped crusader.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ Jul 18 2008, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have this Theatre class where I have to see some plays throughout the summer; so tonight I went to one and before the show, the Director came out and started "dissing" The Dark Knight. In fairness to TDK, he sounded jealous that newspapers over here care more about blockbusters than classic live theatre... I haven't had the pleasure of watching TDK movie yet, as I am occupied this evening, but this man said it was "mediocre" and only highly touted because it had elaborate action scenes and popular characters. Thoughts? How would you retort this? Obviously this grumpy guy doesn't buy into any deep intrinsic value as far as the plot is concerned.</div> As you move through "higher education" you are going to find many teachers/professors who will proselytize their students with their own world view. I had this Sociology teacher in college who used his class to teach us why communism is best for the US. Probably 50% of what he tested us on what over the textbook material, and the other 50% was over his "opinions" on how things should be. I talked with students from other sociology classes, and their experience was nothing like mine. Your theatre director is using his class as a way to deliver his own squirrelly view. It sounds like he didn't even watch the movie.
The Riddler was a silly villain, and I thought Jim Carey was perfect for the job. That movie otherwise was no match for TDK. I'm not sure I would want them to bring back the Riddler in future movies though. I would like to see Bane in the next movie.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Return of the Raider @ Jul 20 2008, 10:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (huevonkiller @ Jul 18 2008, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I have this Theatre class where I have to see some plays throughout the summer; so tonight I went to one and before the show, the Director came out and started "dissing" The Dark Knight. In fairness to TDK, he sounded jealous that newspapers over here care more about blockbusters than classic live theatre... I haven't had the pleasure of watching TDK movie yet, as I am occupied this evening, but this man said it was "mediocre" and only highly touted because it had elaborate action scenes and popular characters. Thoughts? How would you retort this? Obviously this grumpy guy doesn't buy into any deep intrinsic value as far as the plot is concerned.</div> As you move through "higher education" you are going to find many teachers/professors who will proselytize their students with their own world view. I had this Sociology teacher in college who used his class to teach us why communism is best for the US. Probably 50% of what he tested us on what over the textbook material, and the other 50% was over his "opinions" on how things should be. I talked with students from other sociology classes, and their experience was nothing like mine. Your theatre director is using his class as a way to deliver his own squirrelly view. It sounds like he didn't even watch the movie. </div> Oh lol he's not my professor or anything, he was just the director of the play I went to. And he did indeed see the movie, he was just too harsh in his review, imo.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>LOS ANGELES (AP) Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes. "The Dark Knight" took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for "Spider-Man 3" in May 2007 and pacing Hollywood to its biggest weekend ever, according to studio estimates Sunday. "We knew it would be big, but we never expected to dominate the marketplace like we did," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released "The Dark Knight." The movie should shoot past the $200 million mark by the end of the week, he said. ADVERTISEMENT Hollywood set an overall revenue record of $253 million for a three-day weekend, beating the $218.4 million haul over the weekend of July 7, 2006, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "This weekend is such a juggernaut," said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal, whose musical "Mamma Mia!" debuted at No. 2 with $27.6 million.</div> Source
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Joker @ Jul 20 2008, 06:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>LOS ANGELES (AP) Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes. "The Dark Knight" took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for "Spider-Man 3" in May 2007 and pacing Hollywood to its biggest weekend ever, according to studio estimates Sunday. "We knew it would be big, but we never expected to dominate the marketplace like we did," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., which released "The Dark Knight." The movie should shoot past the $200 million mark by the end of the week, he said. ADVERTISEMENT Hollywood set an overall revenue record of $253 million for a three-day weekend, beating the $218.4 million haul over the weekend of July 7, 2006, according to box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "This weekend is such a juggernaut," said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution for Universal, whose musical "Mamma Mia!" debuted at No. 2 with $27.6 million.</div> Source </div> That opening-weekend total will probably go up a little on Monday.
saw it tonight. avoided most spoilers and trailers. great movie. it's truly the joker's movie. that may have been my favorite character performance ever.
In all honesty, I don't think Ledger deserves the Oscar. While he put on a good show through out...generally...there were only a couple "oscar-worthy" scenes for him, and both of them happened in the interrogation scene. I don't buy it.
I don't think he deserves the Oscar, either. All this Oscar talk is mostly blog happy fan boys who are being over-excited. Does he put up a great performance? Yes, but not Oscar worthy. I just posted the picture of the trophy because I thought it was awesome. I will say though, Ledger outshined Bale by far in the movie. God what a great movie. <span style='color:#000000;background:#000000'>Spoiler 1: I don't buy Harvey Dent being dead at all. Right before Batman tackles him to save Gordon's kid, he flips the coin and it lands on heads. Then we see Batman and the kid hanging on, and Dent on the ground presumably dead. I don't buy him being dead, at all. They didn't show a casket shot or anything. Spoiler 2: Mr. Reese is going to be the Riddler, IMO. I know in the comics it was Edward Nigma, but Mr. Reese (mysterious--get it?) is far too similar. If they do go ahead and do a third movie, which they will (hopefully Nolan will stay on board), I think we'll see Two-Face and the Riddler.</span>
<span style='color:#000000;background:#000000'> Riddler? Played by some unknown actor? Pass. Oh, and what is going to happen with Joker?</span>
Played by some unknown actor? So what if he's unknown. Riddler couldn't carry a full storyline either, that's why he'd probably be a secondary bad guy like Scarecrow (BB) and Two Face (TDK).
