Saw new Batman movie... OMG Awesome!!!

cutter · July 20, 2008, 08:53:29 AM

Went and saw it last night in Imax

worth the money if there's one nearby.

I thought it was great, but agree that the story sort of meandered. Heath Ledger was insanely good- nailed the joker and made the movie in my opinion. The scene with him in the hospital with Dent and afterwards was fantastic. Too bad batman's motorcycle sucks, but at least Bruce Wayne has an MV.

Don't read this if you haven't seen the film, but this is a pretty good review in my opinion: http://io9.com/5026466/the-dark-knight-twice-as-long-as-it-should-be

lethe · July 20, 2008, 05:27:06 PM

Loved it, although, is it a bad thing that I felt like the character I related to most was the Joker?
I can't wait to see who wants to see the new magic trick I learned.

Xiphias · July 20, 2008, 09:25:20 PM

FG movie...

sbrguy · July 20, 2008, 10:23:14 PM

yeap they got the joker character spot on, a great planning genius (which he was in the comic since he was the arch enemy of batman and basically as smart), but completely unpredictable and a complete sociopath.. basically a pretty insane guy but extremely smart how he planned basically everything.

heath ledger's acting was as good as they said it was, if you didn't know it was him you would have no idea it was the same guy from a knights tale.

that maggie gylennhall or whatever, was the most annoying character i think in the movie though.

notice that batman likes italian machines, now since he is a billionaire i'm surprised they put him on a normal mv agusta f4, and not the f4-cc in all black or the ducati d16 (which would have been a more appropriate choice as it being very exclusive to rich folks but the f4cc would have been right up there)

what is with mvagusta being in a lot of movies now? with the irobot, hostel 2 (they use a brutale), now this movie, and didn't they use them in the matrix too along with ducati's?

the magic trick line the joker used was really funny, he did have some really wittty lines in teh movie, admit when he did the magic trick you were laughing when he said "see it disappeared".

i dont' seem to see a lot of ducat's in movies, i haven't seen any monsters in any movies just the 748 is the matrix and that is it.

ROBsS4R · July 20, 2008, 10:25:19 PM

Quote from: CairnsDuc on July 18, 2008, 06:38:42 PM
The complaints over here in Australia have started, Not about the movie, people love it, Parents are complaining that is to violent for there kids, we had one Woman who took her 8 year old complaining it was not suitable for her child in a national newspaper (And many other parents joining in)

WTF!!! it's M rated here in Australia (Not suitable for children under 15, must accompianied by a Parent or Guardian)

And yet they are advised it is not suitable for children, and yet they still take kids to see it. and then proceed to pregnant dog and moan because they were not told it was not suitable for there kids to watch, how many make the beast with two backsing times do these people have to see the TV, Newspaper adverts, movie posters, movie guides and so forth that are covered in M rating warning labels before they know it's not suitable for the kiddies!!??!?

Some people should not be allowed to breed!

The theater I went to today there was chidlren 1, 2,3 6 years etc... All scared and one was crying and the stupid trashy parents wouldnt even leave the theater. I am shocked at the parenting of them $:-\$

Ledger deserves a Oscard Nod for sure.

IZ · July 20, 2008, 10:35:58 PM

Quote from: sbrguy on July 20, 2008, 10:23:14 PM
yeap they got the joker character spot on, a great planning genius (which he was in the comic since he was the arch enemy of batman and basically as smart), but completely unpredictable and a complete sociopath.. basically a pretty insane guy but extremely smart how he planned basically everything.

heath ledger's acting was as good as they said it was, if you didn't know it was him you would have no idea it was the same guy from a knights tale.

that maggie gylennhall or whatever, was the most annoying character i think in the movie though.

notice that batman likes italian machines, now since he is a billionaire i'm surprised they put him on a normal mv agusta f4, and not the f4-cc in all black or the ducati d16 (which would have been a more appropriate choice as it being very exclusive to rich folks but the f4cc would have been right up there)

what is with mvagusta being in a lot of movies now? with the irobot, hostel 2 (they use a brutale), now this movie, and didn't they use them in the matrix too along with ducati's?

True. He came a long way from Knight's Tale for this character.

What's up with "a lot" of MV's in movies? Well, there haven't been too many to list. Ducati on the other hand. It seems they're everywhere!

Totally agreed on "why didn't Bruce have an F4cc??" That was the first comment to my wife after we saw movie!! I would expect a billionaire to have that bike! Oh well..it's just a movie. Maybe MV wanted to promote a bike that the public could actually afford instead of a $130K? Who knows?

sbrguy · July 20, 2008, 11:13:21 PM

Quote from: IZ on July 20, 2008, 10:35:58 PM
True. He came a long way from Knight's Tale for this character.

What's up with "a lot" of MV's in movies? Well, there haven't been too many to list. Ducati on the other hand. It seems they're everywhere!

Totally agreed on "why didn't Bruce have an F4cc??" That was the first comment to my wife after we saw movie!! I would expect a billionaire to have that bike! Oh well..it's just a movie. Maybe MV wanted to promote a bike that the public could actually afford instead of a $130K? Who knows?

yeah i notice how mvagusta got not only the bike in the movie but also their "distressed" mv agusta leather jacket in the movie too. that was just total product placement there, there was really no reason for him to use the mv at that point in the movie except to say "hey look i'm cool i'm down with the whole motorcycle thing"

IZ · July 20, 2008, 11:52:00 PM

Quote from: sbrguy on July 20, 2008, 11:13:21 PM
there was really no reason for him to use the mv at that point in the movie except to say "hey look i'm cool i'm down with the whole motorcycle thing"

Might be right on that..

Hmm..since the car transformed into the Batbike..maybe the writers wanted to add "Bruce riding the MV" so the audience knew that he had some experience riding motorcycles??

stateprez · July 21, 2008, 05:49:07 AM

Finally got to see it last night. Awesome.

Quote from: IZ on July 20, 2008, 11:52:00 PM
Hmm..since the car transformed into the Batbike..maybe the writers wanted to add "Bruce riding the MV" so the audience knew that he had some experience riding motorcycles??

That is exactly what I thought when I saw it.

Ledger was amazing....Maggie Gyllenhaal, not so much.

junior varsity · July 21, 2008, 05:52:08 AM

Maggie sucked IMO, and did not look the part the way the more attractive (but probably crazy) Katie Holmes did.

KnightofNi · July 21, 2008, 06:44:22 AM

aside from the fact that they played characters from 2 different storylines with the same name, ledger blew nicholson out of the freaking water. the only thing i didn't like was when he would lick the corners of his mouth. i can't stand hearing mouth noises and that came close to making me walk out.

i think most of the theater laughed at the magic trick. a few of us giggled at the story of how he got the scars too.

i always liked the darker side of batman anyways, when dark knight came out i was ecstatic (even though i didn't follow it past a few months, something about not having money)

i missed the viewing with all the geeks, and got to see it with the kids. one of them was playing with a stuffed batman doll because it was too scary.

isn't that what babysitters are for? someone behind me fell asleep too. that was hilarious.

and no, there isn't anything after the credits, no need to hang out.

Speedbag · July 21, 2008, 03:36:32 PM

Quote from: stateprez on July 21, 2008, 05:49:07 AM

Ledger was amazing....Maggie Gyllenhaal, not so much.

How the hell did she get the role, anyway? Or any work for that matter?

I have yet to see the movie (tonight perhaps), but based on all the footage I have seen she brings nothing to the party. And she looks like a sad sea turtle.

IZ · July 21, 2008, 06:32:18 PM

Quote from: Speedbag on July 21, 2008, 03:36:32 PM
How the hell did she get the role, anyway? Or any work for that matter?

I have yet to see the movie (tonight perhaps), but based on all the footage I have seen she brings nothing to the party. And she looks like a sad sea turtle.

Yeah..wasn't disappointed with the ending of the movie either. She was better than Katie Holmes though..barely. Could've left bot of them out of the movies and wouldn't have changed much.

I did like Maggie from The Secretary though with James Spader.

ROBsS4R · July 21, 2008, 08:50:52 PM

Quote from: IZ on July 21, 2008, 06:32:18 PM
Yeah..wasn't disappointed with the ending of the movie either. She was better than Katie Holmes though..barely. Could've left bot of them out of the movies and wouldn't have changed much.

I did like Maggie from The Secretary though with James Spader.

That was one of her better performances

cutter · July 21, 2008, 09:07:43 PM

I thought she was waaaay better in the role than katie holmes. I don't think either are particularly attractive, but I could believe Maggie was the character she was playing in this movie- definitely not holmes...

Quote from: ato memphis on July 21, 2008, 05:52:08 AM
Maggie sucked IMO, and did not look the part the way the more attractive (but probably crazy) Katie Holmes did.

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