The Dark Knight

**orlowskij** · 07-20-2008, 06:03 PM

I just got home from it. Another vote for "it kicked ass".

**summit** · 07-20-2008, 10:09 PM

Holy shit! The intensity and darkness was awesome. What a rollercoaster of hopes and dashed hopes. Best movie of the year by far.

The only problem I had... weren't those Illinois plates? I thought Gotham was NYC... and though Zimmerman is awesome, I miss properly applied traditional music music:

Batman TAS... watched growing up... very dark for a cartoon

**skiHOG** · 07-20-2008, 10:29 PM

So, did anyone else get the feeling that Joker suddenly disappeared from the movie towards the end? He could have died, then Batman "saves" him and he's just left hanging there. WTF? After that big of a performance and such a huge character in the movie, no exit?

If Heath doesn't get an Oscar for this, the movie industry has serious problems.

**bennerlur** · 07-20-2008, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by jtq_99

So, did anyone else get the feeling that Joker suddenly disappeared from the movie towards the end? He could have died, then Batman "saves" him and he's just left hanging there. WTF? After that big of a performance and such a huge character in the movie, no exit?

If Heath doesn't get an Oscar for this, the movie industry has serious problems.

Perhaps another 15 minutes of aftermath was in order, but at 2 hr 30 min the editors were probably getting a little worried....

**Arty50** · 07-21-2008, 01:11 AM

That...was...incredible...

**mmcpheet** · 07-21-2008, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by Summit

The only problem I had... weren't those Illinois plates? I thought Gotham was NYC

I thought they were 'Gotham' plates that looked like Illinois plates. Scenery looked like Chicago.

Great movie, though I agree with the voice and length comments.

**skier666** · 07-21-2008, 11:16 AM

I'd say most of the movie was in Chicago...and yeah, I did notice the plates, and was wondering the same thing. Couldn't have they just made some made up plates for those two Suburbans...or just have no plates at all?

Just make sure you see the film with good sound...don't go to the rinky dink theater. I really wanted to see it in IMAX like I did with Batman Returns but that was sold out even when I starting looking last Sunday.

**SnowToad** · 07-21-2008, 11:24 AM

The plates looked like Illinois plates (same colors/font) but said Gotham instead of Illinois. I was wondering the same thing until there was a close up of the Lamborghini

**TeleHoar** · 07-21-2008, 03:04 PM

[SPOILER!]
We were disappointed that there was not any actual flaming bat-holes anywhere in this movie.

I wish, just once, in one of these batman movies that a cartoon lettered KA-PLOOEEY would pop up on the screen during a fight scene.

**Fuzz** · 07-21-2008, 05:50 PM

That movie was pretty much the definition of "intense". The descent into madness, chaos, and panic was quite engrossing.

**gh444** · 07-21-2008, 06:53 PM

I had high expectations and they were met. I loved it!

**Jackie Treehorn** · 07-22-2008, 08:11 AM

Why can't Batman fight off a couple of dogs?

**PowTron** · 07-22-2008, 09:31 AM

Ok...

UN

FUCKIN'

REAL

Best movie of the year, and in my opinion...best "superhero" movie to date

**tromano's short post** · 07-22-2008, 11:22 AM

Awesome movie. Best movie I have seen in a long time.

**skier666** · 07-22-2008, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Jackie Treehorn

Why can't Batman fight off a couple of dogs?

Because they were mean.

**bubba-k** · 07-22-2008, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by skier666

Because they were mean.

not to mention multiple dogs, think how many cops a criminal can get away from but how many pissed off cop doggies can the same criminal deal with...

Anyways I thought it was sweet, the batman's voice acting was lacking but otherwise I didn't even mind the length, in fact I just felt like I was allowed to be immersed for longer. Not too mention two-face.

**AsheanMT** · 07-22-2008, 03:24 PM

Minus the Batman voice that movie was freaking awesome!

**PowTron** · 07-22-2008, 03:25 PM

As far as his voice...it is supposed to be full of anger, not to mention it is not supposed to sound ANYTHING like Bruce Wayne.

So, wouldn't it benefit him by keeping his real identity secret by using an over-acted, rough sounding voice?

wow, I am a dork....

**Jer** · 07-22-2008, 04:28 PM

OK - Batman Begins kicked ass. I can't wait to see The Dark Knight.

**Mach Looney** · 07-22-2008, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by PowTron

As far as his voice...it is supposed to be full of anger, not to mention it is not supposed to sound ANYTHING like Bruce Wayne.

So, wouldn't it benefit him by keeping his real identity secret by using an over-acted, rough sounding voice?

wow, I am a dork....

Yeah, but as a viewer, the voice was way over-the-top and distracting.

As for the rest of the movie, I appreciate the breadth of the script, but I feel like they didn't get to drill down to anything really good because it was so sweeping. Maybe a 90-minute Joker movie would have been better. Still, it's good.

**Verde** · 07-22-2008, 06:11 PM

Is seeing the movie on IMAX much better than a standard movie theater? Our nearest IMAX theater is ~1 hour away.

**orlowskij** · 07-22-2008, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by Verde

Is seeing the movie on IMAX much better than a standard movie theater? Our nearest IMAX theater is ~1 hour away.

Debating that myself. A few of my friends are going to see it tomorrow in IMAX and asked me to go but I saw it on Sunday. Is my mind going to be blown in IMAX? I'm leaning towards no but I'd like to hear from someone who knows firsthand.

**funkendrenchman** · 07-22-2008, 07:23 PM

A Top 10 action movie of all-time.

It has a 9.5 out of 10 on IMDB with over 90,000 votes. That is #1 on their all-time list!

**Nathan Explosion** · 07-22-2008, 09:27 PM

God damn that was a good movie.

**mnflyfish** · 07-23-2008, 10:04 AM

Wow...

Last night the kids had a sleep-over and my wife is out of town on business. So what does a guy do? No not troll the bars or anything, he becomes the creepy guy alone at the theater. Went to the 9:40pm show at a small town theater with kick ass sound and about 5 other people. I'm not usually a fan of comic book movies but this movie blew me away. Ledger was by far the best but I really liked the whole movie. I hated all but the first in the Batman series of movies, not a Spiderman fan, and Hulk and the rest didn't even get on my radar. This movie was dark, creepy, just plain cool. Didn't come across as a typical comic movie. Like others have said, everytime Ledger was on the screen, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I was extremely creeped out by the character. Oh, and I loved the pencil trick! By far one of the top movies I've seen in my almost 40 years of watching movies.

Jay