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The Dark Knight SPOILER THREAD

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SpeedingUptoStop said:
Why is nolan talking about himself in the 3rd person?:lol
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It's a by-product of spending too much time around someone as awesome as Bale. He emits masculine like nuclear waste emits radiation; it permeates through your soul and makes you more awesome than awesome can possibly be.
 
Sorry for this question (especially if it's been asked before), but I haven't been keeping up with the home release of the movie.

How many Blu-Ray versions of the Dark Knight are going to be released? If there are more than one, am I going to be missing out if I buy the least-expensive version? I don't really care for model Batmobile's (or whatever they're packing in with the expensive versions). However, I do like special features, so I don't want to accidentally buy a version missing a lot of things like this.

Is there a specific one I should be looking for?
 
Jack Scofield said:
Sorry for this question (especially if it's been asked before), but I haven't been keeping up with the home release of the movie.

How many Blu-Ray versions of the Dark Knight are going to be released? If there are more than one, am I going to be missing out if I buy the least-expensive version? I don't really care for model Batmobile's (or whatever they're packing in with the expensive versions). However, I do like special features, so I don't want to accidentally buy a version missing a lot of things like this.

Is there a specific one I should be looking for?
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There's only 1 Blu-Ray version (2 Discs + Digital Copy), but there is 2 ways of getting it. One is just the Blu-Ray, the other is the Blu-Ray + Batpod case Gift Set
 
AlternativeUlster said:
Did anyone else read about the news of the cancelled Imax rerelease? Bummer road, I say.
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That was a rumor that was going around, but WB said it's not true. Re-Release in IMAX is still planned for January.

http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7859

Earlier today, we received solid word that Warner Bros. Pictures was dropping its plans to rerelease The Dark Knight in theaters in January.

But to our surprise, the studio told us later in the day they are still moving forward with the rerelease and that IMAX should be sending out an official announcement soon.
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Pedobear said:
Weren't you the same guy that said that The Dark Knight couldn't be the best film of the year since Quantum Of Solace was coming up?

It seems that ever since Quantum came out and sucked ass, you've been really harsh towards The Dark Knight.
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Neither are the best film of the year. Also, Quantum is good, TDK is great, and none of these things changes my point about Eckhart/Harvey/Two-Face.

Also, kindly tell me what Ive said that was so harsh to your precious movie. That I dont feel its an all-time classic? Oh no, such venom I spit! Or was it that I felt Eckart was much better before become Two-Face? Oh yes, Im ragging the shit out of the movie.
 
Solo said:
Neither are the best film of the year. Also, Quantum is good, TDK is great, and none of these things changes my point about Eckhart/Harvey/Two-Face.
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Having not seen a better film this year but assuming one is upcoming, I would say that TDK is a great film that deserves a nomination for Best Picture, but probably not a win.

Then again, I'm not going to hate on Solo for having five movies that he thinks deserve a nomination more than TDK.

DrForester said:
Or you can let the guys from Rifftax do it for you.

Coming next from rifftrax.

http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/dark-knight
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Oh god. Having not seen a Rifftrax on something like Raiders of the Lost Ark, are their Riffs on good movies any good?
 
Solo said:
Neither are the best film of the year. Also, Quantum is good, TDK is great, and none of these things changes my point about Eckhart/Harvey/Two-Face.

Also, kindly tell me what Ive said that was so harsh to your precious movie. That I dont feel its an all-time classic? Oh no, such venom I spit! Or was it that I felt Eckart was much better before become Two-Face? Oh yes, Im ragging the shit out of the movie.
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I love you like a sister Solo, but I think we differ here. You're complaint is perfectly valid, but I'm of the opinion that regardless of what some may think of the Two-Face plot, The Dark Knight has become the standard for making the perfect blockbuster. An incredible ensemble with a refreshingly rich plot for a summer movie, mixed with incredible visuals and sound. It's the Jaws of our generation, if you ask me. I think in THAT respect, it deserves a nomination in the very least.

But again, this isn't a universally accepted opinion...but it's pretty darn close to being one, though.
 
The only thing I'll admit is that I think they could've (and probably should have) left the Two-Face plot up in the air for a third movie. Let the transformation happen, end his role in the movie with the bar scene, and have the same scene with the Joker hanging upside down as the end of the film. Although, that gets rid of the kickass ending remarks from Gordon.
 
Well, I think Nolan wanted the Two-Face story over to tie the film up thematically. But that's much of the problem I have the with the latter parts of the movie -- especially the whole ferryboat scene. It was pretty terrible, but I can see why it's so important thematically.
 
Blader5489 said:
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What movie is that from?
 
CajoleJuice said:
Well, I think Nolan wanted the Two-Face story over to tie the film up thematically. But that's much of the problem I have the with the latter parts of the movie -- especially the whole ferryboat scene. It was pretty terrible, but I can see why it's so important thematically.
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You thought the ferryboat scene was terrible? Wtf, why?
 
BrandNew said:
You thought the ferryboat scene was terrible? Wtf, why?
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None of the "actors" could act their way out of a cardboard box - it was like they belonged on some soap somewhere, the characters were melodramatic and unrealistic and to top it off the scene was completely surplus to requirements anyway.
 
Mr. Sam said:
None of the "actors" could act their way out of a cardboard box - it was like they belonged on some soap somewhere, the characters were melodramatic and unrealistic and to top it off the scene was completely surplus to requirements anyway.
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Mr. Sam said:
None of the "actors" could act their way out of a cardboard box - it was like they belonged on some soap somewhere, the characters were melodramatic and unrealistic and to top it off the scene was completely surplus to requirements anyway.
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I'll go with this.
 
BrandNew said:
I love you like a sister Solo, but I think we differ here. You're complaint is perfectly valid, but I'm of the opinion that regardless of what some may think of the Two-Face plot, The Dark Knight has become the standard for making the perfect blockbuster. An incredible ensemble with a refreshingly rich plot for a summer movie, mixed with incredible visuals and sound. It's the Jaws of our generation, if you ask me. I think in THAT respect, it deserves a nomination in the very least.

But again, this isn't a universally accepted opinion...but it's pretty darn close to being one, though.
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Fair enough, and I cant stress enough that I LOVED the movie. In this very thread I did lots of vigorous fapping back in July. With that said, like BB before it, TDK does have flaws.

CajoleJuice said:
I'm on Solo's side here. I've always said that I thought the Two-Face turn was weak.
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Exactly. This is ALL Im trying to say. I loved the movie, but its like a light switch was flipped once Eckhart became Two-Face, and his subtle, grounded, awesome Harvey performance got cast aside for a moustache twirling cookie cutter villain.

Its nowheres near enough to detract from my enjoyment of the film on the whole, but at the same time, its enough to keep it from being amongst my absolute favorites.
 
I hope there's going to be some sweet sale on the Blu-ray Dark Knight. $23+ is a bit too expensive when I know it'll eventually drop to like $15 or something.


Solo said:
Neither are the best film of the year. Also, Quantum is good, TDK is great, and none of these things changes my point about Eckhart/Harvey/Two-Face.
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I know it's just opinion, but are you kidding me? Quantum of Solace was horrible.
Worst. Bond. Movie. ever.
Such a huge let-down for me, especially because I liked Casino Royale a lot.
 
Click said:
I hope there's going to be some sweet sale on the Blu-ray Dark Knight. $23+ is a bit too expensive when I know it'll eventually drop to like $15 or something.




I know it's just opinion, but are you kidding me? Quantum of Solace was horrible. Worst Bond Movie ever. Such a huge let-down for me, especially because I liked Casino Royale a lot.
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Uh...how many Bond movies have you seen?
 
it may not be the best film of 2008, but it's certainly my favorite.

even if i were to discuss best film, it would be right near the top, though arguably not number one. other contenders in my mind:

- in bruges
- 4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days
- wall-e

i haven't seen slumdog millionaire, the brothers bloom (huge fan of brick), or benjamin button. but right now, with what i've seen, any movie--especially a freakin' COMIC BOOK movie--that can hang with a contender like wall-e really brought something special.
 
Solo said:
Exactly. This is ALL Im trying to say. I loved the movie, but its like a light switch was flipped once Eckhart became Two-Face, and his subtle, grounded, awesome Harvey performance got cast aside for a moustache twirling cookie cutter villain.
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Harvey was always played with the edge... he wasn't near it, but within the vicinity. Just look at the scene where he plays the coin flipping game with the joker's (deranged) henchman. Or when he gets that gun pulled on him in the courtroom. He always gives the appearance of composure, but he's not exactly a man living in a normal environment.

Now compound the fact that he just got kidnapped, his future wife just got murdered BECAUSE someone else chose to save him (inadvertently), he had half of his face burned off, and everything he worked for in his life (bringing just control to gotham) completely unraveled... all within the span of 12 hours.

He's not a moustache twirling cookie cutter villain, you're going way overboard making that claim. You can see the torment he carries as two-face, see him fighting a losing battle with himself to stop.

I think if there's any complaint to be made, it would be having the joker convince him to make this change. No matter how susceptible the man was to turning into the thing he became, I still think he would've killed the man who did all those things to his life- coin flip or not.

Click said:
I know it's just opinion, but are you kidding me? Quantum of Solace was horrible.
Worst. Bond. Movie. ever.
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Now you know that's not even close to being true.
 
beelzebozo said:
even if i were to discuss best film, it would be right near the top, though arguably not number one. other contenders in my mind:

- in bruges
- 4 months, 3 weeks, and 2 days
- wall-e
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:rock

(I haven't seen the other two you mentioned)
 
you otter, because they're awesome.

and i was completely baffled by how great in bruges was. everyone was talking about it in that thread, and i'd only seen the trailer, and you try and reconcile how uninspired the trailer looked with the great reaction, and it's just. . . what? but the writing, the acting, everything was just completely tops.
 
beelzebozo said:
you otter, because they're awesome.

and i was completely baffled by how great in bruges was. everyone was talking about it in that thread, and i'd only seen the trailer, and you try and reconcile how uninspired the trailer looked with the great reaction, and it's just. . . what? but the writing, the acting, everything was just completely tops.
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Yeah, I was pretty blown away. Such an intimate, funny, entertaining piece of film.
 
Click said:
I know it's just opinion, but are you kidding me? Quantum of Solace was horrible.
Worst. Bond. Movie. ever.
Such a huge let-down for me, especially because I liked Casino Royale a lot.
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What. The. Fuck?
 
Quantum of Solace is so far from the worst Bond movie ever, it's not even debatable. Did you even see...well, ANY of the Moore flicks?

Quantum is the second best Bond flick in like 30 years. That's really not hard to accomplish though.
 
Click said:
I know it's just opinion, but are you kidding me? Quantum of Solace was horrible.
Worst. Bond. Movie.
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There are two possibilities here:

1. You have terrible taste in Bond films; or
2. You have never seen You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, Octopussy, A View To A Kill, Licence To Kill, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, or Die Another Day. AKA you have barely seen any of them, which makes your stance on the Bond films irrelevant.
 
SpeedingUptoStop said:
I'll make sure to put in a "In Defense of Two Face" chapter in the Dark Knight book I'll inevitably write.
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"Chapter 16: In Defense of Two Face

He lost his wife to be, his job, and half his fucking face! What would you do?

ok. Next chapter.."
 
BrandNew said:
I love you like a sister Solo, but I think we differ here. You're complaint is perfectly valid, but I'm of the opinion that regardless of what some may think of the Two-Face plot, The Dark Knight has become the standard for making the perfect blockbuster. An incredible ensemble with a refreshingly rich plot for a summer movie, mixed with incredible visuals and sound. It's the Jaws of our generation, if you ask me. I think in THAT respect, it deserves a nomination in the very least.

But again, this isn't a universally accepted opinion...but it's pretty darn close to being one, though.
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Well said. :D

And, despite all the hubbub in this thread, I guess it only just hit me today that TDK comes out on TUESDAY. WTF, where did the time go?
 
Extollere said:
"Chapter 16: In Defense of Two Face

He lost his wife to be, his job, and half his fucking face! What would you do?

ok. Next chapter.."
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He actually never lost his job. Until he died of course.
 
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