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The Dark Knight SPOILER THREAD
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segarr said:
im pretty sure it is also in TDK soundtrack. i will listen and report back
edit: it shows up very briefly in "And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad" at around 1:05. im sure there are others as well
edit2: also the beginning of "Introduce a a Little Anarchy". its a pretty prominent sound throughout the soundtrack really
mrkgoo said:
should they have put fucking black bars on the side of the screen then to show a "tall" picture? obviously they couldnt make it true IMAX, but nolan said that he just wanted to instill the feeling of awe as best as he could. a full screen picture was really the only choice, and is pretty damn good.
Tyrone Slothrop
Banned
compared to, say, spiderman, or your average comic movie fare, TDK is pretty goddamn deep
Prime crotch
Banned
Can we really call TDK that deep? I mean, it has lots of themes but they're all pretty much laid out on the surface of the movie.
I'll say this though, it's probably the most quoted movie I've ever seen so far, that has to count for something, right?
I'll say this though, it's probably the most quoted movie I've ever seen so far, that has to count for something, right?
Tyrone Slothrop
Banned
it was no david lynch movie, but it's certainly more than just a batman movie, imo.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Which shows how far we've come in such a short time.... in 2002, Spiderman was pretty deep compared to comic movies that had come before, in that it actually had a very human protagonist with real problems and emotional drama. Compare that to 90s Batman, where Keaton, Kilmer and Clooney's Bruce Wayne was barely a real character. "I'm rich and I wear a rubber bat-suit... oh and sometimes I pick up a chick or two!"Tyrone Slothrop said:
PhoenixDark
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Blader5489 said:
"Dent died for our sins" is obviously an exaggeration of the eye rollingly dumb scene, you don't have to get butthurt over it. I'm not upset with the theme as much as the delivery, which is a problem throughout the movie
It's 2008's most important film. It will be the film the year is remembered for. For Heath Ledger's performance, and how iconic and quoted it is. As well as the scale of the film, it's unreal box office success, critical praise, and challenging subject matter aimed at mainstream. Not perfect, but one you can reinvest in and get a lot out of. A very good crime film. As well, it's directed by Christopher Nolan, who is gaining more of a following with every film. It will be looked at as one of his career defining films. And lastly, it's a great depiction of terrorism/anarchy on film. Something relevant that hasn't been tackled in this manner, on that stage, like TDK was.
For all of that, it's clearly the film that will be talked into the following years and upcoming decade. Not Benjamin Button, Gran Turino, or The Wrestler. All very good films, i've seen 2 out of the 3, but for how much we're getting out of them TDK is something else.
For all of that, it's clearly the film that will be talked into the following years and upcoming decade. Not Benjamin Button, Gran Turino, or The Wrestler. All very good films, i've seen 2 out of the 3, but for how much we're getting out of them TDK is something else.
Exclamation-One
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BACKLASH BEGINS?
PhoenixDark said:
Exaggeration or not, saying "Dent died for our sins" isn't even a remotely accurate interpretation of that scene. I'm not getting butthurt over it, I'm just laughing at how you're saying "oh, it's definitely a B film" when you failed to even understand the most explicit point of the film. If anyone "died for our sins" in the movie, it's Batman, not Dent.
bodyofanamerican
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I'm assuming this was referring to how Batman found Dent when he was going to shoot the Joker's thug after the attempt on the mayor's life? This was bothering me as well and then it just hit me out of nowhere.fallengorn said:
Dent was on the phone with Rachel right before he starts in on the thug. I think the answer has to be that Batman had already built and was using the cell-phone spying device he used at the end of the movie, but maybe it was on a much smaller scale at this point.
i_am_not_jon_ames said:
They also showed Batman using the technology earlier int he movie in the scene where he is standing on top of the Sears Tower. You can overhear lots of people talking on their cell phones. I don't remember if that scene comes before or after the one where he tracks down Dent.
PhoenixDark
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Blader5489 said:
It's impossible not to "get" the film; Gordon lays it all out for the audience, as does Batman.
And I don't see how it's the "most important" film of 2008. The film's rabid popularity has a lot to do with Ledger's death; there would be no Oscar talk if he was alive
DeathbyVolcano
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I truly don't believe that, to be honest--people were talking award-winning even before he died.
Escape Goat
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PhoenixDark said:
Meryl Streep got nominated for Mama Mia. Mama Mia was absolute shit. Oscar committee was stretching for nominees this year.
thread still chugging along wow :lol
http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2008/12/critics_poll_08.html
Heath tops the supp. actor category in the indiewire poll: a pretty good introduction to the fringe world of film and blogging freaks. village voice used to run the annual polls... so I suppose a number of those cineaste types had their secret shame. good for them... i enjoy a few of these critic participant's work. can't keep up with all of them.
and those are the globes hamburgulary! where all the cool fun performances can squeeze into the more open categories.
http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2008/12/critics_poll_08.html
Heath tops the supp. actor category in the indiewire poll: a pretty good introduction to the fringe world of film and blogging freaks. village voice used to run the annual polls... so I suppose a number of those cineaste types had their secret shame. good for them... i enjoy a few of these critic participant's work. can't keep up with all of them.
and those are the globes hamburgulary! where all the cool fun performances can squeeze into the more open categories.
KeeSomething
Banned
I can't believe the backlash TDK is getting. Why didn't this happen to Batman Begins? BB is a pretty mediocre film to begin with; TDK is far beyond it. Still, I do think the hype TDK gets is a little too insane.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/See-Philip-Seymour-Hoffman-As-Penguin-11378.html
Not really, but a cool looking fake. If the character is done in the Nolanverse that is how I would like him to look more or less.
However if Nolan doesn't cast Bob Hoskins in the next film I WILL BOYCOTT!
Not really, but a cool looking fake. If the character is done in the Nolanverse that is how I would like him to look more or less.
However if Nolan doesn't cast Bob Hoskins in the next film I WILL BOYCOTT!
rollingstart
Banned
Billy Corrigan follows up his role as Mary Jane in Spider-Man 3 by playing the Penguin?
SanjuroTsubaki said:http://www.cinemablend.com/new/See-Philip-Seymour-Hoffman-As-Penguin-11378.html
Not really, but a cool looking fake. If the character is done in the Nolanverse that is how I would like him to look more or less.
However if Nolan doesn't cast Bob Hoskins in the next film I WILL BOYCOTT!
i'd rather the penguin had hair. this makes him look like mr. freeze. wouldn't a nice, slicked back hair cut with a really prominent widow's peak make it look more like a penguin?
TheCardPlayer
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I recently rewatched the movie and....you know what?
It's still just as amazing. One of the greatest films I have ever seen and in my mind, it is a flawless movie.
It's still just as amazing. One of the greatest films I have ever seen and in my mind, it is a flawless movie.
DeathbyVolcano
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SanjuroTsubaki said:It could go either way. Hoffman I would prefer to have some hair and not be as pale as the photo.
However...
Perfection.
That would be a great choice.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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It's not that I think that it's a perfect film; it's not, it has its faults, as does any movie. It's that, for me, there's nothing notable enough that I would knock any points off of the movie if I were rating it.
Limited Edition soundtrack impressions: adds very little to the original release, just as I figured. It does have the music for Gordon's end speech in "A Watchful Guardian", which is what most people wanted. 
But the rest are just rethreads and rearrangements of stuff that was already in the regular soundtrack. Not really worth it. I'm not even comment on the useless electronica remixes.
But the rest are just rethreads and rearrangements of stuff that was already in the regular soundtrack. Not really worth it. I'm not even comment on the useless electronica remixes.jett said:Limited Edition soundtrack impressions: adds very little to the original release, just as I figured. It does have the music for Gordon's end speech in "A Watchful Guardian", which is what most people wanted.
I actually liked the "Rory's First Kiss" track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paa9DxOEePA
They're all up if anyone wants to listen.
Solideliquid
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Watching this again at work on my iphone and during the big rig scene after batman falls off the batpod, when the joker leans over him with a knife to the throat do you think he would have killed batman if Gordon hadn't jumped in?
Also, it seems that the last item placed on the table when the police are looking at Jokers knives is that a potatoe peeler? Why would he have that?
Also, it seems that the last item placed on the table when the police are looking at Jokers knives is that a potatoe peeler? Why would he have that?
BenjaminBirdie
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Mr. Sam said:
Aren't those for movies that lost their shine after a while and you realized it wasn't that great? How could such a thing exist for a movie such as this?
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