The Dark Knight

Took Miss Hac to see this last night, best Batman film so far, well well worth going to see it.

Going to see it tonight with Miss recycle

going on saturday with some mates. looks good.

going to see it with my Patricja this weekend.

Looknig forward to seeing this. Will probably wait for DVD to come out though as I can't stand going to the cinema.

It's great! Easily one of the best comic book movies made, though that's not saying much--but this one isn't your typical Hollywood cookie-cutter comic movie like, well, practically every single one that's come in the last decade (or ever). This is Batman-as-existential-crisis for the post-9/11 era, stupid as I sound for saying that (but see it first, then tell me I'm totally wrong). Darkest one yet by far. As you've surely already heard, Ledger steals the show every time he's onscreen. I'm not usually much for action movies, but this one is well worth seeing.

Saw it last weekend and thought it was fantastic. Ledger's performance as the Joker is amazingly twisted. My only complaint is that it seemed a bit long.

So it "Taps into our post 9/11 fears © " then

Can't wait! Gonna see it next week at IMAX. Isn't the BATMOBILE just the coolest vehicle ever? I want to have a road race in it,racing Jeremy Clarkson from one end of the country to another,only I can take shortcuts...erm..over other cars!

johnny wrote: So it "Taps into our post 9/11 fears © " then

i didn't say that, now did i? more about post-9/11 ethics than fears. could make for an ugly allegorical reading, with Batman as a Bush/Cheney-esque crusader, but that would be forcing things.

His Holiness, The Pope wrote:

johnny wrote: So it "Taps into our post 9/11 fears © " then

i didn't say that, now did i?

Oh ok then maybe you didn't.I must try tapping into my "post 9/11 fears © " sometime though.It seems to be all the rage.How does one go about it?

johnny wrote:

His Holiness, The Pope wrote:

johnny wrote: So it "Taps into our post 9/11 fears © " then

i didn't say that, now did i?

Oh ok then maybe you didn't.I must try tapping into my "post 9/11 fears © " sometime though.It seems to be all the rage.How does one go about it?

Just take your unjustified pre-9/11 fears and project them all over memories of over-mediated terror disasters. For example, instead of imagining God striking you down for masturbating, imagine a hijacked airplane crashing into your penis.

Quality Pope

Although i did have some PRE 9/11 fears, funnily enough.I bought my house on 5/11 - the Friday before 9/11.Which aroused a teensy weensy bit of fear with it being my first house and everything.

or what about having your penis hijacked by a terrorist?

coney island baby wrote: or what about having your penis hijacked by a terrorist?

Good point, Jonathan.I can only hope and dream Digi Mike will be that terrorist.

Going to boil my own head before i go to the pics and see this over-hyped american drivvel.....

or is it?

I must go and see it.There's never been a Batman film before has there? It has to be the first, surely?

Well apart from
Batman (1989) Batman Returns (1992 Batman Forever (1995) Batman & Robin (1997) Batman Begins (2005)

Surprise to learn Christian Bale is currently filming the next Terminator film.Didn't know they were doing another yet.

dark knight is an awesome film. loved it.

bet that new terminator is gonna be shite though. :\ohwell:

I thought Dark Knight was great and agree the the terminator film is likey to be SHITE!

Will still give it a watch though.

Dark Knight = Pisses over all previous films (including 1989's Batman & 2005's Batman Begins.

johnny wrote: Surprise to learn Christian Bale is currently filming the next Terminator film.Didn't know they were doing another yet.

Bale's signed up for 3 terminator films i think.

patrick stewart appreciation society wrote:

Bale's signed up for 3 terminator films i think.

Can't believe he's Welsh.

Burt Reynolds wrote:

patrick stewart appreciation society wrote:

Bale's signed up for 3 terminator films i think.

Can't believe he's Welsh.

He's Welsh??

Blimey... He didn't sound Welsh in "Empire Of The Sun"... :p

Quite good for a big budget movie. Might not want to watch it 10 times, but its a very good at what it tries to do.

And doesn't rely on absurd CGI action scenes to carry the story like almost every recent action movie, doesn't end with an absurd CGI explosion, and the story actually tries to make sense in it's own universe.

Seems like most Hollywood movies have really taken the attitude that half the audience is smart enough to follow the story and don't need the movie to patronize them "to connect the dots" of the stupid story, while the other half of the audience are so damn stupid they can't understand what is going on anyway so why bother wasting time. So movies keep going faster and faster.

johnny wrote: Although i did have some PRE 9/11 fears, funnily enough.I bought my house on 5/11 - the Friday before 9/11.Which aroused a teensy weensy bit of fear with it being my first house and everything.

In civilised nations, Johnny, 9/11 is in November, as is 5/11.

The Americans, bless them, put the month first so they would understand your post to mean that you bought your house on the 11th of May, which is several months before September 11th, the date of the New York mishap. Your post will be confusing to Americans.

Please remedy this at your earliest convenience.

[orange]State of Love and Trust [/orange] wrote: bet that new terminator is gonna be shite though. :\ohwell:

They've all been, since the first one.