Well, I've seen THE DARK KNIGHT...

[Yeagermeister]

Hey, I don't pay DirecTV 120 bucks a month to go watch a movie in a theater!!!

Or to look at it another way, BECAUSE I pay DirecTV 120 bucks a month, I can't AFFORD to go to the theater... can't tell you how much I miss those sticky floors, and the Raisinettes...

OK Pee Wee

 

[DallasEast]

The Dark Knight will easily be the biggest movie of 2008.

Yep, I said it.

 

[silverbear]

OK Pee Wee

Pornos are much more fun to watch at home, and you don't risk arrest...

 

[MrMom]

But bluntly, I'll believe that any Batman movie can "transcend" the genre, when I see it for my own eyes...

Funny you say that. This review does contain some spoilers, but the reviewer is pretty much just stressing the fact that Hellboy II and The Dark Knight have transcended the comic book movie genre. Here's a snippet.

Bottom line: these are films that are built to last. When someone says to me, “It’s just a comic book movie,” these are the films that make that statement pointless. Nothing has to be “just” a comic book movie or “just” a video game movie or “just” a remake or “just” a sequel. Every single time you set out to make a film, you have a chance to say something, a chance to genuinely affect your viewer. You don’t have to aim for “good enough.” Ambition is important, but HANCOCK proves that’s not enough. It’s ambition plus inspiration plus creative chemistry plus a little bit of dumb ****ing luck that all come together to make movies like these. But the only reason they accomplish anything is because Christopher Nolan and Guillermo Del Toro and all the remarkable madmen they collaborated with in bringing them to the screen... they all dared to drop the word “just” from their vocabulary. They aimed for art. They aimed for pure enduring cinema.
And, good god, we are richer for it.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37285

 

[HTownCowboysFan]

And no, being a devoted fanboy does not mean you're automatically going to love a film.

Agreed. I hated most of the films before BEGINS...including B89 -- and reviewed as such.

Look, I'm WAY more than a fanboy -- I wouldn't have been where I was this weekend if I was. This film is BAD-***.

Go see it -- in IMAX if you can. Then come tailgate with me this year on the blue lot so I can tell you "I told you so."

Oh yeah, fanboys don't do this...

http://www.batman-on-film.com/TDK_junket_a-chat-with-chrisnolan_6-30-08.html

 

[the kid 05]

hey htown, i got an 8 year old bro whos dying to see this. He watches all sorts of horror movies and plays games sucha s GTA and Call of Duty, with his desensited brain would it still be to much for him or no? The theater right up the road is showing it in Imax and we both want to go see it but your original post has me worried a bit

 

[HTownCowboysFan]

hey htown, i got an 8 year old bro whos dying to see this. He watches all sorts of horror movies and plays games sucha s GTA and Call of Duty, with his desensited brain would it still be to much for him or no? The theater right up the road is showing it in Imax and we both want to go see it but your original post has me worried a bit

Don't take him. The Joker is F'ed...totally. I'm not taking my 7 year old as Chris suggested, but I'll take my 12 and 14 year old.

Really, it's off the chain and not for kids. :starspin

 

[the kid 05]

Don't take him. The Joker is F'ed...totally. I'm not taking my 7 year old as Chris suggested, but I'll take my 12 and 14 year old.

Really, it's off the chain and not for kids. :starspin

damn...sucks for him lol

 

[Rampage]

Don't take him. The Joker is F'ed...totally. I'm not taking my 7 year old as Chris suggested, but I'll take my 12 and 14 year old.

Really, it's off the chain and not for kids. :starspin

Sweet! i like how the director of these batman movies are making them more adult like and creepy.

 

[Kevinicus]

Well, been planning on rewatching Batman Begins soon. So last night just for the hell of it I popped open my HD-DVD and the disc was mysteriously gone. I have no idea where it could have gone. I haven't watched that movie since shortly after it came out on HD-DVD. I always put movies back into their cases as well. The only thing I can think of is that someone stole it. I don't really know anyone who has an HD-DVD player though. It must have been last June when I went to a convention and brought it with me just in case anyone wanted to watch something. Had a lot of people in our hotel room so who knows.

Guess I'll have to pick up the Blu-ray next week though. Might as well get the box set while I'm at it.

 

[Achozen]

Well, been planning on rewatching Batman Begins soon. So last night just for the hell of it I popped open my HD-DVD and the disc was mysteriously gone. I have no idea where it could have gone. I haven't watched that movie since shortly after it came out on HD-DVD. I always put movies back into their cases as well. The only thing I can think of is that someone stole it. I don't really know anyone who has an HD-DVD player though. It must have been last June when I went to a convention and brought it with me just in case anyone wanted to watch something. Had a lot of people in our hotel room so who knows.

Guess I'll have to pick up the Blu-ray next week though. Might as well get the box set while I'm at it.

Damn, you got owned.

lol.

 

[HTownCowboysFan]

Guess I'll have to pick up the Blu-ray next week though. Might as well get the box set while I'm at it.

I'm giving away 15 BATMAN BEGINS Special Editions in Blu-ray...

http://www.batman-on-film.com/contests_dcdirect_TDK-1-June_6-10-08.html

Maybe you'll win....

 

[the kid 05]

htown my little brother offically hates you lol A) i told him you seen it and you wont tell me anything about it and B) you said it was to violent/grusem/dark and I told my mom and she said like i did "sucks for him" lol

 

[Aikmaniac]

HTown, that's awesome you had the chance to view the film. I'm looking forward to it as well.

BTW, silverbear, there's no horror movie that's ever compared to the original "Halloween"...just my opinion.

I agree that HTown's excitement for the movie may have him overexaggerating on some points, but I've read other film reviews of his as well...not of the comic genre...that are right up there with the critics themselves.

His exuberance reminds me of mine with Stallone movies. Been a fan of his for years and found myself again counting down the days until Rocky Balboa and Rambo came out. It felt like I was 10 years old again.

 

[Kevinicus]

I'm giving away 15 BATMAN BEGINS Special Editions in Blu-ray...

http://www.batman-on-film.com/contests_dcdirect_TDK-1-June_6-10-08.html

Maybe you'll win....

I may just do that, questions are easy enough so it couldn't hurt.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

You might want to check out the link in his sig. In terms of Batman websites, it literally is the #1 on the web.

And no, being a devoted fanboy does not mean you're automatically going to love a film. Lots of devoted fanboys didn't like Superman Returns. Lots of (every?) devoted Batman fanboys hated most of the original Batman movies.

Do you like every move made by Jerry? Do you agree with every draft pick, cut, or signing?

Of course you don't.

I couldn't agree more, fanboys are the harshest critics if the director f's it up

I can't wait to see this movie, will be a nice break from the Batman and Robin's we've been so accustomed too

 

[Bob Sacamano]

As an undergrad, I had a professor of Renaissance literature who contended that, if writers such as Shakespeare and Donne were resurrected today, they would most easily relate to horror films of all the possible film genres. According to my professor, writers of Shakespeare's period often dealt with the balance between good and evil, and would understand characters such as Jason and Freddy because they embody the perpetual, ever-returning nature of evil.

Horror films (especially slasher films) are rightfully criticized for being overly formulaic and not being particularly sorry about it. However, on occasion, a new horror film will add a unique and paradigm-altering component to the genre. Unfortunately, as a new horror films spawns sequel after sequel, it loses those qualities that gave it artistic merit.

I enjoy horror films because of the themes with which they deal. It's certainly not the character development.

you ever see Funny Games? not exactly a horror movie, and not as bad as everyone keeps saying, but it was pretty good

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Don't take him. The Joker is F'ed...totally. I'm not taking my 7 year old as Chris suggested, but I'll take my 12 and 14 year old.

Really, it's off the chain and not for kids. :starspin

he looks like it in the previews, morose, disturbed, just like it should be

just 1 question, did you hate the Joker? I can't get into a movie unless I really hate the villain, last time that's happened was when Gary Oldman was kicking the **** out of Harrison Ford in Air Force 1

seriously, it's been that long since a movie has struck me like that, and I really rooted for the good guy

 

[ScipioCowboy]

you ever see Funny Games? not exactly a horror movie, and not as bad as everyone keeps saying, but it was pretty good

I had neither seen nor heard of it until you mentioned it. So I looked it up and Wiki, and it looks intriguing. I'll check it out. Thanks.

 

[MrMom]