Club for people who have seen The Dark Knight

Saw it. Loved it. Joker was awesome!!!

I watched it last night, and it really was awesome. Not much to add to what's already been said really, but anybody else think it was pretty damn brutal for a 12A? The pencil "magic trick" and the occasions of putting his knife in people's mouths were really quite violent and nasty I thought. I know it doesn't ever really show much of the violence but the thought is sometimes worse than the visuals anyway. Not that I'm complaining it should have been rated higher or anything, was just quiet taken aback.

Aye, definitely a good movie. But I gotta admit that its gotten so over hyped by now that its beyond grotesque at this point. #1 on the IMDB Top 250? Whaaaat? I actually felt that a lot of the movie wasn't very well paced, it felt like they nearly had enough material for 2 movies, and at points the editing almost reminded me of Spiderman 3. Now obviously this is a film in a completely different league, and I've obviously bought in too much on the hype but it really isn't quite as extraordinary as everybody made it out to be. No matter what had happened that, then Heath Ledger gave an absolutely magic performance that actually deserves the huge praise its been getting, but as an overall movie it was just a notch over alright for me

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Aye, definitely a good movie. But I gotta admit that its gotten so over hyped by now that its beyond grotesque at this point. #1 on the IMDB Top 250? Whaaaat? I actually felt that a lot of the movie wasn't very well paced, it felt like they nearly had enough material for 2 movies, and at points the editing almost reminded me of Spiderman 3. Now obviously this is a film in a completely different league, and I've obviously bought in too much on the hype but it really isn't quite as extraordinary as everybody made it out to be. No matter what had happened that, then Heath Ledger gave an absolutely magic performance that actually deserves the huge praise its been getting, but as an overall movie it was just a notch over alright for me

I found it much improved over the first at least, which I found even more bloated than this one. There's a lot more focus with the The Joker being the primary villian and all the other mob bosses being very secondary. In Batman Begins, you had villians stashed all over the damn place, all of them seperate from each other, with their own goals etc. Was pretty confusing thinking back to it and I saw it multiple times.

Though it doesn't avoid the problems from the original completely with, as mentioned, Harvey Dent being brought in and out rather quickly and the plot in general being rather complicated (maybe to a fault, I don't really think so, however). For what they wrote into the script, they handled it all very well, despite the intricate plot, I don't remember being confused too much, and if I was, it was temporary.

I do agree, however, that it would be interesting to see what they could do with less emphasis on the "holy fuck lets put everything we can in this" approach.

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I found it much improved over the first at least, which I found even more bloated than this one. There's a lot more focus with the The Joker being the primary villian and all the other mob bosses being very secondary. In Batman Begins, you had villians stashed all over the damn place, all of them seperate from each other, with their own goals etc. Was pretty confusing thinking back to it and I saw it multiple times.

Though it doesn't avoid the problems from the original completely with, as mentioned, Harvey Dent being brought in and out rather quickly and the plot in general being rather complicated (maybe to a fault, I don't really think so, however). For what they wrote into the script, they handled it all very well, despite the intricate plot, I don't remember being confused too much, and if I was, it was temporary.

I do agree, however, that it would be interesting to see what they could do with less emphasis on the "holy fuck lets put everything we can in this" approach.

i do actually think that harvey dent was put in/out of the plot rather deliberately. why?

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well think about it: what does two-face actually have? a coin and an unhealthy taste for vengeance. nothing more. he has no sinister plot to take over the world, he does not care about the world. all he cares about is his loved one, whose death he blames the world (herein the police, and to a much lesser extent, the joker). there is nothing more to him.

sometimes things are rooted deeper than they seem

By that same argument Sentura, what does the Joker have...? He had no sinister plan to take over the world, and he also cares about nothing. I thought the idea of Two Face could have been developed a lot more, he was such a cool character.

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By that same argument Sentura, what does the Joker have...?

He's got Heath Ledger.

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By that same argument Sentura, what does the Joker have...? He had no sinister plan to take over the world, and he also cares about nothing. I thought the idea of Two Face could have been developed a lot more, he was such a cool character.

the joker has no rules; that is his trait. as he said in the movie, he is an agent of chaos, and it is explained why he does things just for the hell of it. the chaos manifestations he creates cannot be compared to flicking a coin every time to decide a person's fate. can you not see this?

Of course I can see that, I just think that Two Face has a very cool character/personality for a villain as well. Though he wouldn't have been very good as a main villain against Batman.

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Of course I can see that, I just think that Two Face has a very cool character/personality for a villain as well. Though he wouldn't have been very good as a main villain against Batman.

neither against batman, nor against anyone else than whoever he was plotting his revenge against. just because he is very cool doesn't mean there is much depth to him.

The Dark Knight prologue

http://vimeo.com/1347129

Loved this movie. I loved Batman Begins, too...so I hope they make a 3rd with Christian Bale. Too bad about Heath Ledger, he was brilliant.

Just seen it. Very good.

Why so serious?

Damn, just came from the cinema, and I am glad to say I had a really awesome time watching this movie!

The Joker is really an awesome actor, and for me he was the "main" character! fucking loved the acting.

Joker coming out of the Hospital was by far the most amusing part of the film. That and the magic pencil.

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Joker coming out of the Hospital was by far the most amusing part of the film. That and the magic pencil.

ah ah, yeah the part where he says

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I'm going to make this pencil disapear!

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Seriously, what a kick ass movie!

The Joker puts the batman character to shame!

Haha, that bit with the pencil was so amusing and brutal! I didn't like Batman Begins but this film was amazing, loved every minute of it, will probably go see it again sometime. I agree with the points about feeling rushed though,

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Two Face really had more potential, but since he lost a lot more in this film than he did in the comics (he was only scarred with acid on paper) I suppose it fits.

Anybody else got to see it on Imax? That was the best movie in a very long while for me. I'll leave Wall-e aside as I can't even start to think about comparing them. Both have given me some of my fondest cinema memories ever...

I'm going to see it at the Imax cinema in Birmingham tonight, should be good! I've seen it before at a normal cinema, but we were really close to the front.

I went to watch it with some friends from work this past Thurday and it was great! Really entertaining all throughout and some great action too!~ I want to watch it again!