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offline 9000 from Tempe (United States) on 2008-07-19 01:09 [#02222897]
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oh my god............... such a great film.

rest in peace heath ledger.


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-07-19 01:12 [#02222898]
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i completely fucked up and forgot to buy tickets in time for
the midnight showing, so i am now waiting 'till sunday to
see it in imax.

so mad. sooooooooo mad.


 

offline 9000 from Tempe (United States) on 2008-07-19 01:15 [#02222899]
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i'm going to go see it again in imax on monday.... can't
wait.



 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-07-19 01:23 [#02222901]
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my closest imax is sold out for almost the entire weekend.


 

offline 9000 from Tempe (United States) on 2008-07-19 01:35 [#02222902]
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yeah. me too. imax are mostly sold out. i bought tickets a
couple of hours before the show. no problem.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2008-07-19 04:29 [#02222915]
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i'll be seeing this next weekend, the last one was good but
not amazing, hoping this one is better...


 

offline 1up from greater manchester (United Kingdom) on 2008-07-19 04:31 [#02222916]
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looking forward to this. . .

i hear aronofsky's doing a robocop film too!


 

offline lupus yonderboy from 1970. (United Kingdom) on 2008-07-19 04:49 [#02222918]
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aronofsky sucks donkey cock. is my juvenile response to
that. looking forward to the dark knight tho.



 

offline 1up from greater manchester (United Kingdom) on 2008-07-19 06:25 [#02222932]
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ha! -yeah is that xltronicspeak?

looking forward to it. trying not to get too excited because
if i get my hopes up too much my expectations may be too
high, and i'll be disappointed. just sayin'.



 

offline DeLtoiD from Ontario on 2008-07-19 08:40 [#02222966]
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sweet film.
there was this little girl crying behind us for most of the
joker scenes. "mommy!" idiot parents
:/


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2008-07-19 08:47 [#02222969]
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Haha, I remember being scared shitless of the Joker-origin
scenes when my mom brought me to the 1989 Batman.


 

offline DeLtoiD from Ontario on 2008-07-19 08:47 [#02222970]
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also there was a trailer for the new terminator. i think
cristian bale is playing john connor


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2008-07-19 08:49 [#02222971]
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Yup


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offline Flutterby from Burton-on-Trent (United Kingdom) on 2008-07-19 10:22 [#02222988]
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REALLY looking forward to this but i have to wait until the
24th. (bleh)
My friend just got himself one of the huge movie posters.

Heath Ledger looks fantastically demented


 

offline jules from United States on 2008-07-19 10:41 [#02222989]
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it was awesome. joker does the best magic trick ever!


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-07-19 11:39 [#02222995]
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what, dies?


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-07-19 11:46 [#02222997]
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i saw it in imax last night. certainly worth the few extra
bucks.

do a review later once more people have seen it.


 

offline 9000 from Tempe (United States) on 2008-07-19 13:36 [#02223036]
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i agree pantalaimon. i thought the first one was okay
(definitely the best batman flick) but this one is about ten
times better.



 

offline yoyoyoyo from Sweden on 2008-07-19 13:56 [#02223045]
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wanna see like a humming bee


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2008-07-19 13:58 [#02223047]
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that already looks terrible


 

offline cyrstal dude from LA all day! (United States) on 2008-07-19 14:08 [#02223050]
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psyched for dark knight, but super-psyched for watchmen next
year.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-07-19 14:11 [#02223051]
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yea, if anyone thought the first one was a tad slow, this
one is not at all. it starts out with a lot going on and
maintains a good pace throughout.

i don't mind that you don't see batman for half of the movie
in begins, and i don't mind the slow burn ambiance, but i
understand why some people have the yea, it was pretty
good, better than the others but..
reaction.

begins may have been just a little bit more successful if
they would have shown batman earlier in the film. instead
of formating the story so that the origin is told by bruce
telling ducard about his family etc., they could have shown
batman catch a crook or 2, then remember back to what
happened and include his training with ducard in with that.

in any case if they didn't quite hit their full stride in
the last film they hit the ground running in this one.


 

offline swift_jams from big sky on 2008-07-19 14:52 [#02223068]
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I creamed.


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2008-07-20 04:33 [#02223187]
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Officially better than the Godfather


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2008-07-20 05:10 [#02223190]
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haha, and until more people vote, every ever film ever made
according to that list :D


 

offline thecrimsonguard from ∞ (United States) on 2008-07-20 20:14 [#02223351]
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Ok, I loved the Tim Burton chapters in the Batman movies...
I think Joel Shoefucker should be hung for those abortions
on film.

but Batman Begins & The Dark Knight are really really good.
But I'm wondering where the fuck they're going to go next.
I mean, Ra's al Ghul and his network were human beings, the
joker doesn't have any supernatural or mutant powers... the
scarecrow was done pretty well... but they've done enough
with plants/toxins to do another movie using poison ivy.
Firefly seems like a natural choice... but its just a
pyromaniac... anyone have a clue where they might go? Maybe
a better riddler...



 

offline SPD from United States on 2008-07-20 20:42 [#02223352]
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the IMDb highest rated film ever made. what the fuck ever.


 

offline tragedy from Gloucester (United States) on 2008-07-20 23:11 [#02223357]
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seriously....

But I am goddamn excited to pirate the shit out of this and
then pre-order the dvd...I fucking hate movie theaters.


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2008-07-20 23:59 [#02223358]
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its how the rating system works with new films. everyone who
rates it gives it a 10 or 9 out of ten and it sky rockets to
the top. over the time more people will vote and it'll fall
back into a more understable position.
no biggy :)


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2008-07-21 00:48 [#02223359]
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that movie took itself way too seriously

i couldnt get into it

the way batman talks seemed so cheesy and fake and stupid to
me. "hey i am going to take like i just smoked 100
cigarettes"

heath ledger stole the movie. no one should ever be payed
again to play the part of joker - heath ledger perfected it


 

offline B123 from The wicked underbelly (Australia) on 2008-07-21 02:51 [#02223364]
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The strongest elements of 2008 joker are the WRITING and
make up. The writers are the ones who have created this
amazing character, and the make up is truly inspired, I
loved ledger, don't get me wrong he was great, but with a
character like that, it was always going to be great.
Nicholson on the other hand... Best example of acting
EVER!!

Ha shit sorry for the exaggerations, it's the only way I
know how to express myself.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-07-21 06:54 [#02223380]
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They had an outline for a third movie. Supposedly it was
going to deal with the trial of the joker and have more of a
focus on dent, making 2 and 3 a 2-part story. Not sure if
they will do that now, depends on if they would replace
Ledger or not.

They had toyed with the idea of having the penguin in this
one as an arms dealer, but maybe they will do that for a
third movie? The riddler could be cool. He shouldn't have
the ? outfit, but if its scenarios where batman has to solve
riddles to figure out where bombs or hostages are it could
work. Kinda like Die Hard 3 but better. They would have to
be careful though because that's almost an action movie
cliche.


 

offline jackeroffer from Aruba on 2008-07-21 12:36 [#02223430]
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Batman Begins wast spectacular but at least it had a solid
flow and script. Dark knight was just messy muddled and all
over the place, the joker was totally short changed. This
was NOT the joker's movie like people are going around
claiming. If it had been it would have been fucking awesome.



 

offline jackeroffer from Aruba on 2008-07-21 12:38 [#02223431]
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"the way batman talks seemed so cheesy and fake and stupid
to
me. "hey i am going to take like i just smoked 100
cigarettes" "

yeah WTF was with that. Lets have Bale one of the most
hailed actors to helm the batman character talk in a fucking
YELLING RASPY BOSTONIAN ACCENTED VOICE!!!

that was seriously one of the most distracting aspects of
the film for me, i would have been happier if batman just
kept fucking quiet.



 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-07-21 16:40 [#02223490]
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I think he just changes his voice to sound scarier to
criminals and also to disguise it. He mostly uses it when
he is talking to criminals, the police, someone who might
try to identify him. He doesn't always use it. I dunno it
didn't bother me any.


 

offline Chihiro from twins land on 2008-07-21 17:14 [#02223509]
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I really liked it. Heath Ledger definitely stole the
show...
Batman's voice is a little deep though. That made me laugh.



 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2008-07-21 21:40 [#02223571]
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agreed with those who think batman's voice was cheesey and
distracting.

also agreed that ledger shone in this film



 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-07-21 21:43 [#02223572]
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finally going to see it in an hour :D


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2008-07-24 03:18 [#02224185]
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three days later, and all i can say is "finally."

that movie fucking rocked. hard.


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2008-07-24 07:06 [#02224219]
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going to see it tonight


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2008-07-24 09:30 [#02224236]
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one of the best crime thrillers period!

stand out moments for me were :
Jokers magic trick
the way the batpod was introduced
heath ledger obviously
Aaron Eckhart's performance was incredible too, he actually
stole the show for me, very emotional.

yeah i do agree bales voice was very distracting


 

offline retape from http://retape.net (Norway) on 2008-07-24 10:04 [#02224243]
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seeing it tonight @ 12:02 AM.

can't wait!


 

offline Advocate on 2008-07-24 12:47 [#02224280]
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i'm skeptical. it has probably become one of the most hyped
movies in history. it cannot possibly be THAT great. i might
be proven wrong, but i doubt it.

LOL @ imdb rating



 

offline big from lsg on 2008-07-24 13:04 [#02224287]
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is it like batman begins, that one was kind of humourless


 

offline big from lsg on 2008-07-24 13:05 [#02224289]
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/makes obligatory 'overrated' topic on imdb board


 

offline rad smiles on 2008-07-24 13:15 [#02224291]
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whats up with bale kicking his mom and sisters ass?


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2008-07-24 14:11 [#02224311]
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Watched this last night.

Overall I thought it was amazing. The best batman movie yet.

Infact my only issue with it was bales wraspy batman voice,
it gets old fast. I know its to mask his identity but shit,
it added such an air of fakeness.

As for another batman movie to come, me and my friends did
some talking and we think the only suitable villian to use
now would be riddler.

These batman remakes are far too serious for a penguin man
or mr freeze. Cat woman has been done too much, and poison
ivy's edge was already done with scarecrow.

It would be funny if Jim Carry did riddler again, except in
his more serious 23esque style.


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2008-07-24 16:28 [#02224442]
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alright. this movie was about half an hour to an hour too
long but damn good all the same.

of course it's no batman returns, but i watched this like i
watched indiana jones 4, not comparing it to the classics.

4/5



 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2008-07-24 16:59 [#02224484]
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seems like Heath made the ultimate sacrifice for this role,
if you look into how much preparation he put into it and
some of the interviews he gave about it, you can understand
that it must have taken it's toll on him personally.

i mean he owns this role, he doesn't even draw comparisons
to nicholson because he literally owns it, and i remember
thinking that just from seeing the trailer before his
death.

i would go as far to say that it is one of the best
performances from an actor that i have seen.


 

offline Exaph from United Kingdom on 2008-07-24 17:04 [#02224496]
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from imdb:

To prepare for his role as the Joker, Heath Ledger lived
alone in a hotel room for a month, formulating the
character's psychology, posture and voice (the last one he
found most difficult to do). He started a diary, in which he
wrote the Joker's thoughts and feelings to guide himself
during his performance. He was also given Alan Moore's comic
"Batman: The Killing Joke" and "Arkham Asylum: A Serious
House on Serious Earth" to read. Ledger also took
inspiration from A Clockwork Orange (1971)'s Alex and Sid
Vicious.

also, how is this no.1 on imdb top 250 of all time????!!!!!


 


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