The Dark Knight (Batman Begins 2) Discussion - Part 2
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Originally Posted by Cornelius1047
July 18th. Yes, it's marked on numerous calendars. Yes, I requested off work specifically for it.
I've been waiting 3 years for this. I can't wait.
K
I've been waiting 3 years for this. I can't wait.
K
1.Dark Knight
2.Wall-E
3.Quantum of Solace.
Cant wait for it either.
#627
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Originally Posted by Doc MacGyver
WEAK! What movie did your IMAX feel was more deserving of the spot?
My IMAX sucks. We get the newer films about 2 months after they come out. If I wanted to see it opening day in I'd have to drive 2 hours to Frisco.
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There were press screenings (press screening..) last night, the AP had this nice write up about Ledger's performance (shy of an actual review):
Heath Ledger delivers brilliantly as the Joker
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
1 hour, 19 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - The buzz over Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" for the last several months was justified. With his final full film role, Ledger delivers what may be remembered as the finest performance of his career.
A press screening of the "Batman Begins" sequel Thursday night had the audience cackling along with Ledger's Joker, a depraved creature utterly without conscience whom the late actor played with gleeful anarchy.
At times sounding like a cross between tough guy James Cagney in a gangster flick and Philip Seymour Hoffman's fastidious Truman Capote, Ledger elevates Batman's No. 1 nemesis to a place even Jack Nicholson did not take him in 1989's "Batman."
Nicholson's Joker was campy and clever. Ledger's Joker is an all-out terror, definitely funny but with a lunatic moral mission to drag all of Gotham, the city Batman thanklessly protects, down to his own dim assessment of humanity.
Spewing alternate personal histories for how he got the horrible scars on his face, the Joker hides behind distorted clown makeup that looks like a chalk drawing left out in the rain.
The Joker masterminds a series of escalating abductions, assassination attempts, murders and bombings, all aimed at calling out Batman (Christian Bale) and proving to the tormented vigilante hero that they are two sides of the same coin.
"You complete me," the Joker tells Batman, dementedly borrowing Tom Cruise's sappy romantic line from "Jerry Maguire."
Long before Ledger's death in January from an accidental prescription drug overdose, his collaborators on "The Dark Knight" had been describing his performance as a new high in the art of villainy for a comic-book adaptation.
Director Christopher Nolan, reuniting with "Batman Begins" star Bale, told The Associated Press earlier this year that Ledger came through with precisely what he had envisioned for this take on the Joker, "a young, anarchic presence, somebody who is genuinely threatening to the establishment."
"It was though they'd taken the Joker and all the colors, everything of it, and just kind of put him through a Turkish prison for a decade or so," Bale told the AP. "It's like he's gone through that personal hell to come out being this, if you can even call him mad, at the end here."
A best-actor Academy Award nominee for "Brokeback Mountain," Ledger has earned fresh Oscar buzz for "The Dark Knight," which could land him in the supporting-actor race.
Running just over two and a half hours, "The Dark Knight" is a true crime epic. Throughout, the Joker's bag of tricks is bottomless, twisted to the point of horror-flick sick.
"Some men aren't looking for anything logical," Michael Caine's butler Alfred tells Bruce, who's trying to decipher the Joker's motives. "Some men just want to watch the world burn."
Come July 18, when "The Dark Knight" lands in theaters, the world will be watching Ledger burn up the screen.
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
1 hour, 19 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - The buzz over Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" for the last several months was justified. With his final full film role, Ledger delivers what may be remembered as the finest performance of his career.
A press screening of the "Batman Begins" sequel Thursday night had the audience cackling along with Ledger's Joker, a depraved creature utterly without conscience whom the late actor played with gleeful anarchy.
At times sounding like a cross between tough guy James Cagney in a gangster flick and Philip Seymour Hoffman's fastidious Truman Capote, Ledger elevates Batman's No. 1 nemesis to a place even Jack Nicholson did not take him in 1989's "Batman."
Nicholson's Joker was campy and clever. Ledger's Joker is an all-out terror, definitely funny but with a lunatic moral mission to drag all of Gotham, the city Batman thanklessly protects, down to his own dim assessment of humanity.
Spewing alternate personal histories for how he got the horrible scars on his face, the Joker hides behind distorted clown makeup that looks like a chalk drawing left out in the rain.
The Joker masterminds a series of escalating abductions, assassination attempts, murders and bombings, all aimed at calling out Batman (Christian Bale) and proving to the tormented vigilante hero that they are two sides of the same coin.
"You complete me," the Joker tells Batman, dementedly borrowing Tom Cruise's sappy romantic line from "Jerry Maguire."
Long before Ledger's death in January from an accidental prescription drug overdose, his collaborators on "The Dark Knight" had been describing his performance as a new high in the art of villainy for a comic-book adaptation.
Director Christopher Nolan, reuniting with "Batman Begins" star Bale, told The Associated Press earlier this year that Ledger came through with precisely what he had envisioned for this take on the Joker, "a young, anarchic presence, somebody who is genuinely threatening to the establishment."
"It was though they'd taken the Joker and all the colors, everything of it, and just kind of put him through a Turkish prison for a decade or so," Bale told the AP. "It's like he's gone through that personal hell to come out being this, if you can even call him mad, at the end here."
A best-actor Academy Award nominee for "Brokeback Mountain," Ledger has earned fresh Oscar buzz for "The Dark Knight," which could land him in the supporting-actor race.
Running just over two and a half hours, "The Dark Knight" is a true crime epic. Throughout, the Joker's bag of tricks is bottomless, twisted to the point of horror-flick sick.
"Some men aren't looking for anything logical," Michael Caine's butler Alfred tells Bruce, who's trying to decipher the Joker's motives. "Some men just want to watch the world burn."
Come July 18, when "The Dark Knight" lands in theaters, the world will be watching Ledger burn up the screen.
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Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
Looks like they've started the TV marketing campaign in full force. I've already seen a bunch of spots and it's still 3 weeks away! Man, it's going to be a long 3 weeks.
#633
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Originally Posted by mcfly
They tend to show a lot of TV spots on TBS (because of Time Warner I'm guessing). I saw numerous ads during Raymond last night.
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#634
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Originally Posted by McHawkson
I don't know Time Warner owns Turner Broadcast Stantion. ![Head Scratch](/images/smilies/headscratch.gif)
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#635
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Originally Posted by CharlieK
Not sure if you're asking a question or making a statement, but Time Warner does own Turner Entertainment Networks.
#636
Originally Posted by mcfly
They tend to show a lot of TV spots on TBS (because of Time Warner I'm guessing). I saw numerous ads during Raymond last night.
#637
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Originally Posted by wearetheborg
Last night, TBS had a special presentation of Batman Begins, pretty much ad free, except for The Dark Knight ads. It was awesome. I had forgotten just how much I love this movie. I really need to pick up the dvd.
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Batman vs. Batmen: http://www.cracked.com/video_16451_c...vs-batman.html
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Originally Posted by HN
Batman vs. Batmen: http://www.cracked.com/video_16451_c...vs-batman.html
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#640
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Originally Posted by mcfly
After Ted Turner left Time Warner in the late 90s TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, and CNN all became the property of TW.
#641
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It was Ted's greatest gift since he colorized the moon.
#642
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That press screening is showing at the theater I manage. WB has locked out all the managers from seeing the film. The print is bike locked in the IMAX booth when not in use. WB has security guards there any time we do a tech run. I'm beyond pissed. I've been waiting for this film since the moment the credits rolled on Batman Begins. I just want to see it. I don't want to do a write up about it. I don't want to tell all my friends. If they made me sign a confidentiality clause, I'd gladly say nothing about it until July 18th. But no, WB is so paranoid that they won't let the managers of the theater they're using to show the film to the press see the film. Ridiculous.
#643
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Anybody else think it can surpass Spider-man's box office opening?
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/...atter-records/
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/...atter-records/
"As of June 27th, Dark Knight has sold eight times as many tickets on MovieTickets.com as Spider-Man 3 at the same point in the sales cycle — 21 days from the film's official release."
Fandango reports that midnight showings on their site are already selling out.
Fandango reports that midnight showings on their site are already selling out.
#644
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Originally Posted by outcastja
Anybody else think it can surpass Spider-man's box office opening?
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/...atter-records/
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/...atter-records/
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Considering how dark and foreboding Batman Begins was, I'm a little surprised this as highly followed and hyped as it is.
It's amazing what the right cast and crew can do for a dead franchise
It's amazing what the right cast and crew can do for a dead franchise
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Originally Posted by Deftones
While that's a good sign, I don't think so. While they are both rated PG-13, Batman has always been darker in content. Plus, the violence is more realistic, as compared to the more cartoonish stuff in Spiderman. I don't think many parents would take their kids to see Batman, but would for Spiderman. That said, I think it's going to be huge and do more than $200 million in sales.
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Originally Posted by RichC2
Considering how dark and foreboding Batman Begins was, I'm a little surprised this as highly followed and hyped as it is.
It's amazing what the right cast and crew can do for a dead franchise![Smilie](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
It's amazing what the right cast and crew can do for a dead franchise
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Toys of the Joker are collector's item.
I'm sure they will be stealing movie posters from bus stops too.
#649
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Originally Posted by LivingINClip
I have to disagree. Yeah, Batman is more dark in it's content, but the hype is carrying over to everything. The fact that theaters are having to have 3:00 am showings due to midnight sale outs, makes me think, that as long as opening night word of mouth is great - then the masses will flock out to see it. I know people who have never seen or even thought about seeing a midnight showing, but they've already bought tickets for 'The Dark Knight'.
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Originally Posted by MartinBlank
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