JTH182

Those were the police laying out his knives on a table, not the Joker picking out a knife. You can see the person is wearing blue rubber gloves, used when handling evidence. Nothing I've seen suggests he's a knife aficionado, just that he likes to slice up his victims like he was sliced.

I think the cheapo knife suits this Joker better.

Boba Fett

I think all this talk of him being a "knife collector" stems from a line in the trailer saying "his pockets were full of knives and lint," or something to that effect.

I wouldn't be surprised if in the finale, he has a really nice custom knife, but if he uses knives like other crooks use guns, it makes perfect sense, to me that he'd use cheap ones.

Nick Martin

Damn straight.

costanza

why does Dr Mabuse have such a strange hard on about the joker being a knife enthusiast? good lord.

Giantrobo

Well it makes sense because Dr Mabuse is a knife enthusiast. The Dr has given some great info on knives over in Otter.

Supermallet

Stanley Kubrick preferred full frame releases for his films on home video until widescreen became the norm. He said he wanted his films to fill the screen on video, and that meant full frame until this latest set of releases, which were made to take advantage of HDTVs.

You're a knife enthusiast, but I don't know why you think the Joker is. Is it the "knives and lint" line? I don't think that means he likes to collect knives, I think it means the only thing he cares about is killing people, and he likes to do it up close and personal. If he were collecting the knives he wouldn't leave them stuck in his victims. On that level, it makes complete sense that he would use cheap, disposable knives.



But, again, it's not a $20 POS knife because Christopher Nolan is a cheap skate who doesn't care, it's an aesthetic choice based on The Joker's psychology. As somebody else pointed out, The Joker's clothes are practically rags. In The Dark Knight, The Joker is an anarchist. Why would he go out and spend thousands of dollars on expensive knives if cheap ones will work just as well?

I can understand where you're coming from, but I think in this case, Nolan's choice is justified.

RagingBull80

Knives?

Supermallet

Some new ARG stuff up at www.ibelieveinharveydent.com.

Zen Peckinpah

Matthew Ackerly

For anyone that missed the Harvey Dent press conference, here it is:

Turns into a hostage situation:

http://media.ibelieveinharveydent.com/0413081500.mp3

Doc MacGyver

And yet oddly... I was less uncomfortable talking about the former...



-Doc

Artman

Dark Horizon's reporting the runtime is nearly three hours, with speculation it'll end up at about 165min!

Shannon Nutt

Good luck making $300 million when you can only show the movie three times a day. I'm betting Warners will insist on cutting it down to closer to 2 hrs...maybe 150 minutes at the most.

Doc MacGyver

{Nerd Caveat} Run time is irrevalent to pacing, and it should serve the movie {Nerd Caveat}

That being said, WOO-HOO!


Man, I hope this ends up being the classic we all thing/hope it to be.



-Doc

Matthew Ackerly

Highly unlikely. When Nolan signed on the dotted line, he has final cut.

thecrackedjack2

Right, because Return of the King, which was even longer, didn't manage to make...oh wait it did.

DonnachaOne

Come now Shan, you know as well as I do that places will be getting at least three prints of this. At the same time, as long as there's available showtimes for the busiest times - 1:00, 4:00 and 7:00 hours - theatres should be fine. At my theatre I'm guessing we'll have a show around sixish, anther print sevenish, another print ninish. Also, we will have an empty adjoining theatre so we can play the same print in two auditoriums.

Theatres will be fine, and so will Warner.

Jericho

I doubt he has final cut, almost no one does. But there's nothing wrong with extended run times. Look at most Harry Potters. You just need to show it one more screens. Considering there are tons of movie theaters out there, just bump one movie from said theaters and show Batman on an extra screen.

Doughboy

Forget Return of the King. What about that movie about the sinking ship?

Artman

The difference being people expect films like a Titanic or LOTR to be epic and three hours (you kinda mentally prepare for it).... what will the reaction be when they learn the latest Batman is that long?

As for myself, I couldn't be happier...I'm just sayin...

Nick Martin

You're absolutely right about that.

I also couldn't be happier about this. This film is going to rock.

thecrackedjack2

I would think people who are into the series would be happier to have more story for their money.

kstublen

Based on how good the first one was, I can't imagine anyone complaining about this one being just a little bit longer.

dadaluholla

3 times a day? The theater I frequent should be showing it on a minimum of 4-6 screens from noon to 11 PM, so that's at least 16-24 showings a day.

PopcornTreeCt

I now expect The Dark Knight to be epic and three hours. I'm trying to keep my expectations in check but it's real hard.