So a decent script, superb special effects, excellent leading man (as compared to fucking Eric Bana), and a stunning hottie in the first 20 minutes equates to mediocre?
It's a fucking comic book movie, and it was at least 'good'. If you want Schindler's List, go watch it. You want mediocre, go watch Batman Forever and the original Hulk.
I mean, I didn't see it or anything, but seriously?
Someone just wants to hate something that's popular!
Hey uh do you have any idea how stupid you sound
I mean, yeah, it's just my opinion that Hulk was better than TDK but to say LOL NO when you haven't even seen Hulk just sort of makes you sound like an idiot.
Psh. Everyone here loves loves me and values my opinion on everything
Who are you again? Did you just join? Anyone know who this...Keith...guy is? First I've heard of him.
I mean, I didn't see it or anything, but seriously?
Someone just wants to hate something that's popular!
Hey uh do you have any idea how stupid you sound
I mean, yeah, it's just my opinion that Hulk was better than TDK but to say LOL NO when you haven't even seen Hulk just sort of makes you sound like an idiot.
Yeah, sorry but I have to agree with Kieth. The new hulk movie was a decent movie but when you compare The Incredible Hulk to the Dark Knight the former comes off as completely meh. I think you're just going to have to accept being in the vast minority if you liked The Incredible Hulk more than Dark Knight.
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So a decent script, superb special effects, excellent leading man (as compared to fucking Eric Bana), and a stunning hottie in the first 20 minutes equates to mediocre?
Uh ... yeah.
I mean, "decent script" isn't high praise, "excellent leading man" is qualified with "compared to Eric Bana" and a stunning hottie is a plus, but this is Hollywood, almost all leads are attractive people.
Batman Forever & the original Hulk are not mediocre,t hey arebad.
So a decent script, superb special effects, excellent leading man (as compared to fucking Eric Bana), and a stunning hottie in the first 20 minutes equates to mediocre?
Uh ... yeah.
I mean, "decent script" isn't high praise, "excellent leading man" is qualified with "compared to Eric Bana" and a stunning hottie is a plus, but this is Hollywood, almost all leads are attractive people.
Batman Forever & the original Hulk are not mediocre,t hey arebad.
Edward Norton is a good actor, but it was his least demanding role since Keeping the Faith, and Liv Tyler is 50% as good as Jennifer Connelly in ever respect.
Yep. Edward Norton is a good actor but he hardly had anything to do in The Incredible Hulk. I dunno how you can describe him as excellent leading man based on this movie.
The Incredible Hulk was alright although beyond the action scenes there's really not much to it. I know this is not popular opinion here, but I prefer Ang Lee's Hulk.
High five, brother.
And as a huge Marvel fanboy TDK was miles better than Incredible Hulk. TDK is easily the best character driven comic movie I've seen. I enjoyed Iron Man more, because it was a fun flick, but I think the two films are on different fields of play. It would be like comparing Super Troopers to the Departed because they both are about cops. I'll talk about the Departed with passion but I won't rewatch it as often as Super Troopers.
So a decent script, superb special effects, excellent leading man (as compared to fucking Eric Bana), and a stunning hottie in the first 20 minutes equates to mediocre?
It's a fucking comic book movie, and it was at least 'good'. If you want Schindler's List, go watch it. You want mediocre, go watch Batman Forever and the original Hulk.
I am disagreeing with you so hard. Eric Bana did a better job portraying Bruce Banner. Now that MAY have been due to the cuts made in IH, I look forward to seeing the directors cut. Jennifer Connelly is infinitely more attractive than Liz Tyler. It was good but it wasn't anything special.
Who was the equivalent to Tim Roth and William Hurt? Nick Nolte and Sam Elliot? Who? The dramatic range of the cast of characters in the revamped sequel is far greater than that of the former. Making fun of Eric Bana isn't his fault, really, he's just been in shitty leading roles as compared to Edward Norton. Just like almost every other man in Hollywood. It was an action movie, yes, but one that was more coherent and direct in its approach than Ang Lee's.
"a big-budget comic-book adaptation has rarely felt so humorless and intellectually defensive about its own pulpy roots."
Sums it up. Not to mention the CGI of 2008 is much more palatable than the CGI of 2003 when depicting your main character.
I'm not arguing 2008 Hulk was an A+, but rather a solid B. I think Ang Lee's was a C+. I've never had the urge to rewatch 2003, but I'm definitely buying the DVD for 2008. Maybe it's just me.
To put the business The Dark Knight is doing in perspective, the film will take in $300 million in ten days. The soon-to-be-second quickest film to the $300m mark was 2006's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which turned the trick in 16 days. And Dark Knight is doing all this without the benefit of a 4-day weekend and a relatively later summer release for a "blockbuster".
The list of records The Dark Knight has or will break is a mile long, but perhaps most noteworthy – 1.) the film will now undoubtedly and easily break the $400m barrier; 2.) it's not inconceivable it could reach $500 and/or become the second-biggest grosser ever behind Titanic; and 3.) even when adjusting ticket prices to account for inflation, Dark Knight should eventually out-earn Tim Burton's 1989 Batman, which at today's prices would have earned an approximate $420m.
For those who remember the pop culture phenomena that was the Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholson blockbuster, and when considering there was no Internet, DVD players, or high-def home theater in '89, that The Dark Knight is drawing more people to movie theaters is an astonishing achievement.
Again, now that it's showing strong "legs", the only remaining question will be how high can The Dark Knight finally go?
If you showed this film to a Batman fan back in 50's, would their head explode? The action seemed violent even for Batman. Especially the scene in the interrogation room.
If you showed this film to a Batman fan back in 50's, would their head explode? The action seemed violent even for Batman. Especially the scene in the interrogation room.
This would be violent for anyone in the fifties, wouldn't it?
Batman fans specifically would be alarmingly confused by Batman not using the word "chum". And WHAM! KAPHOW! not showing up when he punches people.
what exactly is wrong with eric bana? dude was motherfucking chopper read
My god, I love that movie. Of course, that reference makes me need to ask where/when you spent time in Oz.
actually i've never been. i just have seen a lot of movies. another excellent australian flick about a rebellious aussie with an unlikely nickname- breaker morant.
what exactly is wrong with eric bana? dude was motherfucking chopper read
My god, I love that movie. Of course, that reference makes me need to ask where/when you spent time in Oz.
actually i've never been. i just have seen a lot of movies. another excellent australian flick about a rebellious aussie with an unlikely nickname- breaker morant.
That sort of nickname is only unlikely outside of Australia.
When I lived there for a semester, my friends there had a very love-hate relationship with the episode of The Simpsons, "Bart vs. Australia" for that very reason: in that episode, they mock the Australian habit of giving nicknames that sound like they might be an Aborigine word, but is just a neat sounding word. My friends there, honestly, thought the joke name for bullfrogs (I forget the exact word, but it's something like Jazzwozzles) sounded entirely reasonable, and they hated that I (and the other Americans) found it so funny.
If you showed this film to a Batman fan back in 50's, would their head explode? The action seemed violent even for Batman. Especially the scene in the interrogation room.
This would be violent for anyone in the fifties, wouldn't it?
Batman fans specifically would be alarmingly confused by Batman not using the word "chum". And WHAM! KAPHOW! not showing up when he punches people.
So how would Adam West's Batman deal with Ledger's Joker? You can throw Burt Ward into the fight, too, but I imagine a gentler, made-for-TV Batman would disguise himself as a statue and deliver himself to the Joker's hideout.
If you showed this film to a Batman fan back in 50's, would their head explode? The action seemed violent even for Batman. Especially the scene in the interrogation room.
This would be violent for anyone in the fifties, wouldn't it?
Batman fans specifically would be alarmingly confused by Batman not using the word "chum". And WHAM! KAPHOW! not showing up when he punches people.
So how would Adam West's Batman deal with Ledger's Joker? You can throw Burt Ward into the fight, too, but I imagine a gentler, made-for-TV Batman would disguise himself as a statue and deliver himself to the Joker's hideout.
actually i've never been. i just have seen a lot of movies. another excellent australian flick about a rebellious aussie with an unlikely nickname- breaker morant.
That movie fucking rules. One of the best last lines ever.
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Poor, poor x-files (10m). I guess it's time is truly over, and Batman again kicked some serious ass. A little over 45m more than the #2 (Step-Brothers)
Poor, poor x-files (10m). I guess it's time is truly over, and Batman again kicked some serious ass. A little over 45m more than the #2 (Step-Brothers)
Shit, I didn't even know X-Files came out this week.
actually i've never been. i just have seen a lot of movies. another excellent australian flick about a rebellious aussie with an unlikely nickname- breaker morant.
That movie fucking rules. One of the best last lines ever.
the bit where they hold hands for a minute while being marched out to the chairs totally chokes me up
If I had a child of that tender age, there is no way in a million years that I would take him or her to see this movie. Maybe a twelve year old, but I think that's as low as I'd go unless the kid was exceptionally precocious and mature.
I had to deal with a 2 year old girl a young couple brought to them to the theaters the second time I went to see the movie. It annoyed me because I wanted to enjoy the movie again, but moreso for the other people in the theater who may have been watching it for the first time (including my sister). Almost ruin the beginning of the movie for everyone making tiny noises, whining and shit. Even walking around up and down the stairs too periodically. Yeah, she was adorable but go take her to see Kung Fu Panda or something. You're seriously bring her to this movie? I kept thinking, please let this little girl not talk during the really good parts (this is a film you got to have your full attention to. There is no dull scenes).
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So a decent script, superb special effects, excellent leading man (as compared to fucking Eric Bana), and a stunning hottie in the first 20 minutes equates to mediocre?
It's a fucking comic book movie, and it was at least 'good'. If you want Schindler's List, go watch it. You want mediocre, go watch Batman Forever and the original Hulk.
Who are you again? Did you just join? Anyone know who this...Keith...guy is? First I've heard of him.
Yeah, sorry but I have to agree with Kieth. The new hulk movie was a decent movie but when you compare The Incredible Hulk to the Dark Knight the former comes off as completely meh. I think you're just going to have to accept being in the vast minority if you liked The Incredible Hulk more than Dark Knight.
Uh ... yeah.
I mean, "decent script" isn't high praise, "excellent leading man" is qualified with "compared to Eric Bana" and a stunning hottie is a plus, but this is Hollywood, almost all leads are attractive people.
Batman Forever & the original Hulk are not mediocre,t hey arebad.
Edward Norton is a good actor, but it was his least demanding role since Keeping the Faith, and Liv Tyler is 50% as good as Jennifer Connelly in ever respect.
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It didn't do anything new, but shit got smashed good.
High five, brother.
And as a huge Marvel fanboy TDK was miles better than Incredible Hulk. TDK is easily the best character driven comic movie I've seen. I enjoyed Iron Man more, because it was a fun flick, but I think the two films are on different fields of play. It would be like comparing Super Troopers to the Departed because they both are about cops. I'll talk about the Departed with passion but I won't rewatch it as often as Super Troopers.
I am disagreeing with you so hard. Eric Bana did a better job portraying Bruce Banner. Now that MAY have been due to the cuts made in IH, I look forward to seeing the directors cut. Jennifer Connelly is infinitely more attractive than Liz Tyler. It was good but it wasn't anything special.
"a big-budget comic-book adaptation has rarely felt so humorless and intellectually defensive about its own pulpy roots."
Sums it up. Not to mention the CGI of 2008 is much more palatable than the CGI of 2003 when depicting your main character.
I'm not arguing 2008 Hulk was an A+, but rather a solid B. I think Ang Lee's was a C+. I've never had the urge to rewatch 2003, but I'm definitely buying the DVD for 2008. Maybe it's just me.
edit: And TDK was an A+.
Very much well deserved.
My god, I love that movie. Of course, that reference makes me need to ask where/when you spent time in Oz.
This would be violent for anyone in the fifties, wouldn't it?
Batman fans specifically would be alarmingly confused by Batman not using the word "chum". And WHAM! KAPHOW! not showing up when he punches people.
and his best buddy forever Superman
actually i've never been. i just have seen a lot of movies. another excellent australian flick about a rebellious aussie with an unlikely nickname- breaker morant.
That sort of nickname is only unlikely outside of Australia.
When I lived there for a semester, my friends there had a very love-hate relationship with the episode of The Simpsons, "Bart vs. Australia" for that very reason: in that episode, they mock the Australian habit of giving nicknames that sound like they might be an Aborigine word, but is just a neat sounding word. My friends there, honestly, thought the joke name for bullfrogs (I forget the exact word, but it's something like Jazzwozzles) sounded entirely reasonable, and they hated that I (and the other Americans) found it so funny.
Of course, everyone loves the word "dollaridos".
Also, there's a town in Australia called Coober Pedy
Which, in Aborigine, is proported to mean "White Fella Down A Hole"
So how would Adam West's Batman deal with Ledger's Joker? You can throw Burt Ward into the fight, too, but I imagine a gentler, made-for-TV Batman would disguise himself as a statue and deliver himself to the Joker's hideout.
I can only assume he'd deal by dying.
"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb".
"And this is his sofa, is it?" said Arthur.
That movie fucking rules. One of the best last lines ever.
Shit, I didn't even know X-Files came out this week.
Nice to see them on the screen again.
Is this better?
Yes. Far and away better.
the bit where they hold hands for a minute while being marched out to the chairs totally chokes me up
When Nerds attack...
Did anyone else get that Joker card with Batman on it at the midnight screening? A radio station came and gave them to everyone.
I was hoping they wouldn't remind everyone after the movie because a lot of people started to leave. I didn't get one.
I had to deal with a 2 year old girl a young couple brought to them to the theaters the second time I went to see the movie. It annoyed me because I wanted to enjoy the movie again, but moreso for the other people in the theater who may have been watching it for the first time (including my sister). Almost ruin the beginning of the movie for everyone making tiny noises, whining and shit. Even walking around up and down the stairs too periodically. Yeah, she was adorable but go take her to see Kung Fu Panda or something. You're seriously bring her to this movie? I kept thinking, please let this little girl not talk during the really good parts (this is a film you got to have your full attention to. There is no dull scenes).