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We will keep talking about the Dark Knight in here.
I'm making the OP to make one thing clear so nobody bitches later. Yes, you're still supposed to spoiler everything. Why? Because I said so.
SPOILER your spoilers.
Aaand resume.
I'm making the OP to make one thing clear so nobody bitches later. Yes, you're still supposed to spoiler everything. Why? Because I said so.
SPOILER your spoilers.
Aaand resume.
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Might as well go all the way and see it in IMAX.
It was the best movie I have ever seen in my life.
The Joker as portrayed by Heath Ledger may just be the best villain character ever created on film.
On the movie...
Wow, that was all pretty wild and random. I guess that's what happens when you're not suppose to be on the net at work, and you still have stuff to do before you get off.
Pffffffffffffffffffft.
You must be very young then.
hahahahahaaaHAHAHAhahahahAHAHAHahahahaHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
It's been out one week, one week of packed theaters and you're surprised people haven't seen it? Man, I want to see it, but no movie will ever make me stand in line. I wait until there aren't so many people going before I see it. It'll be the same movie in a couple weeks as it is now, only fewer assholes sitting beside you.
Those with Caps Lock Allergy beware. I can't contain my excitement.
JESUS CHRIST WHERE TO BEGIN
JOKER WAS AWESOME, WHY DID YOU DIE HEATH WHY
FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END I WAS NEVER BORED JESUS YOU JUST COULD NOT EXPECT WHAT THE JOKER WOULD DO, HE WAS COMPLETELY FUCKING UNPREDICTABLE
TOTALLY RANKING TO THE BEST MOVIES I HAVE EVER WATCHED
THE ACTION SCENES
FUCKING MICHAEL CAINE WAS PERFECT I LOVED ALFRED
AARON ECKHART JESUS CHRIST MAN IT'S LIKE THEY BRED YOU IN A SECRET FACTORY TO PLAY TWO-FACE WHAT THE FUCK MAN
BATMAN!
THE QUOTES, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH JOKER AND BATMAN TOTALLY PERFECT
NO ACTOR WAS HORRIBLE ON THEIR PART NOBODY AND MOST OF THEM WERE TOTALLY PERFECT
I REALLY NEED TO WATCH THIS MOVIE AGAIN
YOU ARE A GOD, CHRISTOPHER NOLAN SERIOUSLY IF I WAS A WOMAN I WOULD MARRY YOU
Whew. Man. Oh my.
Only minus? The Batvoice. It grew on me as the movie progressed but it still sounded humorous, like somebody was doing a Batman parody.
Yes, they hate that people had fun.
I just think that some people are mildly allergic to hyperbole. And I don't blame them. Saying that a movie you've seen all of once, two days ago or whatever, is zomg the best thing ever is certainly...a bold statement. If people are still saying that in a year or two, I won't bat an eye, because their opinion will feel more considered.
I really enjoyed the movie. I fucking loved it. I think it's great. To proclaim that it's the best movie he's ever seen in his life just sounds like he hasn't seen a lot of great cinema. Is The Dark Knight as good as Raging Bull, or Casablanca? What about Seven Samurai, The Godfather, Star Wars or Lawrence of Arabia?
I'm not ready to call it one of the masterpieces of cinema yet, but it was a damn good film. I'm trying to temper my enthusiasm for the movie by just giving it some time. Let all of the hype die down. Let it smash the records, win some awards, come out on DVD. Then we can talk about it being the best movie ever made.
Just give it some time. People who see a movie and shout out "best movie ever" just come across as fanboys.
I mean it'd be cool to have a 3 way pursuit/conflict instead of 2 villains again.
They must hate money.
Yea, I'm 21, so pretty young still, but I do like watching movies, and it is probably the greatest ever. I consider the Lord of the Rings trilogy to the be the greatest movie series I have ever seen. Truly epic(although the books are *still* better). But with this second batman movie, I can truly see them building the Batman series into something truly great. They have a vision for where they want to take batman, it will probably take at least 2 more movies to get it all the way to where they want, but you can see that the plan is there, and it really is going to be epic. The movie was gritty, an awesome stand alone movie. It was the only movie that I have ever seen that I literally had to stop trying to guess at to what would happen 15 minutes later.
The Dark Knight, just as much as Batman Begins, sets up what will probably be one of the, if not the, greatest movie series in all time.
Hannilbal was an amazing villian, but I think Heath Ledger's acting performance is superior. The writing of the Joker character is also better I think. The Joker character (ah hell I'm gonna spoil this to be safe)
The line that finally does it for me at the end of the movie, to really realize where this series is going.
That line made me shudder just a little bit. At that point I realized just how good this series is, and will be.
The answer is yes.
It's not.
See, the thing is that this is probably one of the most hyped moves ever, like over a half of years worth of promotion before release, everyone saying the actors deserve oscars, praise, praise and more praise and your expectations are high and when you can stll leave the cinema astonished and actually, genuinely happy that you've experienced this masterfully crafted story and these brilliantly realised characters, its a fucking amazing movie to actually meet the expectations you have in your head.
GTA can't do that. it always fails. This, this was off the scale.
It's as good as a couple of those. I'll let you figure that out for yourself.
A few are def way better though.
Oh Reginald
I disagree!
Of course, Juno is also in the top 250, so it would be stupid to actually take that list completely seriously anyway.
I liked Juno, by the way.
Exactly, we're still in the midst of the hype. It's probably not even halfway through it's earning cycle. Someone said it earlier, to talk "seriously" about whether or not it's one of the greatest films ever made, you can't do it a week after it came out without sounding like a fanboy. Give it some time, guys.
IMDB's top 250 is a terrible metric for ranking movies.
Seeing as how my parents, both my siblings and friends have all seen it twice with no problem at all getting in to see it the second time, yeah, I am a bit surprised.
People in Texas aren't as crazy about The Dark Night compared to other states.
This. I went to it with my father. He didn't really want to see it right away, because he felt that the movie was too over-hyped. He's been bombarded, and doesn't even like Heath Ledger, and he had actually been turned off to the movie based on how much it had been hpyed. But I made him come with me anyway and he said after the movie that every bit of hype was deserved, and the hype machine didn't even do the movie justice.
Let's recap. My father walked into the theater not wanting to see it because he thought it was way too over-hyped, came out saying that it wasn't hyped enough.
Yes yes yes subjective opinion blah blah. Everyone gets it. The point is that it's hard to take sweeping statements like "best movie ever" seriously when they're being posted practically five seconds after seeing the film. It makes it seem like the commenter has either a) not taken the time to really process the experience in cold blood, separate from the hype and what their friends thought and so forth, b) that they haven't seen very many movies, or c) that they suffer from the nerd tendency of seeing everything sans nuance, in terms of "most awesome" and "worst ____ ever".
Nothing is better than hearing your dad tell you that he was wrong and that the movie deserved every bit of praise.
Also, it's hard to take sweeping statements like "best movie ever" seriously when they're being posted practically fifty years after seeing the film. It makes it seem like the commenter has either blah blah rose tinted glasses you get the point.
I work with kids and back when Spiderman 3 came out, I'd ask them what they thought of it. Every single kid loved it. They even said it was their favorite movie. I'd ask why, and every single one of them said "Venom". Was it Topher Grace's portrayal of Eddie Brock? Probably not. They just thought Venom was cool. Kids are extremely fickle, and that's my point. It seems like people are just riding the high of the movie right now, and aren't thinking like they normally would. Most kids donn't have a lot of other movies to draw upon when comparing Spiderman 3, and in reality, most of them were probably shit.
What also surprised me, was how willing they were to throw all of their old cherished movies to the dogs for this new shiny movie after only seeing it once.
That's what some of these comments feel like when I hear "best movie ever". I think, man, what other movies did this person like before that they've been cast aside so easily in one night?