Hey abcdefz, Good news!

[camo]

The first Dark Knight review (that I have come across).

I'm loving this opening quip:

'sequel surpasses the original with an intense, disturbing masterpiece'


Source (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/884/884876p1.html)

[Lyman Zerga]

oh i thought mc moot was back

[icy manipulator]

yeah i have an itty bitty feeling that this is going to be a little bit over hyped thanks to heath ledger:rolleyes:

[Jitters]

I thought it was going to rock socks even before he died. I can't wait until it comes out (y)

I don't think this is going to disappoint.

[abcdefz]

The first Dark Knight review (that I have come across).

I'm loving this opening quip:

'sequel surpasses the original with an intense, disturbing masterpiece'


Source (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/884/884876p1.html)



Oh ho ho, yeah. (y)

I've seen about eight reviews now that are all positive; most in the B+/A- range. Supposedly the guys at Chud or Dark Horizons
had some problems with it, but even those were overall positive. Mostly I'm skimming reviews, because I already know more than I want.
I can't wait, though.

Nice of you to think of me, camo! (y)

[camo]

Oh ho ho, yeah. (y)

I've seen about eight reviews now that are all positive; most in the B+/A- range. Supposedly the guys at Chud or Dark Horizons
had some problems with it, but even those were overall positive. Mostly I'm skimming reviews, because I already know more than I want.
I can't wait, though.

Nice of you to think of me, camo! (y)

Hey no worries mate.

I'm just skipping straight to scores to avoid any spoilers.

Not long now!

[Kid Presentable]

yeah i have an itty bitty feeling that this is going to be a little bit over hyped thanks to heath ledger:rolleyes:

In Australia, fo sho. It's one thing to put Australians in things, a dead one will probably result in a public holiday for the release of the movie.

[abcdefz]

Moriarty's review at AICN is pretty ecstatic. I only read the non-spoiler part, but that alone is pretty lengthy.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37285


With THE DARK KNIGHT, for example, Chris Nolan accomplishes something that both WAR OF THE WORLDS and CLOVERFIELD tried to do,
and with more grace and insight. Those films both used 9/11 imagery to resonate with viewers, and in both cases, the imagery is certainly
arresting and upsetting, but to what end? Just to remind us? Just to tap into the fear we felt that day? Here, Nolan invokes 9/11, but he
pushes past it to also deal with the fear that has stayed with us as a culture since that moment, and also the way it forced the world
around us to change. This is the first mainstream movie to fully digest the events of September 11th and to deal with them in a way that
starts to sort out who we are now as a result. Heady stuff for a movie about a dude wearing a bat suit who beats the shit out of criminals,
but then... isn’t that the point?

....The script the Nolans wrote (based on a story they worked out with David Goyer, who told me today “I can’t believe my name is on a
movie this good”) uses the last scene of BATMAN BEGINS as a jumping-off point. This movie’s entire thematic subtext was established in
that last great moment on the rooftop when Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) handed the playing card to Batman (Christian Bale) and talked to him
about the notion of escalation. Here, every scene plays to that idea, and it’s obvious that the Nolans believe that a world of people living by
the credo of “an eye for an eye” will quickly go blind. No one escapes this movie without fresh scars. No one gets out without losing something
dear to them. If Warner Bros. wanted to title this like the first film, they could have called it BATMAN FAILS, because no matter what he does
in this film, he finds himself unable to stem the overflow of shit that threatens his city. He can’t fly around the world to turn back time when
something goes wrong. He can’t erase memories or do magic or just magically reset everything and try again. Each time things get worse, all
he can do is adjust and try to move on from there, until it finally reaches a point where he isn’t sure there’s any way to adjust anymore.
What do you do when every good effort has failed and every good man has been cut down? When chaos and darkness overwhelm you, and
even a clear-cut hero can be corrupted, is there any point in even continuing the fight?

I’m not sure kids under 14 or 15 should see this film. For one thing, they won’t understand a lot of it. I don’t think moral ambiguity is one of
the things kids look for in their movies. For another thing, the parts they do understand will probably scare the shit out of them. This movie
pushed the PG-13 to the breaking point, and I’m not sure how Warner Bros. pulled it off. Harvey Dent’s face post-accident should have
pushed them out of the PG-13 all by itself, but it’s saying something when that graphic image is actually one of the least upsetting things
in the film. For anyone else, though, I recommend it highly. The action sequences are inventive and grand-scaled, but the character scenes
and the quiet headgames are even more engrossing. The score by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer is one of the year’s best, with
the Joker’s themes coming across like razors being dragged across harpsichord strings. Wally Pfister’s photography is, as expected, stunning,
and in particular, his work in IMAX is revelatory....

[camo]

(y)(y)(y)(y)

[abcdefz]

I might just splurge and go see it in IMAX somewhere. I just wish our theater downtown played feature films and not just the tech documentaries.