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[Vauxhall]

I've never been a genuine fan of the "comic book" genre, but BATMAN BEGINS struck me as the start of an evolution away from the old cliche of superhero movies. All these reviews so far have started to encourage me that THE DARK KNIGHT will complete the transition and be simply a great film in its own right, and I am so very excited for this movie. Even more than QUANTUM OF SOLACE at the moment. 18 days for those of us in the UK...

[sharpshooter]

Major spoilers here. Somebody has obviously seen the film and taken photos of it with his camera phone. Get a look at what Two-Face looks like in the film, and some other shots of The Joker dressed as a nurse.

http://s16.photobuck.....era picutres/

[Qwerty]

Major spoilers here. Somebody has obviously seen the film and taken photos of it with his camera phone. Get a look at what Two-Face looks like in the film, and some other shots of The Joker dressed as a nurse.

http://s16.photobuck.....era picutres/

Interesting pics. Wonder how much of shock it will be to the general film-going public that Two-Face is also in this.

[Skudor]

Major spoilers here. Somebody has obviously seen the film and taken photos of it with his camera phone. Get a look at what Two-Face looks like in the film, and some other shots of The Joker dressed as a nurse.

http://s16.photobuck.....era picutres/

Interesting pics. Wonder how much of shock it will be to the general film-going public that Two-Face is also in this.

If they are anything like me they won't even know what a two face is, let alone if it's in the movie.

[killkenny kid]

Major spoilers here. Somebody has obviously seen the film and taken photos of it with his camera phone. Get a look at what Two-Face looks like in the film, and some other shots of The Joker dressed as a nurse.

http://s16.photobuck.....era picutres/

Damn, why did I look? I guess, I don't need to see the film now.....Just joking.

[sharpshooter]

Comingsoon.net gives TDK 9/10

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=46667

[Andrew]

Review from TIME...

http://www.time.com/...21365-1,00.html

[Tarl_Cabot]

Great review.9 more days...

[Vauxhall]

Mmm great review. I simply love this phrase from it:

He [Nolan] wants viewers to stick their hands down the rat hole of evil and see if they get bitten.

[Tarl_Cabot]

Chicago critic Richard Roeper review preview:

Once again, our city shines on film. New York can make all the claims it wants to make, but Chicago IS Gotham City in "The Dark Knight," the highly anticipated Batman movie coming to theaters July 18.

I'll be reviewing it on "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper" this weekend, but for now let's just say that it will be a huge upset if the late Heath Ledger ISN'T nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor -- and it won't be due to some maudlin sympathy vote.

Ledger doesn't have to steal every scene he's in because he walks in and owns it from the get-go. This is one of the funniest, creepiest, darkest, most interesting and most amazing performances I've seen in any movie this decade.

[Andrew]

I can't wait for Roeper's review. He's the reviewer that I respect and seem to agree with the most. It looks like this trend won't end with TDK.

[stamper]

Just seen the movie. It"s not a character study, there's no emotion, all characters are cardboard. It's more an overlong philosophical dissection of the super hero / vilain function in society, and also how society itself can be it's own evil. It has some good things (Ledger, basing his character on Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, down to the anarchy & chaos talk, the laugh), and some bad ones (ridiculous sfx make up for two face looking atrociously fake, not enough Bruce Wayne who is almost non existent, there's a couple of instances where people will cheer, but not much beyond that. it's as dark as Empire Strikes Back, and set things up for the finale of the trilogy. I don't think it stand a chance against QOS as a film, and yes, don't shoot me, I'm just warming up to the 007 trailer

[bond 16.05.72]

Your very lucky to have seen the film and I think not necessarily yourself but some might just be down on this film to be different like people slagged off Begins & CR but this is by far the most negagtive review I've read so far.

You do seem a person who will go about dismissing films before they've been released your view on the QOS teaser was typical but I'm gonna trust the experts on the DK reviews Stamper, I've a suspicion we are completely diffrent pages where this film is concerned.

I can't believe it's garnered some of the best reviews of a blockbuster in recent memeory and you have called it rather average. It's a pity someone who was gonna appreiciate didn't get a chance to see this rather than you. It seem it was wasted on you.

It's always the same CM007 got to see CR before most of us and look at his view on that film.

Stamper you don't work for Latino Review by any chance that was pretty negagtive and the reviewer said Iron Man was better, now I know thats not gonna be true. IM was great entertainment but DK looks so much more.

Your at advantage to me because you've seen so it it might be a flawed as you say but I just know I'll be gushing come July 25th when I get to see on the IMAX screen.

Edited by bond 16.05.72, 10 July 2008 - 07:39 PM.

[DaveBond21]

Heath Ledger tribute and Dark Knight review from this morning's Sydney Daily Telegraph. Vicky Roach, movie reviewer, has this to say:-


LET'S not mince words. Despite glowing tributes and increasing industry buzz about a posthumous Oscar, there's a morbid intensity to the interest in Heath Ledger's final performance.

But Ledger's role as the Joker in the latest Batman film The Dark Knight - a character with whom he has now been inextricably linked - is a thrillingly unhinged creation.

The large, livid scars on his cheeks echo the amateur sutures of Frankenstein's monster. And the stovepipe trousers and tight, moddish purple jacket are part Clockwork Orange and part Vivienne Westwood.


Ledger's Joker, seen by Australian media for the first time last night in a special preview ahead of the film's release next Wednesday, is a post-modern creation that feels both contemporary and timeless.

It should quite rightly be regarded as a tour de force.

But it would be a mistake to collapse character and actor.

This is the same man who took a year off acting to hang out with his baby daughter so his partner Michelle Williams could work.

Who had the presence of mind to follow his introverted, Oscar-nominated turn in Brokeback Mountain with a light, bright, rampantly heterosexual and extremely engaging Casanova. Ledger's character choices give every indication of someone who was intent on a long and diverse career.

After the success of Ten Things and A Knight's Tale, he actively worked against his pretty boy image. The Joker was a key part of that plan.

Anthony Hopkins will always be associated with Hannibal Lecter. But if he served liver to his guests, no one would seriously suspect him of cannibalistic tendencies.

And while the performance of Ledger's fellow Joker, Jack Nicholson, in The Shining is part of the collective consciousness, he has made almost 30 films since.

Ledger's triumph in creating one of the most memorable villains in recent cinematic history should be celebrated.

But watching The Dark Knight, one can't help but feel sad that Ledger - who died in January from an accidental overdose - didn't get the chance to mellow with age.

Ledger worked so hard to avoid being typecast, we would be doing him a great injustice to identify him with this one role.



Daily Telegraph, Friday 11th July 2008

[dodge]

Entertainment Weekly has a terrific cover story on the film...predicting that it will be the highest-grossing film ever made from or based on a comic book.

I said it first and I'll say it again:

$400 million. Domestic. Minimum.

The EW story is worth checking out for the insights it provides on how Ledger developed his take on the role.

[Andrew]

HBO has started airing a 15 minute special on TDK, for those interested. It's on periodically, check your local listings.

[Tarl_Cabot]

HBO has started airing a 15 minute special on TDK, for those interested. It's on periodically, check your local listings.

Cool, ty for the heads up.Is it online by chance?

[stamper]

hmmmm....

[Arbogast777]

Here's the HBO thing. TONS of footage...

PART I

PART II

Edited by Arbogast777, 12 July 2008 - 04:01 AM.

[Loomis]

Imax 'may show Batman all night'

Managers at an Imax cinema in London have said they were "seriously considering" screening the new Batman film "24 hours a day" to meet demand.

Ticket sales for The Dark Knight: The Imax Experience had been so great, organisers said, that extra shows had been put on in the middle of the night.

Fans will be able to watch the film at 0230 BST on its first weekend at the BFI Imax cinema near Waterloo station.

The Dark Knight will be shown there for four weeks from 24 July.

Different format

"Advance booking has exceeded even our wildest expectations already," said Justin Johnson, the head of operations at the British Film Institute.

"By keeping The Dark Knight playing throughout the night, we can ensure that everyone gets a chance to see the film at the start of its run.

"We are seriously considering playing the film 24 hours a day in order to meet demand."

The Dark Knight features six sequences shot with Imax cameras and marks the first time that a major feature film has ever been partially shot using the Imax format.

Unlike traditional 35mm film which usually appears in "letterbox" format, scenes shot with Imax cameras on 15/70mm film will expand vertically to fill the entire screen.

The 485-seater theatre has the largest cinema screen in the UK, at more than 20m tall and more than 26m wide.

http://news.bbc.co.u...ent/7501393.stm

[Harmsway]

Nice article, Loomis. It's crazy how much interest THE DARK KNIGHT has generated. The use of IMAX is a nice pioneering move by Christopher Nolan, and makes THE DARK KNIGHT something of a landmark. I imagine that many more movies will feature IMAX sequences after the DARK KNIGHT - maybe one day even Bond will go there.

[Arbogast777]

New CLIP

[Tarl_Cabot]

Roeper raved in his review, suggesting Ledger and TDK recieve Oscar cinsideration as best supporting actor and film respectively.

[Harmsway]

Roeper raved in his review, suggesting Ledger and TDK recieve Oscar cinsideration as best supporting actor and film respectively.

High praise indeed. You can see his review here.

[Blonde Bond]

Oh,man. I'm getting more and more hyped about this movie than ever. AND I have to wait until 24th day to see it. You lucky people, who'll get this movie this week. (I wish I lived some different place)

[dodge]

The buzz grows thicker by the day. It is almost a miasma now: an unbearably blend of wild anticipation and dread. We all know who The Joker is...but who--or what--is this demented creature created by Ledger? I've gotta know...I've gotta know...I've simply gotta go!

[Mister E]

I already got my tickets off Fandango !

[DamnCoffee]

Another review.

[Skudor]

I don't get why we seem to be getting TDK so much later than the US... most movies seem to open at the same time these days.

[tdalton]

EW.com's review has been posted:

'The Dark Knight': The EW Review

Also, here's an article from Comingsoon.net in which Christopher Nolan and the cast of THE DARK KNIGHT share their thoughts on Heath Ledger and his peformance in the film:

The Dark Knight Cast and Director Remember Heath Ledger

Edited by tdalton, 15 July 2008 - 04:43 AM.