You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was? der=0

[Lazer LXXVII]

You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

The teaser trailer for Terminator Salvation at the start.

But in all seriousness, The Dark Knight was disgustingly overrated. I didnt think it was horrible, it was a really solid movie. But i still do not understand why it got so much attention and so much hype. It was pretty decent, and nothing about it stood out at all.

And in all seriousness again, Terminator Salvation does look awesome indeed. Another new addition to a great series (except for 3). I heard that Terminator Salvation will be the start of another Terminator trilogy, except this trilogy will be post Judgment Day.

Watch Entertainment Tonight tomorrow at 7:00 (EST), i think they are talking more about it.

 

[TurbulentTurtle]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

Christian Bale is a tank.

 

[stillman]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

I totally agree with the OP. First, the movie was not a complete disaster like Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. But that doesn't mean it was a great movie either. It just didn't suck too hard is all.

Did anyone else find that Batman's death metal band voice ruined the entire movie? How can comissioner Gordon keep a straight face listening to Batman's grating sludge voice?

Also, Batman was into beating the crap out of people when in custody. Batman the torturer. Man, who is the good guy, really?

Then we see Bruce Wayne strutting into a party with 2 broads. Male slut.

I think the movie just got praised because some one in it died and they wanted to have a pity party by glamourizing the movie.

Did anyone else think the Bat dirt bike thing looked very boyish and immature with it's monster tuck wheel? That was sheer retardedness. Also, the way it popped out of the batmobile, you couldn't really see how it was in there in the first place. You can tell they spen 20 million on that .5 second shot and it just looked like crap in the end.

Batman blasting throught the malls shooting down doors because they're in the way. I didn't see him paying for all that destruction. Did anyone notice that batman trashes every last Bat vehicle in all the movies? The dude can't drive worth a hill of beans.

At the end, joker gets shot in the face with a bunch of pressurized bat stars...where's the blood? And when batman shoots him to suspend him in the air, where does the hook hit him? No blood again? What is this, Walt Disney?

I think they should make a paradoy. So Batman is there talking to a hot girl, then the camera goes back and forth showing batman's face up close, then the girl's an so on. Then, when it flicks back to batman's face, batman is a black dude and they just keep talking like nothing happened. He is black for next 30 mintues of the movie until 3 other actors take over as batman. Batman learns that he doesn't need the police to switch on that big bat light; he just has a pager now. Batman can be on the toilet when his bat pager goes off, and he sighs loudly. It shows batman running toward the camea, and as the camera zooms out, we see batman has no pants. Other funny stuff.

 

[Rancors]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

this is the best batman movies among all, cuz it actually talks about ppl's morale and human nature. other batman movies i have seen were all about actions, but this one plays out differently.

the joker is the greatest villian, and the actor plays out his character too well. i guess only a psycho in real life can have dat role.

Spoiler

the one scene where joker was talking about dat people would save themselves first if they are in danger. so he put commoners on one boat and prisioners on another boat, both installed with bombs. either sides could save themselves if they ended up blowing up one another. at the end, neither sides presses the button, so the joker was gonna push the button so both boats would blows up, but batman stopped him.

u ppl need to learn to watch movies and actually pay attention to the story, not just those special effects.

 

[Johnny]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

The Joker only get's so many praises now because Ledger is dead. Just like Lennon and Hendrix.

 

[Lazer LXXVII]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

this is the best batman movies among all, cuz it actually talks about ppl's morale and human nature. other batman movies i have seen were all about actions, but this one plays out differently.

the joker is the greatest villian, and the actor plays out his character too well. i guess only a psycho in real life can have dat role.

Spoiler

the one scene where joker was talking about dat people would save themselves first if they are in danger. so he put commoners on one boat and prisioners on another boat, both installed with bombs. either sides could save themselves if they ended up blowing up one another. at the end, neither sides presses the button, so the joker was gonna push the button so both boats would blows up, but batman stopped him.

u ppl need to learn to watch movies and actually pay attention to the story, not just those special effects.

lol where to start, where to start

 

[MinusDII]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

I thought the Dark Knight was a great film, and Heath Ledgers portrayal of the Joker was brilliant maybe even better than Jack Nicholson.

The only thing I didn't like was how quickly and easily the Joker was able to formulate and execute his schemes. The boat thing, the hospital, the exploding man - all just too convenient.

And a Terminator without Arnie... I don't think so.

 

[Moosashi]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

I disagree. The Dark Knight is a great movie. First, all you have to do is compare it to the rest of the genre. Can anyone honestly name a better superhero movie? Really? You could say that it's the best of a bad lot, but then why are superhero movies so successful? They certainly entertain people, and this one is the best of them. That's pretty significant.

Stillman, I think you just have a problem with the concept of Batman, not the Dark Knight in particular. The twisted nature of the character is a major theme of the entire comic, and it's captured perfectly in the Dark Knight.* You have some other minor points about the realism and whatnot, but seriously, by your standards, there is no such thing as a great movie. If you want perfect reality, don't watch movies.

Anyway, I generally can't understand the opinions of you critics. It would help if you could identify a movie that you do think is great, and point out where it succeeds and Dark Knight fails.

*The title itself is a great example. Dark Knight taken literally: gallant and chivalrous, but tainted and flawed. Or Dark Knight as a play on Dark Night: a hero confronts the depths of humanity, both in himself and his allies and opponents.

 

[Rancors]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

they only watch movie dat has gorefest, ya ppl dont know how to watch movie just want to see violence like ppl's brain get smashed into pieces and blood spilled all over the places.

 

[Lazer LXXVII]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

I guess thats where it falls for me. I cannot stand superhero movies. So i guess i was predisposed to hating it. But i enjoyed it, worth watching that one time. But i wouldnt want to see it again.

And simply lol @ Rancors

 

[SaroDarksbane]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

Totally disagree. The Dark Knight was an amazing movie (certainly the best of the superhero lot), and Heath Ledger's performance was perfect.

Did anyone else find that Batman's death metal band voice ruined the entire movie? How can comissioner Gordon keep a straight face listening to Batman's grating sludge voice?

All I could think of is this.

"Whiedyoowannakilmee??!"

:crazyeyes:

 

[pancakeman]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

I havn't seen the movie, but I can comment on this:

Also, Batman was into beating the crap out of people when in custody. Batman the torturer. Man, who is the good guy, really?

Before the cheesy TV series, before the movies, before all of it, Batman beat the ever-loving hell out of people. He was pissed that his family got murdered, and he did what anybody with his means and mental instability would do: he dressed up and gave some criminals beatings they would never forget. He didn't kill people, but he did beat them until they wished they were dead.
Batman has always had a very personal connection with crime, and with a criminal of the Joker's caliber it's a wonder the Bat didn't just blow his brains out right away.

 

[Ankeli]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

In it's category the movie is excellent. And I loved Heath as the Joker, but it's not like it's the greatest performance ever. The best thing that happened to the movie was Ledger's death, it'd not have been the hit it was.

 

[Amra]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

The teaser trailer for Terminator Salvation at the start.

You have to understand that trailers are marketed by region. Not all theaters show the same ones. Thus your point is not vaild.

If you want to talk about The Dark Knight, then do it. Don't mention some trailer that we didn't see.

But in all seriousness, The Dark Knight was disgustingly overrated.

I agree it had some flaws. But your judgment is flawed more. Perhaps you got lost in the superhero aspect rather than the person one of the movie?

 

[Dondrei]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

I'm the exact opposite to you, I thought it wasn't solid at all but it was very entertaining. Definitely overhyped though... I think it has been so long since there was a movie that was the least bit good in theatres that people have lost all sense of perspective.

I'd say that it's a really, really good movie. But not a great movie.

And I don't even know where to start with you on the new Terminator crap.

Can anyone honestly name a better superhero movie? Really?

At least six.

But movies should be judged on their own merits, not ranked on some silly scoreboard.

Incidentally, I thought they never got Batman's characterisation quite right, just like in the first one. But they got the Joker right, and that's damn hard to do, so credit to them.

Before the cheesy TV series, before the movies, before all of it, Batman beat the ever-loving hell out of people. He was pissed that his family got murdered, and he did what anybody with his means and mental instability would do: he dressed up and gave some criminals beatings they would never forget. He didn't kill people, but he did beat them until they wished they were dead.
Batman has always had a very personal connection with crime, and with a criminal of the Joker's caliber it's a wonder the Bat didn't just blow his brains out right away.

Dude... have you ever read original Batman? The Adam West version was deliberately campy and still it was not nearly as campy as those comics. You're thinking of the gritty Batman reimagining that happened around the 80s... long after the 60s TV show.

 

[WildBerry]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

Dude... have you ever read original Batman? The Adam West version was deliberately campy and still it was not nearly as campy as those comics. You're thinking of the gritty Batman reimagining that happened around the 80s... long after the 60s TV show.

I forget... did that start when Frank Miller hopped the train or did they start it a while before he caught the drift?

Pancake is right, though, there is a tragic vein in the character to begin with. And, uh, you're right in saying it didn't show very much at the start.

 

[jmervyn]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

At least six.

We're waiting.

You're thinking of the gritty Batman reimagining that happened around the 80s... long after the 60s TV show.

Only partially. <YOU'RE>** forgetting about the comic strip origins, where Batman was clearly more of a 'bad cop' figure than his contemporaries. I'd agree that the revamp in the 80's made much of the anti-hero aspect to the point that he's like a more cuddly version of The Punisher or Judge Dredd, but the character was always willing to physically abuse perps.

Then again, cops were also far more willing to physically abuse perps back then. This is highlighted in either of the "Life on Mars" series.



**You'll never live it down, grammar boy.

 

[Grawner]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

I disagree. The Dark Knight is a great movie. First, all you have to do is compare it to the rest of the genre. Can anyone honestly name a better superhero movie? Really? You could say that it's the best of a bad lot, but then why are superhero movies so successful? They certainly entertain people, and this one is the best of them. That's pretty significant.

I also loved The Dark Knight, especially because of heath ledger. though, i'm still having a hard time, picturing Christian Bale/Patrick Bateman (American Psycho), but i still like the movie..

Though, I can find a better superhero movie, one i saw 10 times in the cinema; Spiderman 1! i freaking wanted to be Spiderman!!:whistling: (but then again, wo didn't?)

 

[WildBerry]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

I also loved The Dark Knight, especially because of heath ledger. though, i'm still having a hard time, picturing Christian Bale/Patrick Bateman (American Psycho), but i still like the movie..

If you see Equilibrium, you'll believe the guy is good for everything.

 

[Usufruct]

Re: You know what the only good thing about The Dark Knight was?

My favorite part of the movie was that Lawrence Fishburn cameo, where he runs onto the screen and kicks Batman in the nuts for no apparent reason.