The Dark Knight

[jamesp]

Anybody going to see this today or saw it last night? I just read that the midnight screenings made $18.5 million alone. And apparently there are morons out there paying $40 a ticket to see the sold-out Imax screenings on Craigslist.

[todd]

I just saw it. Holy moly this movie was great.

[jamesp]

I enjoyed it and thought it was definitely very good. My only complaint is that Christian Bale hasn't dropped the dumb voice. I understand the complaint by many that "How do these people that are so close to him not recognize it's him? They even have the same voice!" but Bale's voice just became distracting and really hard to understand as the movie went on.

Also surprised that Ledger really isn't in the movie a whole lot. You see more of Aaron Eckhart & Gary Oldman than Ledger.

[jbissell]

I enjoyed it and thought it was definitely very good. My only complaint is that Christian Bale hasn't dropped the dumb voice. I understand the complaint by many that "How do these people that are so close to him not recognize it's him? They even have the same voice!" but Bale's voice just became distracting and really hard to understand as the movie went on.

Also surprised that Ledger really isn't in the movie a whole lot. You see more of Aaron Eckhart & Gary Oldman than Ledger.

Yeah, Bale's Batman voice was one of those minor problems I had with the movie too.  I didn't care much about Ledger's death when it happened but now I'm really bummed out by it because a second Joker movie would've been fantastic.  The main thing that set this apart from other superhero movies for me was the fact that I couldn't really predict what was going to happen next (obviously Batman wasn't going to die, but other than him anyone seemed like fair game) and that's usually my biggest problem with comic book films, the total predictability. Overall I thought it was really fantastic and I'm hoping to catch it on the IMAX next week when the crowds aren't so crazy. 

[Satchmo Mask]

Ugh, that voice.

I really liked everything else though.

[John Junk 2.0]

I haven't seen Batman Begins (is that what it's called?) or this, but I gotta say, I don't find Batman inherently interesting and all the clips I see of this movie look totally boring.  Are they just not showing the interesting parts of the movie on purpose?  All the clips I see are like people having meetings, and then there's 20 seconds of Heath Ledger talking like an old hard hat guy in clown makeup. 

Actually I just realized what's funny about Ledger's Joker is he could totally be based on one of those ex-cons who dress up as movie characters outside of Mann's chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Also, I'm not denying that this movie is good, I just was voicing the fact that I'm not really getting the pull of it.  But shit, I went and saw Hancock and didn't think it was that bad.  At least the first half was fun.

[Chris L]

Bale's Batman voice should be patterned after Super Dave.

"What's wrong with you, Joker?  You're an idiot." 

[jbissell]

I haven't seen Batman Begins (is that what it's called?) or this, but I gotta say, I don't find Batman inherently interesting and all the clips I see of this movie look totally boring.  Are they just not showing the interesting parts of the movie on purpose?  All the clips I see are like people having meetings, and then there's 20 seconds of Heath Ledger talking like an old hard hat guy in clown makeup. 

For a movie like this that is going to have a huge draw regardless of the trailer, I think they could get away with not spoiling most of the movie like a lot of big trailers do these days.  I've read many people saying that this is really a good detective movie at heart, not a big comic book spectacular, and I think that is a fair claim.  Hell, even my girlfriend, who can't sit through movie and couldn't care less about Batman, loved it.

[samir]

Great stuff.
Loved Eckhart.
It was awesome.

[Dan B]

I thought it pretty much ruled.

The only thing that me enjoy it less was the audience.  Why would people talk during this movie that they've obviously been waiting a long time to see?  Also, cheering and clapping when SPOILER Gary Oldman comes back so I can't even hear what he says.  For shame.

[Gilly]

That's why I'll never go to a midnight showing or to a show on the first day. Clapping and cheering at a movie is so lame and extremely annoying.

[todd]

Clapping and cheering at a movie is so lame and extremely annoying.

No its not, its great. Too cool? Be happy.

[Gilly]

I am happy. I'm watching a movie I've wanted to see for a long time but the audience thinks it's a live show with Christopher Nolan sitting in the front row.

[John Junk 2.0]

I'm interested to see where this argument goes.

[yesno]

I don't find Batman inherently interesting

I like the idea of someone who does find the idea of Batman inherently interesting, but without ever having seen or read any Batman material.

Like, "Hmmmm, guy wears bat suit and goes around beating up small time thugs and the occasional mad villain?  I'll admit that my interest is piqued..... Tell me more."