The Dark Knight

[courtney]

After viewing The Dark Knight for the second time the other night, my companion and I went for post-movie beverage/discussion (which usually turns into post-movie beverageS). Somehow the discussion ended with us deciding to start a new fantasy concept band called BatManDü. We will dress as Batman and do Hüsker Dü covers.

Is that wrong?


[sigh]

[Chris L]

After viewing The Dark Knight for the second time the other night, my companion and I went for post-movie beverage/discussion (which usually turns into post-movie beverageS). Somehow the discussion ended with us deciding to start a new fantasy concept band called BatManDü. We will dress as Batman and do Hüsker Dü covers.

Is that wrong?


[sigh]

Finally, my dream of seeing Batman with a handlebar moustache may be realized. 

[Stupornaut]

After viewing The Dark Knight for the second time the other night, my companion and I went for post-movie beverage/discussion (which usually turns into post-movie beverageS). Somehow the discussion ended with us deciding to start a new fantasy concept band called BatManDü. We will dress as Batman and do Hüsker Dü covers.

Is that wrong?


[sigh]

If wanting to see a bunch of Batmen performing "Masochism World" is wrong, then being right is for chumps.

[Pride of Staten Island]

After viewing The Dark Knight for the second time the other night, my companion and I went for post-movie beverage/discussion (which usually turns into post-movie beverageS). Somehow the discussion ended with us deciding to start a new fantasy concept band called BatManDü. We will dress as Batman and do Hüsker Dü covers.

Is that wrong?


[sigh]

I don't know in what part of the world you live but wherever it is I'll be traveling to see this performance.

Suggestion: You rewrite the lyrics to be Batman-centric.

It's Not Funny Anymore- Joker
How to Skin a Cat- Catwoman
Ice Cold Ice- Mr Freeze

I could go on. But I won't.

[Chris L]

It's Not Funny Anymore- Joker
How to Skin a Cat- Catwoman
Ice Cold Ice- Mr Freeze

I could go on. But I won't.

"Two-Face Rising" is going to be intense.

[courtney]

Wow - maybe we should take this on the road. Take advantage of all the Batman Fever that sweeping the nation....

I'm thinking maybe we should be decked up in the Adam West-era Batman costume. Or maybe one Adam West, one Michael Keaton and one Christian Bale.



Or all 3 in whichever one had nipples on his suit.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

val kilmer

[jbissell]

Clooney & O'Donnell & Silverstone

[JonFromMaplewood]

Finally saw it tonight at.....the Palisades Mall!  It did not sink into the ground.

Ledger's performance was not subtle. 

My only complaint about the film?  Commisioner Gordon's final soliloquy as Batman rides off into the....well....dark night.  He goes into this profound speech about what Batman is, and why he is that way....to his little kid!  The kid must have been like..."Daddy? What the fuck are you talking about?"

[Beth]

Finally saw it tonight at.....the Palisades Mall!  It did not sink into the ground.

Ledger's performance was not subtle. 

My only complaint about the film?  Commisioner Gordon's final soliloquy as Batman rides off into the....well....dark night.  He goes into this profound speech about what Batman is, and why he is that way....to his little kid!  The kid must have been like..."Daddy? What the fuck are you talking about?"

I was so mad when they took the Rainforest Cafe out of that mall.

[Martin]

I watched this mo-fo in BFI's IMAX in London the other day. Hard to know what was more impressive - the IMAX experience or the movie itself, tough to separate the two. In any way I was thoroughly entertained. Some minor gripes mentioned by others - the ridiculously gravelly Batman voice, the silly ship sequence - but I'll take it. Way better than Batman Begins, which I thought was "OK".

It's got a 12 certificate in England; I think they could have given it a 15, it's so grim and violent. (It's 15 in Sweden.) Of course, parents know best, and so the screening I went to was attended by probably 30-40 kids in the ages 5-10. I would never in a million years take my kids to see that movie. Way to go, mom and dad.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I watched this mo-fo in BFI's IMAX in London the other day. Hard to know what was more impressive - the IMAX experience or the movie itself, tough to separate the two. In any way I was thoroughly entertained. Some minor gripes mentioned by others - the ridiculously gravelly Batman voice, the silly ship sequence - but I'll take it. Way better than Batman Begins, which I thought was "OK".

It's got a 12 certificate in England; I think they could have given it a 15, it's so grim and violent. (It's 15 in Sweden.) Of course, parents know best, and so the screening I went to was attended by probably 30-40 kids in the ages 5-10. I would never in a million years take my kids to see that movie. Way to go, mom and dad.

Totally agree, Martin.  My kids aren't going anywhere near that movie for a solid decade. 

I still don't know how I felt about the "IMAX experience."  Once I'm "in" the movie, I lose complete awareness of the medium.  The only time it came back to a conscious level was when there was a shot of a city from high up.  Other times, I could have been watching it on a portable DVD player.

[gravy boat]

I haven't seen the new Batman but this is just a comment on the PG-13 wackiness.  I saw Disturbia recently on cable.  That was PG-13!

** SPOLIER ALERT **
That movie begins with a llloooonnnggg graphic sequence where a teenager's father gets killed in a horrific highway accident, and then culminates with a serial killer torturing the teenager's mother in his basement -- where you also get to see some of his other mummified victims.  PG-13??!!  That movie should be x-rated.

Payola -- cough-cough.

Edit - i just looked up this film and I found I'm not alone.  The Christian Analysis of American Culture (CAP Ministry) also took offense --
"Offense to God (O)
God's name in sued in vain without the four letter expletive at least 19 times, all by adolescents who are paid to do so by adults. Take heed, filmmakers, of Deut. 5:11 and Luke 17:2."

Ew buoy. I'm an old man. 

[Martin]

Those breathtaking helicopter shots (those must have been made specifically for IMAX, right?) are the only ones where I though, "wow, IMAX!". The rest of the time I was "just" watching the biggest screen I've ever watched a movie on. Which of course was awesome too.

The Watchmen trailer was pretty impressive on that screen too.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Totally agree, Martin.  My kids aren't going anywhere near that movie for a solid decade. 

fair enough...although, at that point they'll have no idea what the big deal was.