Batman
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Bruce Wayne, who witnessed the murder of his billionaire parents as a child, swore to avenge their deaths. He trained extensively to achieve mental and physical perfection, mastering martial arts, detective skills, and criminal psychology. Costumed as a bat to prey on the fears of criminals, and utilizing a high-tech arsenal, he became the legendary Batman.
Official Batman Movies discussion thread (Spoilers!!)
"Just saw the movie and OMG! Joker is the best villain to appear in a comic book based movie so far. The movie has a whole was pretty good, but Joker just...wow. I still can't get over one of first scenes....yes the magic trick was amazing i couldnt help but laugh
Spoilers!
The one where he does the Magic Trick with the pencil and them BAM!
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I thought it was aMAYzing. Personally, I liked Eckhart's performance better than Ledger, but that's because I already knew Heath would do a good job. (Been a fan since 10 Things I Hate About You, and yes, I was raised as a teenybopper fangirl) I thought he did a good job as a mix of anarchistic Hamlet, Killing Joke Joker (minus the backstory), and total CHAOS. Loved him. Totally ironic that a guy known for his huge smile (Heath, not Joker) spent most of the time... not smiling. It was amazing.
I LOVED HARVEY DENT, though. I've never been a big Two-Face fan (Joker, Catwoman, and Poison Ivy fan), but Aaron Eckhart really humanized him. It was great.
Spoiler:
The bit with the bodybag? Yeah, let's just say my heart stopped for a little right there.
"Nobody said:See that's the creepy thing about Ledger's joker. The things he does are so horrific and yet I had to try really hard to hold in my laughter. He has a very charismatic sense of humor yet at the same time makes you feel guilty for laughing."Just saw the movie and OMG! Joker is the best villain to appear in a comic book based movie so far. The movie has a whole was pretty good, but Joker just...wow. I still can't get over one of first scenes....yes the magic trick was amazing i couldnt help but laugh
Spoilers!
The one where he does the Magic Trick with the pencil and them BAM!
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The movie was amazing! But, did they have Barbra Gordan as Jim Gordan's wife instead of his daughter, or niece?
"ronin alexsnder said:I've gotten over feeling bad about laughing at horrible things. Especially when they are movies."Nobody said:See that's the creepy thing about Ledger's joker. The things he does are so horrific and yet I had to try really hard to hold in my laughter. He has a very charismatic sense of humor yet at the same time makes you feel guilty for laughing."Just saw the movie and OMG! Joker is the best villain to appear in a comic book based movie so far. The movie has a whole was pretty good, but Joker just...wow. I still can't get over one of first scenes....yes the magic trick was amazing i couldnt help but laugh
Spoilers!
The one where he does the Magic Trick with the pencil and them BAM!
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"The movie was amazing! But, did they have Barbra Gordan as Jim Gordan's wife instead of his daughter, or niece?James Gordon was not very original with naming his kids... boy was Jimmy (named after his Dad) and I'm pretty sure that there are some discrepancies over Babs relationship with the Commish... anyway, Jim Gordon's wife was also named Barbara...
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I know that was a round about way to say it...
OH one more thing. You know what really bugged me about this movie? The lack of Batarangs. I mean, he's Batman. Batman = Gadgets. Gadgets = BATARANGS.
I don't think I saw 1 in the entire movie. Oh well, the movie was phenomenal.
"OH one more thing. You know what really bugged me about this movie? The lack of Batarangs. I mean, he's Batman. Batman = Gadgets. Gadgets = BATARANGS.I saw him putting them away once... does that count?
I don't think I saw 1 in the entire movie. Oh well, the movie was phenomenal.
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"MotorSteel said:Haha i saw that too. But he never used them. I guess he didn't need them."OH one more thing. You know what really bugged me about this movie? The lack of Batarangs. I mean, he's Batman. Batman = Gadgets. Gadgets = BATARANGS.I saw him putting them away once... does that count?
I don't think I saw 1 in the entire movie. Oh well, the movie was phenomenal.
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"who willl be in the next batman movie as enemy'sI hope its somene we haven't seen. Maybe Killer Croc or Clayface. I'm kind of doubting Clayface due to Sandman being in spidey and they would be similar.
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I just came back from seeing this movie. I had been hyped about it from the start but never thought it would have this level of quality, I have a few opinions of the movie that I would like to share.
- Health Ledger´s take on the Joker has been the greatest I´ve seen on the character, as a matter of fact he turned one of the best known and popular villains and that has the reputation of being a character so complex and strange like the Joker and turned him into the best villain I´ve seen in a comic book movie. This take on the Joker made him funny, creepy, intelligent, a manipulative bastard, the man that can put an entire city to it´s knees with a few attacks, in other words how Joker should always be written.
- I´ve seen most if not all of the comic/superhero movies. This year saw one of the best movies in the genre with amazing movies like Ironman, Incredible Hulk, Wanted, Hellboy II and Hancock. I loved all of those movies but the Dark Knight is the best one I´ve seen, the living prove that a comic movie can have alot of stories and characters going on and yet can put them all together creating an amazing movie ( Spider-man 3 could learn a few things)
- The casting of this movie were perfect, every single actor acted like their comic counterparts, yet bring their own thing to make this a great experience.
- The Dark Knight is in my opinion the best comic movie done to date without any real competition, not only that but is the best movie I´ve seen in this year
Health Ledger was a perfect joker.
the movie was what i thought it was gong to be....kick@ss lol
Update 7/19 11:20am - A Warner Bros. executive tells the Associated Press The Dark Knight has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on Friday.
According to Variety , The Dark Knight saw a one-day box office of somewhere between $60 and $63 million, a total which includes $18.5 million from midnight shows alone. The total gives Warner Bros. Batman movie the best box office single-day opening ever, besting Spider-Man 3, which saw $59.8 million on its opening Friday last year.
For a little context, 2005’s Batman Begins brought in $15 million on its opening day and a total of $48.7 million during its first three days in theaters in 2005. The Dark Knight, which has seen unprecedented publicity and hype over the course of the last three months, opened on a record-setting 4,366 screens nationwide.
As for the full weekend, Batman once again has his sights set for Spider-Man, with the trade predicting that the film could take the top non-holiday weekend opening crown from Spider-Man 3 is business stays as strong as expected. Spider-Man 3’s opening weekend: $151.1 million.
"Health Ledger was a perfect joker.I knew you'd see it.
the movie was what i thought it was gong to be....kick@ss lol"
"To be fair though, this was going to happen just cause its Ledger's last movie, not that he didn't do an amazing job.Update 7/19 11:20am - A Warner Bros. executive tells the Associated Press The Dark Knight has set a single-day box office record by taking in $66.4 million on Friday.
According to Variety , The Dark Knight saw a one-day box office of somewhere between $60 and $63 million, a total which includes $18.5 million from midnight shows alone. The total gives Warner Bros. Batman movie the best box office single-day opening ever, besting Spider-Man 3, which saw $59.8 million on its opening Friday last year.
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For a little context, 2005’s Batman Begins brought in $15 million on its opening day and a total of $48.7 million during its first three days in theaters in 2005. The Dark Knight, which has seen unprecedented publicity and hype over the course of the last three months, opened on a record-setting 4,366 screens nationwide.
As for the full weekend, Batman once again has his sights set for Spider-Man, with the trade predicting that the film could take the top non-holiday weekend opening crown from Spider-Man 3 is business stays as strong as expected. Spider-Man 3’s opening weekend: $151.1 million.
i was so sketchy about heath ledger playing the joker...i didn't think he could pull it off...but after seeing this movie i'm really disappointed that he won't be around to play him again if he were still alive i would have no problem with them just making more batman vs. joker movies from here out....no one could possibly make a better villain then ledger's portrayal as the joker...when he was walking out of the hospital after blowing it up wearing his nurses outfit i just geeked...even when he was being absolutely terrifying i couldn't help but laugh...I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!
I saw the film on the 16th, and I'm going to go see it again later this week. It was truly epic. =)
Heath's a legend. RIP.
Update 7/20 11:45am - Warner Bros. tells the AP The Dark Knight will gross an estimated $155.34m in domestic box office receipts this weekend, a new record figure that will best Spider-Man 3's then record take of $151.1m last year. While this means The Dark Knight likely didn't beat Spider-Man 3's other record, best Saturday gross ever at $51.3m, it does mean its only a matter of time before Dark Knight claims the 2008 box office crown and the question will be how high will its totals go and how 'front-loaded' its grosses will be?
The factors working forThe Dark Knight having strong legs in the coming weeks:
- The media frenzy surrounding the film (aided in part by Heath Ledger's performance) is helping it cross over to a mainstream pop culture event, which may draw moviegoers who only rarely venture out to the multiplex or might not normally be inclined towards superhero/action-adventure fare.
- A universally glowing critical and word-of mouth-factor that studio executives can only dream about.
- A complex film with a relatively long running time will probably enjoy brisk repeat business by the hardcore fan base.
And against:
Perhaps the one factor not in The Dark Knight's favor is that as well documented, the film may not be friendly to younger pre-teen audiences.
Look for much more on this record-settting box office weekend over the next couple of days here at Newsarama...
it was a great movie alittle long but sit great, Heath will be immortalized not because of it being one of his last movies but for the awesome job he did with the Joker hell he even got the laugh down.
"Alright, don't make fun of me for asking this:Who is Barbara Gordon's older brother? You know, the blond kid Harvey threatens to kill. I totally didn't know Gordon had a son."
if my memory doesn´t fail-Jimmy Gordon
"Queen Kong said:It was a great hero movie.Possibly the best ever...I think it can be topped though.I can't wait for the next Batman.I see where this movie is going a little bit..the next one should be perfect."TDK=Overrated."hater :P
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k does anyone else think that william fitchner was playing the character that will later become the penguin in the next batman movie
Jesse James said:
"k does anyone else think that william fitchner was playing the character that will later become the penguin in the next batman movie"
You know that never crossed my mind but maybe because William looks nothing like the penguin. I picture a point nosed actor playing his role but hey now-a-days then can cast anyone!
but if you ask me David Dastmalchian looks more penguinishh haha
hes the guy that played a psyzophrenic victim and Harvey Dent held a gun to
"Virago said:Younger brother. Barbara is older."Alright, don't make fun of me for asking this:Who is Barbara Gordon's older brother? You know, the blond kid Harvey threatens to kill. I totally didn't know Gordon had a son."
if my memory doesn´t fail-Jimmy Gordon"
"Ahhhh, thank you. So... There's husband and wife Barbara and James Gordon with kids Barbara and James Gordon... That's original.Yeah it amuses me too.Did Jimmy do anything notable?"
I think that when Barb and the Commish divorced, she took Jimmy and Babs opted to stay with good old Dad. But I could be wrong. So anyway he basically just faded away...
as much as i love two face,joker and bane
but i think it's time to give the other guys a shot like Zsasz
well i figured that he was to big an actor to be playing an extra, i coulda sworn he looked fat when the joker knocked him down and he could later get a facial dissformity the movies don't have a problem tweaking the story a bit and it seems to work
"well i figured that he was to big an actor to be playing an extra, i coulda sworn he looked fat when the joker knocked him down and he could later get a facial dissformity the movies don't have a problem tweaking the story a bit and it seems to work"...you mean two-face? Where are you coming from, Jesse?
"i dont think they should have killed off twoface just because the fact that u kno there won't be a Robin in none of the movies, and if they do put him in a movie it will mess up the storyline because twoface was the one 2 kill Robins familyThis is what i wanna know, is he really dead (two-face)? Because i thought the scarecrow was dead when he got tazzed in the face, but i guess not. So they might of just had the funeral for Harvey and two face might be in jail.
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