The Dark Knight Rises

[Scribblesense]

Have you guys just not seen what pretty girls look like?

Dude, in the right context, I think most women can look really HOT. Maggie Gyllenhaal
for example?

I already thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was attractive, but seeing this picture of her...

*clears throat*

I'll be in my bunk.

Thus, again, proving attractiveness is subjective.

Did something happen to the lower-half of her face or sumthin?  Why does her brother get a strong chin and she gets something closer to Roger Ebert's current one?

With her hair cut like that, she's even cuter than the previous picture.

[D.B. Barnes]

[Watchman]

"I wish I knew how to quit you are brother"?

I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense.

DAMMIT! I'm usually a stickler for spelling, but it eludes me when I try to quote one of my favorite jokes from the Dark Knight Rifftrax.

Proper reproduction: "I wish I knew how to quit youuuur brother." (Remember, during a scene with Christian Bale & Maggie Gyllenhaal, one of them speaks the Brokeback Mountain quote as Bruce Wayne, except changing "quit you" to "quit your brother" in the very middle of the word "you" [because, you know, Maggie is Jake's brother]. I hate explaining jokes, but in case one hasn't watched The Dark Knight Rifftrax...)

"I wish I knew how to quit you are brother", sounds like either a Burroughs cut-up or the new "All our bass r belong 2 us".

[Russell]

I never did see the DK rifftrax; the reauthoring had some kind of major issue for me that I never got around to fixing.

Well you-a know what the Italians say about the Donkey Kong...He's a Bigamist, but I thought that
was just an italian fog!

You know what? I think this calls for another gratuitous pic of Maggie Gyllenhaal!

Spoiler

God bless Maggie Gyllenhaal in garters!

[Watchman]

I was expecting the "spoiler" to be some Maggie/donkey hybrid for furries or something.

I wish I knew how to quit you-u-u-ur donkey.

[Russell]

I was expecting the "spoiler" to be some Maggie/donkey hybrid for furries or something.

I guess you haven't been reading Anais's Star Trek thread lately...

[Watchman]

I was expecting the "spoiler" to be some Maggie/donkey hybrid for furries or something.

I guess you haven't been reading Anais's Star Trek thread lately...

Would you recommend it?

[D.B. Barnes]

I was expecting the "spoiler" to be some Maggie/donkey hybrid for furries or something.

I guess you haven't been reading Anais's Star Trek thread lately...

Would you recommend it?

It's pretty good. Lotta lens flare, though.

[Russell]

It's pretty good. Lotta lens flare, though.

But I must say if the lens flare is that big of a problem, you've probably got way too much
time on your hands to complain about something that has no impact on the quality
of the story of the movie whatsoever, and that is all that should matter.

Now, getting back to the DKR... I've heard from reliable news sources that
Liam Neeson is returning as Ra's Al Ghul... Lazarus pits, anybody?

[Doctor Who?]

I heard he was returning as Harley Quin

[Russell]

Except that movies are a visual medium and judging them for their visual content is a valid way to critique them.

So you're saying a movie should be visually dazzling and still be really great in spite of a really shitty story? Star Wars
prequels, anybody?

[D.B. Barnes]

Except that movies are a visual medium and judging them for their visual content is a valid way to critique them.

So you're saying a movie should be visually dazzling and still be really great in spite of a really shitty story? Star Wars
prequels, anybody?

[Watchman]

Here's another angle from which to view this tiresome subject: http://www.ufosnw.com/definitions/lensflare.htm

Whenever I see Jar Jar's protruding eyes I want to snip them off with a pair of scissors.

[Russell]

So you're saying that movies should just be blank screens with people talking?  Radio, anybody?

Okay, I wasn't overgeneralizing, but you are. If you really want to win me over with your argument, you're not doing a very
good job.

[Watchman]

But I must say if the lens flare is that big of a problem, you've probably got way too much
time on your hands to complain about something that has no impact on the quality
of the story of the movie whatsoever, and that is all that should matter.

With all due respect, you're projecting a bit, Gunflyer. You're the one spending time obsessed with peoples' critiques of lens flare. It only takes a few seconds to insert "too much lens flare" into one's post. In proportion to the rest of our opinions, you're blowing the lens flare issue way out of proportion. And who says anyone's trying to win anyone over? A good-spirited debate isn't about conversion, it's about being able to get across one's point of view so the opponent can say "I may not agree with you, but you have a valid point & I can see where you're coming from."

Chill out, man. You really don't need to be so defensive & confrontational. Lens flare is not the end of the world (unless someone's filming the apocalypse).

Except that movies are a visual medium and judging them for their visual content is a valid way to critique them.

So you're saying a movie should be visually dazzling and still be really great in spite of a really shitty story? Star Wars
prequels, anybody?

Speaking of points of view, we seem to have completely different concepts of "visually dazzling"! I don't see how in god's name you could say the Star Wars prequels are "visually dazzling!" To me they're stale, antiseptic & lifeless. But to each his own.

There are many facets to a film that can come into play during criticism. It's a ridiculous argument to whittle the essence of film down to Images Vs. Words. As a visual medium, cinematography is as open to criticism as any other facet of a film & its pre-production, production & post-production processes. It's not an either/or proposition. It's quite possible to appreciate good dialogue AND good cinematography.

I wish everyone could simply accept each others' minute opinions without belittling or flaming. Having different points of view on a matter so tiny as lens flare really does not command such tremors. Hell, by this point, Tremors deserves more tremors than Star Trek: Dead Horse.

Maybe we should create a separate sub-forum devoted solely to Lens Flare, and people can let the same arguments play out year after year after year....

[I think I made a point somewhere in this post.]