The Dark Knight (SPOILERS)

[Tripe]

So a variant on Pretty's line did indeed do the trick or at least make it significantly more likely that we'll be seeing this on IMAX on Saturday. Though again I'll be surprised if i really get much out of the IMAX.

[Thorns of Crimson Death]

Got my tickets for a 10pm Imax show tomorrow night with some friends.  Boozin' it up before and afterwards of course.  Can't fucking wait.

[esoobaC .T bocaJ]

Due to travel issues, I won't be seeing it until the matinee showing on Saturday. So since some people have already seen it, I don't think I'd better read this thread (or about 37% of the rest of the internet) until then, just to be on the safe side.

I want to enjoy it unspoiled.

who's already seen it, okay?

[Hebs]

OH MY GOD YOU GUYS


I JUST CAME BACK FROM DARK KNIGHT


There is this unbelieveable cafe scene...

Bruce decides he's going to give it all up and turns to the dark side!  He gets a pointy hair cut, dresses like Gerard from My Chemical Romance and does a crazy dance in front of Mary Jane!


I'm sorry, I'm sorry - I'm kidding of course.  We're seeing it tomorrow.

does he ask her if she can "dig on this", okay?

Bahaha

[mearnest]

Friggin sweet.  Ledger turned in an amazing performance.  I think I'll have to sleep on it before I can properly weigh in.  But for now I'll just say:
Damn.

[doggans]

There's nothing I can say about this movie that hasn't already been said (or won't soon be said) by people more eloquent than myself. So I'll just say, fantastic. I was worried that the hype might kill it, but it certainly met and exceeded my (already high) expectations.

[mearnest]

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I would just like to say as a guy who's spent a little time in jail (a week).  Big, scary inmates are not about self-sacrifice.  They'll pretty much shiv you just to get to the phone.  It was kind of heart warming in the movie but just not very realistic.

[Compound]

Mountain Time Zone checking in.

Wow. Very nicely done.

More when I regain conciousness.

[Compound]

And before I forget:

The Watchman trailer was in front of the film.  It looks damn impressive. I noted that a couple of scenes that I thought would never be in the film seem to be in there. I'm a lot more enthusiastic about it now.

[Raven]

I can honestly say that I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite scene.  As a whole I loved Ledger's dialogue.  The intro to his character was classic.  I'll try to keep it spoiler free.  Loved his magic trick. 

[mearnest]

Yeah, his 'magic trick' was pretty classic.  True Joker.

[TheUnabeefer]

Now THAT is the Batman movie I have been waiting to see for 20 years. (since I was    

I think the whole thing still needs to settle in a bit, so I am going to sleep...  but I am not sure if that movie is for the general public... it's like having Blue Velvet be mainstream.

I approve.

[a pretty girl is like]

I would tell SpiderMan 2 to move over because someone else deserves that top spot of the comic book movie but this isn't quite a comic book movie.  Like Seven, Dog Day Afternoon, Unforgiven, Silence of the Lambs, this is an elevation of the genre.  The Dark Knight works with and within all the usual genre tropes but it never belongs to  them.  I'm sorry to say it, as much as I enjoyed Iron Man, the first two X-Men movies and SpiderMan movies, these are kids'movies now.  The Dark Knight simply is more. 

And this is all due to Heath Ledger.   He isn't a villain.  To call him a comic book villain would just diminish his accomplishment.   Watching him, you understand why people chase tornadoes.   Nervous laughter has never been more enjoyable.

The only quibble I have right now is the big action finale becomes too much of a blur at times but the payoff literally turns Batman's world and the genre upside down.   

[Dim of the Yard]

If I'm going to be honest, I dug Harvey Dent a lot more than the Joker, but everybody gave an absolutely stellar performance.  It was an absolutely fantastic movie, and I would be thrilled to see it again.  I especially want to see it because I got to the theater late and ended up in the front-front rows and probably missed half of the action.

Better still, I saw the movie in a great crowd.  They laughed and cheered in all the right places, applauded the Joker's scenes, audibly cringed in the right places, and made the movie a hell of a lot of fun.  A couple of them even dressed up as the Joker.  And somebody left behind a comic book in the cup holder of one of the seats.  It's all mine now.

So... yeah, I had fun.  Best girl's night out ever.

[anais.jude]

A-freaking-mazing!!!!!!!!!!