And a well-written review it is, too. No spoiler warning required.
[S]uffice it to say that The Dark Knight qualifies as the first official comic book adaptation that truly succeeds in being a great artistic achievement in its own right.
h/t Jason Blake
Comment by RTO Trainer on 6/30 @ 8:13 pm #
That’s such a good review, I’m afraid to go see the movie now.
Comment by Dan Collins on 6/30 @ 8:18 pm #
Yeah. Thanks for the link. How are things?
Comment by ef on 6/30 @ 8:21 pm #
Nothing worse than high expectations to kill enjoyment of a great movie. I limit my exposure to reviews then meditate on the theatrical qualities of Milo and Otis immediately prior to showtime. I am then able to thoroughly enjoy anything north of a Michael Moore fake-u-mentary.
Comment by Dan Collins on 6/30 @ 8:22 pm #
Oh. In that case, I have it on good authority that “The Dark Knight” sucks donkey dick.
Comment by happyfeet on 6/30 @ 8:44 pm #
It’s just kind of sad to see Christian Bale prancing around as Batman. Not like overwhelmingly sad, but definitely kind of awkward. At least he’s getting paid.
Comment by happyfeet on 6/30 @ 8:45 pm #
I wants to see the new Terminator though.
Comment by Dan Collins on 6/30 @ 8:47 pm #
He’s no Adam West.
Comment by ahem on 6/30 @ 8:59 pm #
What are you talking about? Bale is great.
Comment by McGehee on 6/30 @ 9:05 pm #
At the risk of being flamed, I will say that in my opinion the best Batman ever has been Kevin Conroy.
Comment by happyfeet on 6/30 @ 9:08 pm #
He’s a lot better than this low-hanging fruit business, at least he used to be, that silly dragon movie notwithstanding. But anyway it’s under that Legendary Pictures deal, and it makes that whole deal look a lot more successful than it really is I think, if you really want to know why it bugs me.
Comment by Dan Collins on 6/30 @ 9:09 pm #
Best description of Greenwald(s) evah!
Comment by Techie on 6/30 @ 10:21 pm #
McGeehe,
Flamed? That’s generally regarde as a universal truth.
Comment by Karl on 6/30 @ 10:32 pm #
FWIW, most of the early reviews have been glowing; I’ve been linking ‘em at Pate. Then again, studios have figured out a little bit about the Internets.
I’ve seen the first six minutes; they were pretty good. And the crew helicopter used to land across the street from my building. There’s an odd bit of synchronicity going on at the moment because Stranger Than Fiction is on cable, and the lot where the helicopter landed is also in that movie.
Comment by Russ on 6/30 @ 10:32 pm #
That might have been the best-written movie review I’ve ever read.
Comment by Carin- on 7/1 @ 5:59 am #
It’s just kind of sad to see Christian Bale prancing around as Batman.
If you think that’s sad, I’d hate to know what you think of him prancing around in my rich fantasy life.
yum!
Comment by Carin- on 7/1 @ 6:09 am #
I wonder if all the reviews will be that good? My son was watching one of his weird shows, and they were talking about how excellent the flick is as well.
Do you think – perish the thought – the Hollywood had decided that “good films” (you know, the ones worthy of awards) don’t always have to be boring morality plays?
Comment by N. O'Brain on 7/1 @ 6:17 am #
Comment by Carin- on 7/1 @ 5:59 am #
Thanks a lot.
Now I have to go bleach my brain.
Comment by ProggHero on 7/1 @ 6:24 am #
I just hope Bale offs someone with a chain saw like in American Psycho.
Comment by Dread Cthulhu on 7/1 @ 6:26 am #
N.O. Brain…
Move over and pass the bore-brush…
Comment by Carin- on 7/1 @ 6:32 am #
You know, we can’t always just talk about Sugartits here. There are, like, five women that post on this board and we have needs. We didn’t even get shirtless pictures of last week’s lunch.
Comment by SevenEleventy on 7/1 @ 6:36 am #
Can’t wait for his review on “Mama Mia”! Does Meryl Streep have SUGARTITS™?
Comment by SevenEleventy on 7/1 @ 6:38 am #
There are, like, five women that post on this board and we have needs.
Like SugarShafts™?
Comment by TheGeezer on 7/1 @ 8:00 am #
Richly joining hyperbole into over-arching metaphorical Vaganova Arabesques, the review provides not one but many insights into a genre perhaps deserving not less appraisal as art, but more; its attention to thematic grotesques as disturbing artifacts propels the reader comprehending nuance rather than mere expression into a spiraling compulsion to participate in the cinematic experience that cannot be resisted. I fall upon life’s thorns! I bleed!
Comment by Great Mencken's Ghost on 7/1 @ 9:12 am #
Frankly, I thought the trailer looked like overproduced crap. I’m suspicious of any picture where the big selling points are Alfie the Butler and The Magical Negro.
But then, they’re trying to make a Mummy movie without Rachel Weisz so there’s no question Hollywood can still fuck up a circle jerk…
Comment by Squid on 7/1 @ 9:25 am #
Well played, Geezer!
Comment by SGT Ted on 7/1 @ 10:40 am #
Do you think – perish the thought – the Hollywood had decided that “good films†(you know, the ones worthy of awards) don’t always have to be boring morality plays?
Talk about “rich fantasy life”.
Comment by Christopher Taylor on 7/1 @ 11:19 am #
I hope it’s that good, but the trailer looks lousy and I wonder if the reviews would be that glorious had Heath Ledger not died after making Brokeback Shepherds.
Comment by Slartibartfast on 7/1 @ 11:43 am #
I’d thought that no Batman could possibly be better than Tim Burton’s Batman, and that Michael Keaton could everlastingly be the shockingly best Batman evah, only Batman Begins came along, and Bale IS Batman. Hopefully the next one is better yet.
I don’t see Morgan Freeman as the gratuitous Magical Negro, though; Freeman is just everywhere and in all ways Good. I’d just like to see him play some sick, psychopathic slasher just to see if he can.
Comment by McGehee on 7/1 @ 12:19 pm #
Here in the Bible Belt, those newfangled movin’ pichers what looks like drawrin’s, folks doesn’t admit to lookin’ at ‘em.
Comment by McGehee on 7/1 @ 12:20 pm #
Kinda like the way to tell a Baptist from a Methodist is, a Methodist will say hello to you when you run into him at the liquor store.
Comment by Christopher Taylor on 7/1 @ 1:11 pm #
The only reason Michael Keaton seemed so good was that the only movie comparison you had to work with was Adam West’s great, but goofy spoof Batman. By comparison, Keaton looked like genius.
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