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
That’s such a good review, I’m afraid to go see the movie now.
Yeah. Thanks for the link. How are things?
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.
Oh. In that case, I have it on good authority that “The Dark Knight” sucks donkey dick.
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.
I wants to see the new Terminator though.
He’s no Adam West.
What are you talking about? Bale is great.
At the risk of being flamed, I will say that in my opinion the best Batman ever has been Kevin Conroy.
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.
Best description of Greenwald(s) evah!
McGeehe,
Flamed? That’s generally regarde as a universal truth.
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.
That might have been the best-written movie review I’ve ever read.
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!
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?
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Thanks a lot.
Now I have to go bleach my brain.
I just hope Bale offs someone with a chain saw like in American Psycho.
N.O. Brain…
Move over and pass the bore-brush…
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.
Can’t wait for his review on “Mama Mia”! Does Meryl Streep have SUGARTITS™?
There are, like, five women that post on this board and we have needs.
Like SugarShafts™?
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!
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…
Well played, Geezer!
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”.
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.
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.
Here in the Bible Belt, those newfangled movin’ pichers what looks like drawrin’s, folks doesn’t admit to lookin’ at ’em.
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.
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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