The Dark Knight [WARNING SPOILERS]

[devilsknight]

Originally Posted by Robimus

Scarecrow as Joker's lackey didn't work for me. I actually liked the character from the first film, and was hoping he'd be a little more in the second.

They had to seal off that part of the movie...and well judging by the shortness of his role...he probably didn't want to reprise it.

Originally Posted by Robimus

The stunts were all so crazy, so improbable. Batman has no superpowers. He shouldn't be able to magically time when a bazzoka is going to fire, or hitch a ride his passing plane with a balloon.

I don't think he timed it...he just went for it and it went off...the balloon thing is totally possible...a plane catching a wire with a balloon...google it, it does exist.

Originally Posted by Robimus

The lack of a Joker backstory. Yeah, they were going for mystery, it just didn't work that well for me. Loved what we saw but a backstory could have added some depth.

There was a very small backstory...that he hated his father. That was the only consistant thing about the Joker character as he mentioned it a few times. Besides it added greatly to the Joker.

Originally Posted by Robimus

Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine are blah. Not really bad, not really good. Still Caine was way better in this than he was in Jaws 4. .

That was their roles...5 minutes of acting here and there.

Originally Posted by Robimus

Overall:
I really enjoyed the second half of the film, and think it lived up to the hype, Much better than Begins, and its going to take a Star Wars film to knock it out of first place Fortuanatly there is one coming out on Friday

Clone Wars that comes out this weekend...I will be VERY surprised if it tops Dark Knight. I want to watch the movie, but the animation is a big question mark for myself. I still prefer the other Clone Wars shorts that were done.

[-KG-]

Scarecrow was always only supposed to have a small role in the movie.

Joker is supposed to be an "absolute". You're not supposed to know where he comes from. For the first few years in the comics you had no idea where he came from. Even in the Killing Joke, which is a Joker origin story, isn't a concrete background. Joker himself says he likes to have his background be "multiple choice." In the movie, he keeps changing his background. First his dad gave him the cut smile, then he did it to himself for his wife. He probably would have given a third story to Batman if he didn't shut him up.

Yeah, and the plane and balloon thing does exist.

[Batman]

Originally Posted by -KG-

Scarecrow was always only supposed to have a small role in the movie.

Joker is supposed to be an "absolute". You're not supposed to know where he comes from. For the first few years in the comics you had no idea where he came from. Even in the Killing Joke, which is a Joker origin story, isn't a concrete background. Joker himself says he likes to have his background be "multiple choice." In the movie, he keeps changing his background. First his dad gave him the cut smile, then he did it to himself for his wife. He probably would have given a third story to Batman if he didn't shut him up.

Yeah, and the plane and balloon thing does exist.

For some reason, I think he was going to tell Batman where his scars actually came from.

[Incepticon]

Yeah I know, this is now a zombie thread, but here's a mildly interesting new article for those of you debating whether or not Two-Face is dead:

http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b2719...secret_of.html

[-KG-]

Originally Posted by Incepticon

Yeah I know, this is now a zombie thread, but here's a mildly interesting new article for those of you debating whether or not Two-Face is dead:

http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b2719...secret_of.html

I read that on another site earlier today. I love the behind the scenes stuff.

[Batman]

Cool read.

I saw it again today in imax for my B-day