Morning Discussion

Are you really ready for this weekend or just making it up? San Diego Comic Con is happening this week, and clips from the forthcoming Max Payne movie were shown. Will it good or video game movie good? And while we may not have actual clips of that trailer, how about the new trailer for Demigods?

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    July 25, 2008 6:38 AM

    Finally saw TDK on Imax last night. Possibly my favorite movie ever.

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      July 25, 2008 6:43 AM

      How many movies have you actually seen on IMAX?

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        July 25, 2008 6:46 AM

        Maybe 4 or 5.

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          July 25, 2008 6:52 AM

          Possibly? What do you consider to be a formidable opponent?

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            July 25, 2008 6:56 AM

            i saw the last matrix on imax and it looked NOWHERE near as good as dark knight. i loved the imax shots

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              July 25, 2008 6:58 AM

              Is that even a comparison? A poorly done movie vs. TDK?

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                July 25, 2008 7:01 AM

                i thought you meant visual fidelity

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                  July 25, 2008 7:28 AM

                  I can understand that, I'm just saying that it is sometimes hard to separate memory of a movie's special effects and memory of the abortion that was the story. But I can't say either way between the two movies since I only saw TDK on IMAX.

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            July 25, 2008 6:59 AM

            My other favorite would be Fellowship of the Ring, but they are such different movies it's hard to compare.

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      July 25, 2008 6:45 AM

      I saw it for the second time. It's so great.

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      July 25, 2008 6:49 AM

      ARRRRRRRRRG

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      July 25, 2008 6:57 AM

      So I finally got a chance to see it last night. It didn't quite strike me as well as the first one did. Heath's performance was of course nothing short of amazing. Bale's pursed-lip growling got kind of grating after a while and for all of Nolan's other superb filmmaking skills, he still can't shoot a fight scene worth a lick. All of the fight scenes pretty much comprised of quick half-second close-in upper-torso-framed cut shots of Batman punching someone. Yawn. The movie felt really long to me too, in which I now agree about cramming the Dent/Two-Face story arc into the last section of the film. I can appreciate the storyline of Joker's corruption of Dent, but it all just felt forced.

      Was pretty cool to see so much of Chicago shot as well. I was watching from across the street when they were shooting the street scenes with Bruce's grey Lambo.

      All in all, I would probably watch it again, if nothing else for Heath's final and enthralling depiction of Gotham's most cunning and diabolical super-villian.

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        July 25, 2008 7:02 AM

        You might want to spoiler some of that shit.

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          July 25, 2008 7:03 AM

          damn, sorry. someone nuke it then.

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          July 25, 2008 7:15 AM

          I haven't seen the movie and there's nothing spoilerish at all about the post. I wouldn't worry about it.

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        July 25, 2008 7:32 AM

        joker carried the movie all the way out of the ballpark.

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        July 25, 2008 7:33 AM

        Yeah the action scenes weren't particularly inspiring. Still was a great movie thanks to the performances.

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          July 25, 2008 7:34 AM

          (And editing, and score, and commitment to detail)

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            July 25, 2008 7:36 AM

            i loved the joker theme, the high pitched notes being played, because you knew shit was about to go down

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              July 25, 2008 7:59 AM

              I was really impressed with the music. Somehow Hans Zimmer managed to restrain himself from doing another rewrite of the score from The Rock (you know, the one that was used in Crimson tide and Gladiator); perhaps that was James Newton Howard's doing. But there's really only one theme (the two chord batman theme), and the rest is almost just noise.

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              July 25, 2008 8:05 AM

              I can't help but think he was inspired by the There Will Be Blood soundtrack in a way. Really cool.

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      July 25, 2008 7:39 AM

      these kind of posts amaze me. i think the nerdhype on this movie is so out of this world it's making people say and think very silly things.

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        July 25, 2008 7:40 AM

        So what would be one of your favorite movies? Batman has always been my favorite comic book guy and I like the darkness of this movie.

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          July 25, 2008 7:44 AM

          yeah, only reason why i love it. batman and the joker are my fav hero/villain combos. even the campy tim burton's combo satisfied me.

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        July 25, 2008 7:42 AM

        fry did you go to a midnight showing?

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        July 25, 2008 7:50 AM

        just wait for The Watchmen to hit theatres, this place will resemble a fucking cult

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          July 25, 2008 7:51 AM

          did you guys see watchmen holy shit it was awesome okay off to die now

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            July 25, 2008 7:56 AM

            I was really fucking excited to hear the smashing pumpkins track behind the trailer I love you billy :(

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          July 25, 2008 7:52 AM

          there's a part of me that wants it to be horrible just to avoid that aspect. but the scales will probably tip too far in the other direction. :(

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          July 25, 2008 7:59 AM

          nah I have already decided the source material is unadaptable and am still pissed over Snyder adding the stupid homefront sub-plot to 300's otherwise flawless march of fascist action scenes

          so the approval might be not be as unanimous as you thought

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            July 25, 2008 8:55 AM

            The trailer looks pretty goddamned spot on though. I heard the Black Freighter stuff isn't in the film at all, but is being done for the Super Deluxe DVD.

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              July 25, 2008 9:29 AM

              Visually, I'm loving how good of a job Snyder seems to be doing in translating it to movie form without being hampered by over-adherence to the original panels. It's the writing that worries the heck out of me. :(

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        July 25, 2008 7:54 AM

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        July 25, 2008 7:55 AM

        It's still #1 on IMDB, with 115,000+ votes: http://us.imdb.com/chart/top?tt0468569

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          July 25, 2008 8:03 AM

          fucking BANANAS

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            July 25, 2008 8:05 AM

            have you seen it? #1 is a bit ridiculous, imo, but there is no question it's a spectacular film.

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              July 25, 2008 8:06 AM

              i thought it was a great film as well but this is still bananas

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              July 25, 2008 1:08 PM

              new movies often jump up weirdly high (Lord of the Rings did, for example) and then settle down after a while.

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          July 25, 2008 8:06 AM

          I still think that number is bullshit since IMDb didn't exist when The Godfather came out.

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        July 25, 2008 8:03 AM

        It is the best big budget blockbuster film in ages, probably since Empire or Raiders. Tell me one that's come out in the last ten years that's better.

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          July 25, 2008 8:12 AM

          Wanted.

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          July 25, 2008 9:26 AM

          I was much more enchanted with Fellowship of the Ring, TDK excellence notwithstanding.

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            July 25, 2008 9:40 AM

            I understand that. I was one of the few people that was "ok" on the LOTR films, but I get it. Then again I was one of the ten people who absolutely hated Shrek (which the whole planet went apeshit over), so obviously personal preference plays into things. I won't be surprised to see TDK fall in the IMDB ratings once another 100k votes accumulate, but I can't say I'm unhappy with how well it is being received. :)

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        July 25, 2008 8:05 AM

        why cant it be someones favorite movie? what if i dont like godfather or shawshank redemption*? the movie was great and it deserves all the praise it gets.


        *this is hypothetical, please dont flip the fuck out

        **TDK is not my favorite movie ever, but it was really really really good

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          July 25, 2008 8:07 AM

          i don't care if it's somebody's favorite movie i just think it's bananas that it's #1 on imdb. there's a bit of a frenzy here.

          i watched the blu-ray of batman begins last night and it was so fucking awesome how it ended i am genuinely considering seeing TDK for a second time which is something i haven't done since the matrix (i think) with a movie. so i'm not h8ing.

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            July 25, 2008 8:13 AM

            I actually do agree that the hype is pretty insane but so is most shackhype stuff. The only difference is that this movie is popular in real life too.

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            July 25, 2008 9:25 AM

            so was Fellowship of the Ring for the longest time. In due time, it'll drop down.

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        July 25, 2008 8:44 AM

        Yes.




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        July 25, 2008 8:53 AM

        Word. It was a great movie, but seriously guys, settle down.

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        July 25, 2008 9:40 AM

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      July 25, 2008 7:42 AM

      I watched it Wednesday night. It was a very well done movie, it is one of the best comic movies ever done. That said, it isn't the end all be all of film making. Good: yes, best evar!!!!one!!!: no.

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        July 25, 2008 7:43 AM

        he didnt say best ever, he said his favorite movie ever

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          July 25, 2008 7:48 AM

          I'm curious, how are those mutually exclusive?

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            July 25, 2008 7:51 AM

            best ever would be the best movie for anyone to see. the other one is personal

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              July 25, 2008 8:01 AM

              ^^^^^ There is no best ever movie. Movie taste like anything else is .....subjective!!! OMG!!! People have different opinions on things!

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      July 25, 2008 8:03 AM

      The Dark Knight is better than Alien, Terminator 2, Aliens, Shawshank Redemption, Commando, Red Dawn, Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket, Predator, There Will Be Blood, Unbreakable, The Godfather, Ordinary People, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Goodfellas COMBINED INTO A SUPERMOVIE. Yes it is.

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        July 25, 2008 8:08 AM

        whew. was hoping Old Country wasn't in there

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          July 25, 2008 8:29 AM

          Actually, a lot of stuff in TDK reminded me of Old Country. The coin flips, obviously, but there were also a lot of similarities between the Joker and Chigurh, too.

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          July 25, 2008 8:31 AM

          I didn't like Old Country. I did forget to mention the Matrix, though.

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          July 25, 2008 8:41 AM

          90 minutes of fry's balls.avi is better than no country for old men

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        July 25, 2008 8:33 AM

        Whoa whoa whoa let's not say anything we can't take back now

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      July 25, 2008 8:42 AM

      I just saw it and though it was a great movie, it was hardly any kind of transcendent entertainment experience for me. Just a very well put together movie, with some excellent acting.

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      July 25, 2008 8:49 AM

      This is blaspheme. I thought it was pretty good. Liked the first one better.

      We were laughing at the batvoice towards the end of the movie. It's fine for a short sentence but he really shouldn't talk that much as Batman.

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        July 25, 2008 8:56 AM

        the funniest scene imho was when he was on the batcycle and it rears up like a horse and spins around

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          July 25, 2008 8:59 AM

          Agreed. Cheesiest scene in the whole movie.

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      July 25, 2008 9:37 AM

      was your imax a dome screen? there are two imax's in tampa, and i went to a non-dome one and got my money back. it just felt like a regular stadium-seating movie theater. it would have been the second time i had seen the movie.

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      July 25, 2008 9:40 AM

      Supposedly they once had a fighter pilot movie of some kind specially made for IMAX that came out a few years ago, but I never heard about it until maybe 6 mos ago and it wasnt in theaters anymore :~(

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        July 25, 2008 9:41 AM

        It is still showing at the D.C Air and Space.

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      July 25, 2008 9:41 AM

      also i am retarded because i only just know realized you weren't talking about blank cassette tapes or CD-R
      s :(

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