The Dark Knight

[AC]

If you haven't been one of the milllions to see it, get there. All 3 male stars are great and Heath Ledger is absolutely terrifying as the Joker.

This is not a Batman movie for kids.

Home Run.

[yvonne]

I have to tell you that i look forward to your movie reviews, AC!

I will make a point of seeing this (it will be the one and only Batman movie i will have ever seen.)

[like2bike]

Thanks for the review, ACE. I have been wanting to see this but was going to wait until the initial craze dies down. It's on the list for sure.

[SpinBob]

I have to tell you that i look forward to your movie reviews, AC!

I will make a point of seeing this (it will be the one and only Batman movie i will have ever seen.)Yvonne, I highly recommend Batman Begins, the first Batman movie with Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader. I think you'll appreciate the sequel that much more.

[Cheeze]

Does the movie have a Spinable soundtrack?

This Saturday is my week to SPin with the guy who runs the pojectors at the local Cinema. I'll have to see what he says about the film.

Cheeze

[AC]

Does the movie have a Spinable soundtrack?

This Saturday is my week to SPin with the guy who runs the pojectors at the local Cinema. I'll have to see what he says about the film.

Cheeze

It's a Hans Zimmer soundtrack. If you're familiar with his prolific work, Gladiator, etc., you'll probably find some symphonic/type stuff to use.

[yvonne]

Yvonne, I highly recommend Batman Begins, the first Batman movie with Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader. I think you'll appreciate the sequel that much more.

hmmmm ... i'll consider it Bob, but dont think i can stomach Katie Holmes. Her little baby voice drives me up the wall! ( i know ... i'm no baritone, but as Phil would say, it just grates my cheeze!)

Y.

[Alexkaboom]

It's a Hans Zimmer soundtrack. If you're familiar with his prolific work, Gladiator, etc., you'll probably find some symphonic/type stuff to use.

YES! Hans Zimmer fan over here :grin:... I fall in love with the soundtracks way before I even see the movies... silly me!

Alex

[sandy]

Daughter saw it last night said it was real good, and Heath was great in it.

[like2bike]

hmmmm ... i'll consider it Bob, but dont think i can stomach Katie Holmes. Her little baby voice drives me up the wall!

SPEW!! :lol:

[Pink]

Can't wait to see it....Son & his buds went last night and raved about it. We're going to travel the extra miles to see in in an IMax theater.

[SpinBob]

hmmmm ... i'll consider it Bob, but dont think i can stomach Katie Holmes. Her little baby voice drives me up the wall! ( i know ... i'm no baritone, but as Phil would say, it just grates my cheeze!)

Y.If you rent it, you can easily zip through the scenes she's in and not miss a thing. Liam Neeson and Michael Caine more than make up for Katie.

[yvonne]

If you rent it, you can easily zip through the scenes she's in and not miss a thing. Liam Neeson and Michael Caine more than make up for Katie.

excellent idea, Bob!

[AC]

hmmmm ... i'll consider it Bob, but dont think i can stomach Katie Holmes. Her little baby voice drives me up the wall! ( i know ... i'm no baritone, but as Phil would say, it just grates my cheeze!)

Y.


In the context of that movie, surrounded by Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine and Christian Bale, her role is interesting, as Bruce Wayne's friend/tortured love interest, is really just a working actor's role. They embellished the journey of young Bruce Wayne into Batman in the first movie and that sets up his relationship with the DA character that Katie Holmes plays in Batman Returns. If an actor's just wierd, I can live with that. If they go "Mel Gibson", that's when I just skip the work.

As an aside, if you ever want to really take a trip into comic literature, read "The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller, who wrote "300", which was a huge hit movie last year. I remember buying this for my son in 1997 and couldn't put it down myself. But, I'm comic book biased, having been reading Batman for about 50 years. They're called "graphic novels" now.

If the film is good, you see and hear characters, not actual actors, if they're doing their job properly in context of a good screenplay.

[SpinBob]

Frank Miller is first and foremost one of this country's biggest names in comics and he's making a name for himself in movies now. Frank wrote and drew the comic book version of 300, then he turned it into a movie, much the same way as he wrote and drew the comic version of Sin City, before it became a movie.

If you're going to journey down the Frank Miller graphic novel path, I suggest you start with Dark Knight, then pick up Dark Knight Returns, since it's the sequel. Another interesting Frank Miller graphic novel is Ronin, which has nothing to do with the DeNiro movie of the same name.