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Nitemare

Nitemare

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: EMPshockwave82
You people are why this movie will not pass TITANIC in the top grossing movies of all time list. SHAME ON YOU. Turn in your man card now!
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wanna know whats really sad? i saw Titanic 3 times in the thearter with 3 diff GFs in High School
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You better have scored all 3 times or at least 2 to retain your mancard
 
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jjones

Lifer
Oct 9, 2001
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I haven't seen it strapped into a chair turned upside-down and nailed to the ceiling of the theater.
 
acheron

acheron

Diamond Member
May 27, 2008
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I haven't seen Dark Knight either.... I so rarely go to the movies. I'll netflix it.

Also, I've never seen Titanic.
 
Anubis

Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
78,712
427
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tbqhwy.com
Originally posted by: Nitemare
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: EMPshockwave82
You people are why this movie will not pass TITANIC in the top grossing movies of all time list. SHAME ON YOU. Turn in your man card now!
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wanna know whats really sad? i saw Titanic 3 times in the thearter with 3 diff GFs in High School
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You better have scored all 3 times or at least 2 to retain your mancard
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sweet man card still intact
 
BrokenVisage

BrokenVisage

Lifer
Jan 29, 2005
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You're not missing much, Anubis. The movie is grossly over-rated and only held my attention for so long. It's a good popcorn movie that I would say is advisable to see in the theater for the atmosphere and action alone, but the movie itself is very convoluted and gimmicky. Ledger could only do so much for it, everyone else seemed to only range from mediocre to obnoxious.
 
irishScott

irishScott

Lifer
Oct 10, 2006
21,562
3
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Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
You're not missing much, Anubis. The movie is grossly over-rated and only held my attention for so long. It's a good popcorn movie that I would say is advisable to see in the theater for the atmosphere and action alone, but the movie itself is very convoluted and gimmicky. Ledger could only do so much for it, everyone else seemed to only range from mediocre to obnoxious.
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Wat? So what do you consider to be a good movie? The acting was awesome all around (although Ledger was by far the highlight); and convoluted? I prefer complex. Like most good movies.
 
Anubis

Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
78,712
427
126
tbqhwy.com
Originally posted by: Ns1
you can make up for it by buying the dvd and bluray.
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wait why do i have to buy both? i dont own a bluray player :( and come to think of it i dont own a DVD player that is not part of a computer :eek: errr edit well i do have an xbox 360
 
BrokenVisage

BrokenVisage

Lifer
Jan 29, 2005
24,771
14
81
Originally posted by: irishScott
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
You're not missing much, Anubis. The movie is grossly over-rated and only held my attention for so long. It's a good popcorn movie that I would say is advisable to see in the theater for the atmosphere and action alone, but the movie itself is very convoluted and gimmicky. Ledger could only do so much for it, everyone else seemed to only range from mediocre to obnoxious.
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Wat? So what do you consider to be a good movie? The acting was awesome all around (although Ledger was by far the highlight); and convoluted? I prefer complex. Like most good movies.
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Well since you asked..

First, the love triangle and what happened between Batman, Harvey and Rachel Dawes was a little overplayed. mostly by Harvey (that could just be Eckhart though, ever see him get mad in The Core? very overdramatic). Then, the whole cell phone mapping thing Lucius Fox came up with was very unbelievable even for a Batman movie. Also, how did The Joker keep escaping situations with the cops and the other bad guys? Like.. give me a break. And I'm sure you could come up with a valid explaination for all of these, especially in the land of fiction, but things like that erk me when a movie is trying to be serious.

And what do *I* consider a good movie? Simple.. Shawshank, 12 Angry Men, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, V for Vendetta.. I can't see how anymore could unbiasedly put The Dark Knight above any of those. Those are just off the top of my head too, and except for Shawshank each is complex and full of good acting.

I got nothing against Batman or TDK, I just don't get what people see in it that has them putting it on such a high pedestal. Maybe it's just me, maybe I can't take a superhero movie seriously, but even being as unbiased as I can I just can't understand the hype.
 
nerp

nerp

Diamond Member
Dec 31, 2005
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I thought the movie was pretty bad.

And licking lips doesn't = oscar performance. Ledger wasn't all that great, IMHO. If he were still alive I doubt there would be the same buzz about his performance.
 
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imported_Imp

Diamond Member
Dec 20, 2005
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I haven't either... been planning on it, but you know how that goes. Oh well, just wait for Blu-ray/DVD.
 
irishScott

irishScott

Lifer
Oct 10, 2006
21,562
3
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Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Originally posted by: irishScott
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
You're not missing much, Anubis. The movie is grossly over-rated and only held my attention for so long. It's a good popcorn movie that I would say is advisable to see in the theater for the atmosphere and action alone, but the movie itself is very convoluted and gimmicky. Ledger could only do so much for it, everyone else seemed to only range from mediocre to obnoxious.
Click to expand...

Wat? So what do you consider to be a good movie? The acting was awesome all around (although Ledger was by far the highlight); and convoluted? I prefer complex. Like most good movies.
Click to expand...

Well since you asked..

First, the love triangle and what happened between Batman, Harvey and Rachel Dawes was a little overplayed. mostly by Harvey (that could just be Eckhart though, ever see him get mad in The Core? very overdramatic). Then, the whole cell phone mapping thing Lucius Fox came up with was very unbelievable even for a Batman movie. Also, how did The Joker keep escaping situations with the cops and the other bad guys? Like.. give me a break. And I'm sure you could come up with a valid explaination for all of these, especially in the land of fiction, but things like that erk me when a movie is trying to be serious.

And what do *I* consider a good movie? Simple.. Shawshank, 12 Angry Men, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, V for Vendetta.. I can't see how anymore could unbiasedly put The Dark Knight above any of those. Those are just off the top of my head too, and except for Shawshank each is complex and full of good acting.

I got nothing against Batman or TDK, I just don't get what people see in it that has them putting it on such a high pedestal. Maybe it's just me, maybe I can't take a superhero movie seriously, but even being as unbiased as I can I just can't understand the hype.
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Touche but explanations are easy if you look at it from a literary context.

The Joker always escaping can be symbolic of any number of things, as can the cell-phone sonar plan. Batman is the reason uber-hardcore criminals like the Joker exist. If we're talking realism here, then Batman wouldn't even exist. This is not Earth. It takes place in Gotham, not Chicago. IMO it's some plane of the twilight zone very close to Earth, but that allows people like Batman and the Joker to exist.

It's like the whole cloning thing in The Prestige. Completely impossible, but literarally siginificant. From that perspective, everything fits perfectly.

The movie took itself
1. Seriously
2. As realistically as practical for a super-hero movie
 
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