awww i was just kidding! i havn't seen the movie

7/18/2008 5:20:10 AM

hahah.... that was mean spirited!

7/18/2008 5:21:22 AM

srry

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 5:22 AM. Reason : damn this movie is blowing up on imdb mssg board]

7/18/2008 5:21:49 AM

^yeah. if you post a thread, it will probably be on the fourth page before you view the board again, lol

7/18/2008 5:26:18 AM

"insider info" this movie is tracking stronger and having better advanced sales than current record holder Spiderman 3. Possible record breaking weekend!

bout time something might knock that shitty movie off its pedestal

7/18/2008 5:30:28 AM

i think it showed on like 6 or 7 screens at the theater in greenville i work at.

i forgot christian bale was british, that is really weird, i don't know if i've seen any movie with him using a british accent.

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 5:36 AM. Reason : fdfsd]

7/18/2008 5:33:53 AM

saw it at midnight and it was AWESOME. Best movie i've seen in a long time.. had me on the edge of my seat. We waited so long at the beginning to make sure we got decent seats that I went through two large drinks. I had to pee soo bad 2/3 the way through but I could not leave because it was too good. I about exploded afterwards.


If you're on the edge, go see it. If nothing else everyone can appreciate the job heath ledger does.. he really makes the movie, and you would never guess he was playing the character if you didn't know it was him

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 5:58 AM. Reason : and they said ~1500 people saw the midnight showing at crossroads]

7/18/2008 5:58:08 AM

saw it midnight at imax. fucking awesome movie. the scenes with Dent in the secured vehicle and joker in the semi was amazing in imax.

7/18/2008 6:34:48 AM

we can we discuss actual movie details in here b/c i have a couple comments/questions :-D

7/18/2008 8:43:15 AM

saw it at midnight

all 6 theaters were filled

longer than i expected, but not in a bad way

great damn movie

ledger was amazing

7/18/2008 8:50:03 AM

very very good movie

7/18/2008 9:09:04 AM

^^^I'd say wait through the weekend. A lot of people will be catching this saturday-sunday afternoon, including me.

7/18/2008 9:10:37 AM

Was an awesome movie. Felt the first 3/4 of the movie was A+++. The last 1/4 seemed to change pace, besides waiting until about the very end to get to a resolution. Was still enjoyable, but not as good as the first 3/4

7/18/2008 9:21:51 AM

A++++++ crowd and surroundings at Mission Valley

I really see no reason to quit going to midnight showings.

how tired I am now < how great it is to see it hyped as shit with a crowd that digs it


ALSO very disappointed at the apparent lack of recognition/interest in the awesome watchmen trailer

7/18/2008 9:26:14 AM

a lot of people sitting around me had no idea what watchmen was and said it looked like an x-men knockoff. most people laughed at it.

7/18/2008 9:27:20 AM

Quote :

"fuck that, they have gary oldman in the movie, and they cast HEATH LEDGER as the joker??"

from page one

7/18/2008 9:35:06 AM

how did the Watchmen trailer look?

nevermind, just watched it. Can't fucking wait. Might have to go back and read the book for like the thousandth time

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 9:53 AM. Reason : .]

7/18/2008 9:48:38 AM

good.
stylized, but source-appropriate

I thought, when it leaked on YouTube yesterday (already removed), that Dr. Manhattan looked awful, but he looked great on the big screen

scenes that made it into the trailer:
- Veidt pwnage of assassains in his mansion
- Rorschach flame-thrower-zippo
- nite owl prison riot kick
- comedian thrown from window
- Manhattan and Silk Spectre on Mars
- Rorschach slams Moloch against a wall
- Comedian on owlship looking at angry crowds
- owlship emerging from the river
- comedian and manhattan in vietnam

etc etc etc

looks like a Snyder movie, but looks like WATCHMEN to me.
is there a thread for this? now that there are visuals, the discussion can steamroll ahead

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 9:54 AM. Reason : misplaced antecedent]

7/18/2008 9:53:44 AM

what's watchmen

7/18/2008 10:02:16 AM

the. best. comic.

7/18/2008 10:17:00 AM

i "purchased" the watchmen last night.

I love the interwebz

7/18/2008 10:18:32 AM

yeah after looking up the watchmen, im pretty much excited about it


only 'comic' to ever win a hugo award, that's some hardcore shit man

7/18/2008 10:21:35 AM

statefan, are you the kind of reader who avoids spoilers at all costs?

if not, http://www.arschkrebs.de/watchmen/ annotations are really cool, cause Watchmen is pretty dense and something like that can point out cool things you might miss

but if you dont want shit spoiled, its worth re-reading with annotations anyway

7/18/2008 10:23:09 AM

they are saying this movie will place 3rd in opening weekends behind spiderman 3 and pirates: dead man's chest...

7/18/2008 10:57:45 AM

^ I don't see how that's possible, especially with all the hype this movie is seeing

7/18/2008 11:07:01 AM

yes but did those movies get thursday releases? I cant remember. If so, doesnt that give them an extra day to gather revenue

7/18/2008 11:08:02 AM

i think spidey had a wednesday release

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 11:12 AM. Reason : a]

7/18/2008 11:08:20 AM

going to see it again at imax tonight. i wonder how it will compare to digital.

7/18/2008 11:41:35 AM

i'm going to see this a second time at IMAX when the crowds die down again...seeing the previewing on wednesday was awesome and the crowd was polite, but i REALLY want to see this movie in IMAX again

7/18/2008 12:19:33 PM

Quote :

"yes but did those movies get thursday releases? I cant remember. If so, doesnt that give them an extra day to gather revenue "

Anytime a movie opens on Thursday it doesn't count towards the weekend as far as the "record books" are concerned.

Spidey 3 made something like 150 mil Fri-Sun and Pirates made like 132 mil Fri-Sun

Anytime a movie opens what seems like a day early, it's because the film studios suspect that the word of mouth business it will generate for the weekend (or repeat customers) will be greater than the admission they surrendered the day before

... if that makes sense

anyways, The Dark Knight has possibilities.... I'm just gonna throw this out there 155 million. My range is 145-160 million. I don't see it making much less, or more than that. But 155 sounds like a solid number.

That's my opinion. It will just beat out Spiderman 3

Thank you higher ticket prices

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 12:30 PM. Reason : .]

7/18/2008 12:27:09 PM

Ohh, yeah, forgot to add, I also predict that The Dark Knight will destroy the previous midnight record (one of the star wars movies, 16 mil) by posting at least 20 million. 23million I'm hoping. Giving it a healthy start and lots of positive word of mouth to reach my 155 million weekend guess/hopes

Everyone go see this movie!...TWICE!

7/18/2008 1:10:59 PM

7/18/2008 1:33:09 PM

how big of a difference is seeing the movie in the IMAX vs. seeing it in the theater?

I told my little brother I'd wait to see the movie with him when he gets here in two weeks

But I can't wait

I'm thinking about seeing it in the theater tonight and in the IMAX when he gets here

7/18/2008 1:49:29 PM

soooooo i went on my lunch hour and bought tickets for my husband and i - we're going to the 8:10p showing at cary crossroads. all the good reviews i'm reading are making me super excited to see it. i'm not a big fan of comic book movies and i never have been - but this movie has gotten so much hype that i just have to see it

7/18/2008 1:52:42 PM

^it is insane, you don't even have to know what a comic book is to appreciate this movie.

you will need to go early to be sure you can get a decent seat though.

i want to see it again

7/18/2008 2:23:46 PM

magic trick

[Edited on July 18, 2008 at 2:36 PM. Reason : ]

7/18/2008 2:36:05 PM

so i'm totally going to be somewhat of a downer here compared to everyone else...or at least present a more in depth criticism/analysis:

i thought they gave each character too much equal attention to create a story as good as Batman Begins. I liked Batman Begins as its mostly the story about Batman and focuses exclusively on Bruce becoming Batman and goes into his whole mission for saving Gotham.

With TDK, you're thrown right into the action and the story of the movie is somewhat hidden in the background until the end. My biggest complaint would be that this isn't a story about Batman fighting to save Gotham City, nor even a story about Batman fighting the Joker...its more of a story about 5 characters in Gotham and how they all interact and react to each other. Also, the movie seemed very fast paced...I'm not saying it was a problem and I couldn't keep up, it would just go to one event to the next, to the next, to the next without much transition.

Now do I think that's bad? Not really...it just wasn't what I was expecting. I was hoping for a little bit more of a perspective from the Bruce/Batman point of view and was a bit unimpressed with the new temporary "Batcave". I thought the Joker was great in every single way except for the part where he tried to justify his nihilistic and anarchist tendencies to Dent. Did I enjoy the movie? Absolutely. Was Heath Ledger amazing? No...he was fucking awesome! Did I feel a bit unfulfilled by the end of it? Yes, but I don't think it's because of any overhyped expectations.

Overall I think this movie had great characters and the characters, led by Ledger and Bale, were greater than the story. And I'm really glad they used a lot of old fashioned stuntwork instead of relying on a lot of CGI--though I thought the whole sonar concept was little out there...

Lastly, I think the movie ended too seriously...too seriously for what had been happening for the entire length of the movie. The movie ended and I could only think "Why So Serious?"

ok...feel free to flame away...

7/18/2008 2:40:57 PM

:crack: :crack: :crack:

7/18/2008 2:47:21 PM

So...on a scale of 1-10 of the clown creepiness factor of The Joker's crew...NOT The Joker b/c I've seen the makeup on Heath Ledger. I think I'm associating Ledger's The Joker as just one entity of The Joker instead of a separate clown. The Joker doesn't freak me out, just like Ronald McDonald and Krusty don't scare me.

So...Where would you place his crew? 1 being Ronald McDonald and 10 being Killjoy

7/18/2008 2:52:02 PM

Quote :

"how big of a difference is seeing the movie in the IMAX vs. seeing it in the theater?"

7/18/2008 3:04:21 PM

Haven't seen it yet, waiting for IMAX to not be sold out, prolly go next week. Pretty stoked about it, especially after reading the rave reviews here. From what I've read, Ledger and Bale did great but one character I hadn't heard anything about yet was whatever the chick's name is. I'm assuming it was a pretty big upgrade going from Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal, since I thought KH was pretty bad in Batman Begins. Any thoughts, or was that character not that big a part in TDK?

7/18/2008 3:12:29 PM

Quote :

"I'm assuming it was a pretty big upgrade going from Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal, since I thought KH was pretty bad in Batman Begins."

Pretty much the most necessary recasting ever. Holmes would have seriously ruined the movie.

7/18/2008 3:15:50 PM

she was very meh, i didn't really like her

7/18/2008 3:16:15 PM

imo maggie gyllenhal didnt really help or hurt the movie. she pretty much did what she was supposed to do.

7/18/2008 3:18:01 PM

well i don't normally do this, but i kinda agree with CharlieEFH on this one.

as a whole i thought it was pretty damn good, but not as good as i was hoping for/expecting.

ledger's joker was fucking incredible, better than nicholson, and it makes me laugh thinking back to all the people that were bitching when it was revealed that ledger got the part.

i can't imagine it not breaking records, i saw it at the midnight in asheville and there where like 8 auditoriums all sold out.

Quote :

"magic trick "

hahah, my favorite part, i busted out laughing, and i was the only one in a completely full theater

7/18/2008 3:18:13 PM

^ I feel the fun slowing down.

No One who has seen this movie should say anything about this movie unless they're teasing everyone for not having seen it yet!!!

I got to get built up son!!!

7/18/2008 3:20:21 PM

Quote :

"I got to get built up son!!!"

That's what she said.

OK, sorry... couldn't help myself.

7/18/2008 3:27:07 PM

Raleigh IMAX roll call:

Friday - 12:01am
StillFuchsia
Kodiak

Friday - 10:30pm
Cif82
pomegranate
federal
Shrike
Stein
SandSanta

Saturday - 10:00am
ncWOLFsu
treadlightly

Saturday - 10:00pm
TaterSalad
legatic
miska

Sunday - 10:00pm
wilso
Sorostitute
Socks``

7/18/2008 3:41:39 PM

I'm going into this expecting a meh action movie

nothing more

7/18/2008 3:48:57 PM

Can anyone give me a creepiness rating for his crew?? Please??????

7/18/2008 3:49:33 PM