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Trudes

24th July 2008, 07:07

Awesome! I'm very muchly looking forward to seeing it (I love Christian Bale ever since I saw him in Empire of the Sun). Will definitely go see at the theatre then. Cheers.

Gubb

24th July 2008, 07:58

It's rated #1 on IMDb, with 91,000 votes.

I can't wait, I'm gonna go see it at the IMAX.

McJim

24th July 2008, 08:00

Where was Batman when some actor started beating the crap outta his mum and sister in an hotel?

CB ARGH

24th July 2008, 08:52

Cajun

24th July 2008, 08:54

off this weekend to see it at some stage,

i also see some good quality TS torrents are out for it too

Gubb

24th July 2008, 09:10

R5 FTW!

10 char

KiwiRat

24th July 2008, 14:15

off this weekend to see it at some stage,

i also see some good quality TS torrents are out for it too

I'd rather wait for the DVD rips to turn up. Might see it at the cinema though.

Action flicks rock on the big screen.

vifferman

24th July 2008, 15:11

Uhh, yuk. I don't like Batman, it's just some weird man in a leather face mask who always has to save the world from certain destruction. Can't they just have a bunch of chaps from GreenPeace save the world?
That wouldn't work - the Greenpeacers are fucking over the world.
You'd have to have the bunch of chaps from GreenPeace as the dastardly bastidz who have a cunning plan to wreck the world's economies, cause millions of people in poor countries to die of starvation and/or disease, and brainwash hundreds of millions with a clever co-ordinated barrage of plausible but flawed media releases. Then (eventually) the public wakes up to the bullshit, but it's too late.
Who could rescue the poor, innocent, gullible plebs from that?
No, a GreenPeace based movie plot would be too, too difficult.

Indiana_Jones

24th July 2008, 16:18

It was a good movie and I enjoyed it, but I still prefer the 1989 'Batman' with Jack Nicholson as the Joker

<img src="http://www.criticsrant.com/Images/criticsrant_com/News%20Rants/Dark%20Knight/Joker2.jpg">

"Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

-Indy

martybabe

24th July 2008, 16:42

I aint a Batman movie fan but I saw a clip of this in Awkland before the young fella died, the bank robbery, and it does look pretty darn good. I thought the bank manager was awsome, anyone know the actors name. Anyway yes looks brill can't wait. :2guns:

Indiana_Jones

24th July 2008, 16:48

martybabe

24th July 2008, 17:19

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fichtner

This fellow here?

-Indy

That's the fella, thanks Indy. :apint:

Number One

24th July 2008, 23:44

Uhh, yuk. I don't like Batman, it's just some weird man in a leather face mask who always has to save the world from certain destruction. Can't they just have a bunch of chaps from GreenPeace save the world?

I can picture it now, "Man threatens to start his lawnmower beside a cage full of innocent bystanders".
This Batman is different - darker more sinister....oooo I soo wanna see it. Have heard that Heath does a much better Joker than Jack...Jack just brought Jack to the role apparently Heath creates a really freaky, creepy character.....ooooooo I wanna see it!!!!

I love the concept of a bad arse kicking other bad arses arses :lol:

FlangMasterJ

25th July 2008, 09:26

It was a good movie and I enjoyed it, but I still prefer the 1989 'Batman' with Jack Nicholson as the Joker

"Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

-Indy

Once you see Heath Ledgers stunning performance you'll change your mind.

Totally Oscar worthy.

10/10

Patch

25th July 2008, 09:51

bring back
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee149/patchTLR/fluff/catwoman_wallpaper_serayala_2.jpg

bikerboy011

25th July 2008, 09:55

Am gonna go see it tonight!!

Number One

25th July 2008, 10:02

Going to see it today!!!

Patch

25th July 2008, 10:08

I'll watch it free, in a couple months while all you fukkers are at work :done:

Number One

25th July 2008, 10:10

I'll watch it free, in a couple months while all you fukkers are at work :done:
AND where you at now...work?

...ooo YOU work Fridays :lol:

...will be thinking of all you workers while I'm enjoying the movie and eating my popcorn :laugh:

Patch

25th July 2008, 10:29

AND where you at now...work?

...ooo YOU work Fridays :lol:

...will be thinking of all you workers while I'm enjoying the movie and eating my popcorn :laugh:
I don't work.

Maybe you should check the time of my postings.

I watched Rambo yesterday, might watch Street Kings shortly. he he

me work, fuck off. Work is for those who don't know how to fish.

Number One

25th July 2008, 10:33

Maybe you should check the time of my postings

Given the timing of many KBers posts I'd have to assume NONE of us work :lol:

Mikkel

25th July 2008, 11:05

This Batman is different - darker more sinister....oooo I soo wanna see it. Have heard that Heath does a much better Joker than Jack...Jack just brought Jack to the role apparently Heath creates a really freaky, creepy character.....ooooooo I wanna see it!!!

That is exactly why I liked the original Batman movie so much. I can still remember going to the cinema with my dad to watch it quite a few years ago. I was but a wee lad, 8 years of age and I was positively scared shitless by some of the stuff... Left a lasting impression - a good one mind. :niceone:
I really liked how Keaton managed to give Batman that psychotic edge I found lacking with other batman candidates.

Looking forward to seeing the new one!

Indiana_Jones

25th July 2008, 12:32

Once you see Heath Ledgers stunning performance you'll change your mind.

Totally Oscar worthy.

10/10

I did see it, and his performance was good.

That is exactly why I liked the original Batman movie so much. I can still remember going to the cinema with my dad to watch it quite a few years ago. I was but a wee lad, 8 years of age and I was positively scared shitless by some of the stuff... Left a lasting impression - a good one mind. :niceone:
I really liked how Keaton managed to give Batman that psychotic edge I found lacking with other batman candidates.

Looking forward to seeing the new one!

Agreed, Keaton is still the best Batman in my eyes, though Bale comes a close 2nd

-Indy

Number One

25th July 2008, 12:46

I can't see Keaton as anything other than Beetlejuice now :lol:

Indiana_Jones

30th July 2008, 17:16

Damn it, can't stop listening to the Danny Eflman 'Batman' theme from the 1st film.

Catchy as!

-Indy

Mikkel

31st July 2008, 08:45

I really enjoyed the movie!

I don't think it was better than the first one though.

Indeed Heath Ledger's performance as the joker is legendary, but - and I guess that was done on purpose - there is no explanation or character development... The Joker, an agent of chaos, just IS. Where Nicholsons Joker had a background of sorts - Ledger's just comes out of the blue.

Bale does a good Batman - but his vapid billionaire facade is a bit too outgoing for my taste. I preferred the eccentric introspective presented by Keaton.

Some of the setups for the different scenes are a bit too far fetched for my liking. E.g. setting up serious amounts of explosives in the blink of an eye or rigging up a neural network compiling information from all cellphones in a metropolis alone, in a night...

Oh, and the batbike was utterly lame! I wonder how much money they were paid by tyre producers to chuck two such ridiculous pieces of rubber on it.

Gubb

31st July 2008, 09:10

The movie was EPIC.

BUT: Batman's voice was bordering on ridiculous, how could a throat cancer victim fight crime?

And i'm sorry, but Bale > Keaton.

Batman can't have curly hair! Fact.

martybabe

31st July 2008, 11:18

The movie was EPIC.

BUT: Batman's voice was bordering on ridiculous, how could a throat cancer victim fight crime?

And I'm sorry, but Bale > Keaton.

Batman can't have curly hair! Fact.

Ah yes, I forgot the stupid voice, too much broken glass gargling and yet an affliction not suffered by Bruce Wayne. Mayhaps he drank a glass of harden the f#ck up juice prior to donning the bat suit. :lol:

Enjoyable entertainment if somewhat flawed, still it is Batman we're talking about, how do ya make a fantasy more realistic? 8/10 for me.

-df-

31st July 2008, 11:30

The movie was EPIC.

BUT: Batman's voice was bordering on ridiculous, how could a throat cancer victim fight crime?

And i'm sorry, but Bale > Keaton.

Batman can't have curly hair! Fact.

LMAO, exactly the same thing I said as I came out....loved the movie, best villian ever (still, not oscar worthy, but best I've seen in a "superhero" movie)....but when batman does that voice...killed the movie in my eyes.

Tank

31st July 2008, 13:33

The voice was indeed crap.

Got to say the scene where he made the pencil disappear was hilarious.

Like others - I think the joker role was played fantastically - he actually made a guy dressed like a clown seems like a 'real' baddie - unlike 'the Riddler' in the other batman - who looked like a fuckwit in a stupid suit.

Gubb

31st July 2008, 13:44

Was nice to see two-face a lot more fucked up than the Tommy Lee Jones version.

Proper gory.

Number One

31st July 2008, 13:47

Christian Bale...still can't put the image of him in that movie THE MAchinist outta my head...choice movie folks! Well I thought so anyway...

Check out Batman here:
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/061017/155113__machinist_l.jpg

Gubb

31st July 2008, 13:49

^^^
The fact that he did Batman Begins straight after that movie still astonishes me. That's dedication to your craft.

Number One

31st July 2008, 13:51

^^^
The fact that he did Batman Begins straight after that movie still astonishes me. That's dedication to your craft.
Yep - love the shot where he looks normal...hawt hawt hawt...such a change from the rest of the film

won't kill it all and say when that happens but you know eh?

Trudes

31st July 2008, 13:55

Please do not show that picture ever again.... I like to imagine him as he was in "American Psycho"

raftn

31st July 2008, 14:00

I enjoyed the movie, i thought ledger was brilliant, but i took my kids based on the rating, and i think it was a bit more violent than I would expect, still kids loved it and it gave the x wife some thing to bitch at me about......instead of her winging about me taking the kids for rides on the bike......she needs to get laid!

Number One

31st July 2008, 14:13

Please do not show that picture ever again.... I like to imagine him as he was in "American Psycho"
True Trudes...he got pecs in your pic

phoenixgtr

31st July 2008, 14:43

How many of you guys saw Batman Begins? Alot of what you're complaining about was set up in that movie...the voice, the "billionaire playboy" image of Bruce Wayne.

Anyway, I loved the movie, thought the bat bike was ridiculous and wished he spent more time on the MV Agusta. The Joker was brilliant. A must see

Tank

31st July 2008, 16:01

instead of her winging about me taking the kids for rides on the bike......she needs to get laid!

Got some pics? Im sure Disco Dan will be willing to help.

Gubb

31st July 2008, 16:06

Got some pics? Im sure Disco Dan will be willing to help.

When we're talking about Disco Dan, pictures hardly matter.

rachprice

31st July 2008, 16:43

mmm saw it last night...at first thought the voice was ridiculous but didnt notice it after a while...at least its better than superman putting on a pair of glasses and all of a sudden hes disguised hahahaha
I also loved the disappearing pencil scene also when he was dressed as a nurse....that was pretty sweet!
It seemed too good to be just acting....kinda showed how disturbed he was before he died.
I liked that you were creeped out by him but you never actually saw the gore/bodies of what he did, its pretty good acting when you can do that I reckon!
I liked it...a little more real than circa george clooney but still had some silly stuff but at the end of the day is a movie from a comic

Gubb

31st July 2008, 16:54

I am glad that they've gone away from the cartoony bullshit that was the Clooney batman.

Back to the proper dark and gothic tortured souls. As it should be. Hopefully the new Punisher movie is in a similar vein.

Freakshow

4th August 2008, 10:38

Just saw it last night and thought it was well done. Joker was the only real character the rest were there to fill in the gaps. The bat bike is a bit of a joke a who could control a flat spot that wide! I have to say that was a moral overdose. But got to love the magic trick!

Nagash

4th August 2008, 19:26

The movie was alright,

But I just couldn't help but sit there and point out the many inaccuricies when compared to the real Batman..

The Joker *does not* wear make up.. how hard is that to understand?!

And to have 3 of the major villians all in the one movie was a bit much I reckon.

It was a good movie all in all, better than most of the rubbish that's come out just recently. But I just couldn't take the batman seriously.. always thought he'd turn into American Psycho at any moment and pull out a chainsaw.

Headbanger

4th August 2008, 20:43

I enjoyed the movie, Ledger was very very good but I can't see an oscar in it.

Though there is no way in hell the Joker could have loaded that hospital with so much explosives to blow it away without anybody noticing.....

I enjoyed the first one better, And i am well impressed with how they are reinventing the villains, The Joker's was a product of the events in Batman Begins, In the same way two-face was a product of the events in Dark Knight.