The Dark Knight: Tomatometer 94%

Post by **aTOMiC** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:13 pm

www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight/

Nearly all of the reviews I've read suggest that TDK is a MUST see regardless of you feelings regarding the Batman character. What is also clear is that the film might be the most brutal and frighteningly dark superhero movie to date. (I've seen toy tie ins for young kids. I wonder how many kiddies will actually end up seeing the film.) If I only see one other film this summer it will have to be TDK.

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:43 pm

They posted a glorius review at AintItCool. Reading it, you'd feel like missing this movie was like stopping breathing.

I can say without any hesitation that THE DARK KNIGHT is a spectacular piece of storytelling, that it is as giant a leap forward from the first film as EMPIRE did from STAR WARS or that Godfather Part II did from the first, that all this talk of Heath Ledger being nominated for his work as The Joker isn’t just industry buzz capitalizing on the tragic and far too premature death of the actor. He will be nominated and he would have been nominated had he been alive to see the film open.

... Mark my words: Ledger will be nominated, Wally Pfister will be nominated, Chris Nolan will be nominated for direction, Jonathan and Chris Nolan for script and if the movie Gods are feeling kind early next year we might even see a Best Picture nom. [link -- spoilers if you don't know the batman mythos!]

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:23 pm

I'm not feeding on the hype, quite yet. I haven't seen a superhero film out-strap its genre, even if some have been high quality. Dark Knight seems the closest candidate, but again, I'm not going to read any reviews or hold any expectations until I see the bugger.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:04 pm

I'm noticing a pattern in the tomatometer scores. They seem to always start at or around 88.

Anyway, I haven't seen or heard much of this film so far, but my film-obsessed friend thinks it's going to be the best superhero movie ever made and the best film of the decade. Then again, he has terrible taste, so who knows?

Post by **Zarathustra** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:33 pm

Wayfriend, that link isn't entirely spoiler free. For instance,

Spoiler

I had no idea that Two Face was in this movie, and I had no idea who becomes TF. I'm not a comic book reader, nor do I know all the back stories of the secondary characters. Now I'm going into the movie knowing the fate of one of the main characters--THE main character, if you take Quint's word for it--of this movie.

I wish the comic book guys would realize that not everyone reads comics as obsessively as they do, and thus what is common knowledge for them isn't common knowledge for everyone.

But that's not your fault. I read the review before you posted it. I just wanted to warn others here.

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:37 pm

Sorry, man. I will edit my earlier post.

Post by **Zarathustra** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:45 pm

No problem! Like I said, my ire was directed at Quint, not you. He should have had a spoiler warning on there.

Anyway, I agree with you that his was an amazing review. I got chills reading that review. I'm so excited, we might even go see a midnight show Thursday, if that's available here. Time to rewatch the first one!

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:53 pm

BTW, for anyone else ... the spoiler Malik got bit by is not a spoiler if you saw Batman 3 ("Batman Forever"), the one with Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones ...

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:05 pm

Yeah, you'd have to have been hiding under a rock not to have known that bit of information.......

Post by **Zarathustra** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:16 pm

dANdeLION wrote:Yeah, you'd have to have been hiding under a rock not to have known that bit of information.......

How so? Has this character been in the trailers?

And the expected mocking of those who don't know the back story of secondary characters from comic books begins. Don't worry, mock away. I can take it.

I think it's funny that you equate a lack of actively seeking out information which isn't available in regular market campaigns as "hiding under a rock," or that anyone would consider the name of a secondary character from a mediocre movie made 13 years ago to be something that is generally known or remembered today.

Maybe I'm in the minority here. I wasn't trying to complain, just trying to warn others who might be equally as sheltered or forgetful as I am.

Post by Ki » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:23 pm

dANdeLION wrote:Yeah, you'd have to have been hiding under a rock not to have known that bit of information.......

I didn't bother watching any Batman movies before Batman Begins but I guess that's hiding under a rock.

See sig below.

Post by **Zarathustra** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:32 pm

I just checked the official Dark Knight site, and not only is

Spoiler

Two Face

not shown in the official trailer, but he's not shown in the photo gallery, also.

And now that line about

Spoiler

dying a hero, or living long enough to see yourself become the victim

is completely ruined. Again, I'm not complaining about anything you guys have said here. You didn't spoil that info. But I do think it's a bit misleading to others like me, who don't know this detail, to suggest that this is common knowledge or you're a recluse if you don't know it. I really, really wish I didn't know that

Spoiler

the politician character

becomes a bad guy. And given that the movie makers themselves are HIDING this detail, it seems that's the way they wanted to movie to be seen.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:06 pm

It's reactions like this that make you the Toast of the Tank, Malik. And Ki, your hubby doesn't need you to defend him. Just look in the Tank; he's quite capable!

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:32 pm

Malik, if they made the movie for fans, then you gotta believe the journey will be interesting despite knowing the destination. I predict the movie is not ruined for you. (I'm trying to ease your concerns, not trying to disagree.)

And sometimes things are hidden in the trailers because the surpise is what it looks like. Like they never showed the Balrog in the FOTR trailers.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:52 pm

Well, I knew about the character, but what I'd heard was that they were setting him up for the third film, so that was news to me. I had noticed today that they're giving him a bit more attention in the trailers currently showing on TV than they did in the earlier ones...

Post by **Zarathustra** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:57 pm

Wayfriend wrote:Malik, if they made the movie for fans, then you gotta believe the journey will be interesting despite knowing the destination. I predict the movie is not ruined for you. (I'm trying to ease your concerns, not trying to disagree.)

I'm sure you're right. I'm expecting a fantastic experience. Can't wait!

dANdeLION wrote:It's reactions like this that make you the Toast of the Tank, Malik. And Ki, your hubby doesn't need you to defend him. Just look in the Tank; he's quite capable!

I'm going to turn my sarcasm meter off and merely assume you are complimenting me. Thanks!

However, Ki wasn't taking up for me. We both work from home, so she sits a mere 15 feet away as I work (and procrastinate) on the computer. She hears me, ". . . grumble grumble . . . said I was hiding under a rock . . . grumble grumble . . . " and she gets curious enough to take a peek. And occasionally post. She's got more willpower than I do, when it comes to keeping her head in her work.

Which reminds me . . . back to work.

Post by **Farm Ur-Ted** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:42 pm

What was the first film? I thought this movie was a one-of-a-kind, or the start of a new batman series.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:44 pm

Farm Ur-Ted wrote:What was the first film? I thought this movie was a one-of-a-kind, or the start of a new batman series.

Batman Begins was the first one/the rebooting of the series.

Post by **wayfriend** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:50 pm

"Wait ... what? There's a Batman movie?"

(:))

Post by **Farm Ur-Ted** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:17 pm

Heh! Well, I thought that Dark Knight was written by the dude who wrote that comic book that everyone loves, The Watchman. I didn't know Batman Begins was written by the same dude. There are so many Batman movies, it's a little confusing. I thought they all pretty much sucked after the first one, anyway (although I haven't seen Batman Begins).

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The Dark Knight: Tomatometer 94%

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