The Dark Knight Can The Dark Knight win an Oscar

[ord0g]

While I do think it will be hard to Ledger to win an Oscar I hope he gets a nomination. What I'd really like to see is a Best Picture and Best Director win though.

 

[spiderral]

The Dark Knight will definitely win an oscar. That's all I have to say!

 

[dark_b]

I haven't read through all these posts...But...ORIGINAL SCORE...I'm pretty much sold that it will win!

how can TDK have an original score if its using music from BB?

 

[Ziggyman]

From what I recall TDK only uses one bit of music from Begins...The main theme...I think everything else is new...

 

[dark_b]

From what I recall TDK only uses one bit of music from Begins...The main theme...I think everything else is new...

from what i remember from my theater almost every peace of music from BB is in TDK. its mixed together but its still there IMO.

 

[Ziggyman]

...Listen to the soundtrack...

 

[jmc]

It can't get nominated for Score as there are two composers who wrote the music.

 

[DACrowe]

To compare this to the likes of The Departed, No Country for Old Men, the Godfather or even Oscar snubs like Star Wars: A New Hope and There Will Be Blood just pains me every time I read people say that stuff.

Well I honestly think TDK is a great film and worthy of being considered for an Oscar. Since we haven't seen the more prestigious films and risky ones come out yet (they start popping up around September), we'll have to wait and see.

Just pointing out that Star Wars and There Will Be Blood were both nominated for best picture, screenplay and director as well. I also know TWBB won best actor, cinematography and I want to say adapted screenplay, but i cannot remember for sure.

 

[DACrowe]

P.S. Scores with two composers cannot get nominated and most of it was originally composed for BB, so that hurts it anyway. The father/son theme, the Rachel/love theme, the theme between Alfred and Bruce, the Rachel is in danger/must-hurry theme, as well as the main Batman themes are all back.

 

[Hole Shot]

I want to say adapted screenplay, but i cannot remember for sure.

Negative. Just DDL and cinematography

 

[Spider-Vader]

Watch for some reason it gets nominated for Best CGI.

 

[Hamill-Joker]

Once again, I think that it will get several nominations because the Academy wants to warrant attention from the media and mainstream public.

The TV ratings for the show have been going down in past years and they know this would be a good way to bring them up.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Well I honestly think TDK is a great film and worthy of being considered for an Oscar. Since we haven't seen the more prestigious films and risky ones come out yet (they start popping up around September), we'll have to wait and see.

I think the film itself warrants no Oscar (outside of the obligatory visual effects and sound editing Oscars). You could make a decent argument for some of the actors, namely Oldman who I think really out shown everyone else. I felt Joker is mostly good, but overrated performance. I mostly point to the fact that if you look at Joker over the years, all his performances have been good: Mark Hammil, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger and even Ceasar Romero were all great in their respective portrayals. In the end I don't think it's honestly that hard to do a good Joker. The idea and personality of a maniac clown who commits random acts of violence pretty much sells itself. Characters like Gordon, Harvey Dent/Two-Face and even Batman seem much easier to screw up. Gordon is a pretty bland character by description, which is one of the reasons I hold Oldman's performance in this film so highly. He made a character who has gone through years of films without really a decent performance into an interesting and conflicted person, who was capable of carrying a strong presence on screen.

Next on my list is Two-Face, who I though outdid the Joker as a villain. I loved how Eckhart, even as Dent, gave that little hint that this well put together DA was slightly unnerved and maybe wound a little too tightly. I loved the scene between him and Gordon in the hospital, I loved his speech about doing things to make the world "fair" and trying to be "an decent man in an indecent time". That stuff was truly great.

There were times when Ledger, who did a good job, kinda fell flat to me. Describing his scars was interesting, and a nice nod to Alan Moore, but ultimately I thought was a very flat moment for his character. Other lines like "I'm not [crazy], no, I'm not" and "do you wanna know which ones are cowards", plus the lack of laughter really threw me. Interesting take, yet it seemed more Hannible Lector-ish, whereas the scenes like the interrogation room with Batman were much more quintessential Joker to me. It seemed like, at times, Ledger just couldn't keep his energy levels up. While good, I still think he's third behind Gordon and Eckhart, who just floored me.

However the film, as opposed to the cast, had many of the hang ups I have with action movies. Bad supporting cast members (like "The Russian", Gamble and the Scarecrow who just simply were "eh" on screen...actually Gamble was just plain awful). Some campy dialoge (though not nearly as much as Batman Begins). Some weird climax that didn't fit the rest of the movies gritty realism. It's good, but not Oscar good IMO.

 

[Diamondhead]

I’ve finally seen TDK and it is awesome
I couldn’t believe how good this was
It surpasses BB (“Which I wasn’t too impressed with”).
All characters in TDK are interesting and the joker was so well portrayed this time.
This is the Batman movie I’ve wanted to see in years
And I think Mr. Nolan here has finally earned my respect.
But I’d like him try other comic book characters to see if he can handle it or bomb
Just Like “supper man we turned” director

And yes TDK deserve an Oscar
At least some recognition or something!