The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Fan Review Thread

[itsthebatman]

At present I can't formulate a real review, but I can say this: I was not prepared for this. I assumed I was overhyped, but I was underhyped. Way under. It blew my expectations apart, burned the pieces and spat on the ashes. I was moved. Watching this movie was like being punched in the heart over and over. The action, the script, the acting, the music, all were above and beyond what I imagined.

Frankly, it was ridiculous. I spent the entire movie with my mouth open. I was too busy being in awe to drink my bottle of coke. It's unopened beside me. This is the best movie I've ever seen. It puts my former favourite, Batman Begins, to absolute shame.

That's all i wanted to hear.

 

[BaleISBatman4ev]

I think the hype hurt the movie for me.

9/10

Transcends the genre? Then why did I see so many comicbook moments in the film?

It was certainly ambitious and it's a very well-made, thought provoking film, but it ain't no masterpiece.

Joker was the sh** thought!

Weirdest review ever!

 

[Figs]

Hehe - indeed we did

Did you see me? I was this guy:

Holy ****!!!

I went with my gf, two of my sisters and one of my buddies. I had no idea that was you. We were talking about how you had one of the best costumes out of the other Jokers.t:

 

[The Battousai]

Holy ****!!!

I went with my gf, two of my sisters and one of my buddies. I had no idea that was you. We were talking about how you had one of the best costumes out of the other Jokers.t:

Too awesome t:

It's funny, because I couldn't see any of the other costumed people due to my near-sightedness (other than Harley Quinn as we were leaving - let's just say I made an interesting little scene for those in the area ). I didn't wear my glasses until I needed them

 

[JL Unlimited]

I have minor problems with some of the "chance" things that happen in the film. For example: When The Joker is talking to The Chechen in the warehouse with the money....and he just happens to know Reese is taking questions on GCN at exactly the same time...without any television set or anything in sight. Not to mention the amount of times he is able to sneak explosives into somewhere completely unnoticed.

Before they actually aired Reese on GCN, they showed a commercial from Mike Engel promoting the upcoming segment. This happened before Joker met with the Chechen. So that's probably how the Joker knew about that.

The explosives I agree with but I just like to think that the Joker is a mastermind and he's always able to figure out a way.

 

[Dark Knight]

Wow! After seeing this film for the second time...all I can say is WOW!

Nolans masterpiece to date. Ledger and Eckhart should get nominated for best supporting actor(s).

 

[SonikDeath]

I love that Batman was a detective, people were always saying that Batmans not a detective enough in the movies. Well in this movie he is, well done Christopher Nolan.

 

[Da_Joka]

Honestly, I give it a 6/10.

Batman isn't supposed to be realistic, so I don't know why Nolan is trying to portray him as this.

Ledger's Joker is MEH. His look didn't help either thanks to Nolan's "realism," and the fact that his dialog was terrible. How many times do we have to hear "do you know how I got these scars?"

The movie took too much from TOO many comics, and jumbled it into one.

Sorry to whoever did the screenplay, but YOU do not know Batman. In fact, I'm tired of these new Batman stories. I wish to have a comic story without Hollywood added crap.

I could make the real "The Dark Knight Returns" using the exact Miller story, and not changing one bit, and casting Michael Ironside as Batman, and Daniel Day Lewis as The Joker. Yes, I know there are other heroes, and villains in the story, I did not forget about them.

Harvey's rise to insanity was stupid, bar none. Who wrote this crap? Also, Joker's plans of always getting away made no sense. It's not The Joker at all. Well, this is after we knew he was wearing make-up, and was just a kid who got beat up by his dad too much apparently.

The movie dragged on too much. Did you want to hear the story of how the story dragged on too much?

EDIT: I forgot the GCN scene with the guy who wanted Joker to get killed. I was thinking, damn, they took this from TDKR, I can't wait to see The Joker on tv, and telling everyone in the audience their going to die, and all have happy faces. Oh wait, we didn't get that. We got more bomb threats.

 

[Conebone69]

Honestly, I give it a 6/10.

Batman isn't supposed to be realistic, so I don't know why Nolan is trying to portray him as this.

Ledger's Joker is MEH. His look didn't help either thanks to Nolan's "realism," and the fact that his dialog was terrible. How many times do we have to hear "do you know how I got these scars?"

The movie took too much from TOO many comics, and jumbled it into one.

Sorry to whoever did the screenplay, but YOU do not know Batman. In fact, I'm tired of these new Batman stories. I wish to have a comic story without Hollywood added crap.

I could make the real "The Dark Knight Returns" using the exact Miller story, and not changing one bit, and casting Michael Ironside as Batman, and Daniel Day Lewis as The Joker. Yes, I know there are other heroes, and villains in the story, I did not forget about them.

Harvey's rise to insanity was stupid, bar none. Who wrote this crap? Also, Joker's plans of always getting away made no sense. It's not The Joker at all. Well, this is after we knew he was wearing make-up, and was just a kid who got beat up by his dad too much apparently.

The movie dragged on too much. Did you want to hear the story of how the story dragged on too much?

Are you even a batman fan?

 

[Da_Joka]

Ugh, yeah... Oh wait, I'm supposed to give this movie a ten, and call it a masterpiece. My bad.

 

[the_scream]

Honestly, I give it a 6/10.

Batman isn't supposed to be realistic, so I don't know why Nolan is trying to portray him as this.

Ledger's Joker is MEH. His look didn't help either thanks to Nolan's "realism," and the fact that his dialog was terrible. How many times do we have to hear "do you know how I got these scars?"

The movie took too much from TOO many comics, and jumbled it into one.

Sorry to whoever did the screenplay, but YOU do not know Batman. In fact, I'm tired of these new Batman stories. I wish to have a comic story without Hollywood added crap.

I could make the real "The Dark Knight Returns" using the exact Miller story, and not changing one bit, and casting Michael Ironside as Batman, and Daniel Day Lewis as The Joker. Yes, I know there are other heroes, and villains in the story, I did not forget about them.

Harvey's rise to insanity was stupid, bar none. Who wrote this crap? Also, Joker's plans of always getting away made no sense. It's not The Joker at all. Well, this is after we knew he was wearing make-up, and was just a kid who got beat up by his dad too much apparently.

The movie dragged on too much. Did you want to hear the story of how the story dragged on too much?

EDIT: I forgot the GCN scene with the guy who wanted Joker to get killed. I was thinking, damn, they took this from TDKR, I can't wait to see The Joker on tv, and telling everyone in the audience their going to die, and all have happy faces. Oh wait, we didn't get that. We got more bomb threats.

Oh well. Too bad for you then.

 

[Conebone69]

Ugh, yeah... Oh wait, I'm supposed to give this movie a ten, and call it a masterpiece. My bad.

No, all I asked was are you a batman fan. I too was dissapointed but I have different reasons

 

[Batman jr.]

Now it's that it took from too many comics... The opposite isn't good either for some of us. LOL!

 

[Figs]

Honestly, I give it a 6/10.

Batman isn't supposed to be realistic, so I don't know why Nolan is trying to portray him as this.

Compared to most comic characters/"super heroes" Batman is one of the most realistic worlds/comics. Yeah I know there are a lot of "out there" kind of villians like Clayface and Manbat but overall the comics still had a real world feeling to them.

I think a lot of that has to do with Batman being a human with no powers.

Ledger's Joker is MEH. His look didn't help either thanks to Nolan's "realism," and the fact that his dialog was terrible. How many times do we have to hear "do you know how I got these scars?"

I don't see what was wrong with his dialogue...especially since he was playing...the Joker.

As for the stories about his scars, that was a huge nod to The Killing Joke, where he talks about if he has to have a past he would prefer multiple choice.

I guess it depends on the fan, are you one of the fans that likes Joker to have a known background?

The movie took too much from TOO many comics, and jumbled it into one.

I don't know what to say about this lol. I don't know how many years I've heard complaints and fan whishes for this scene or that scene from the comics to be put in a movie. Not just for Batman movies but all comic films.

After I saw it the first time I was going off on my gf and buddy about how many scene/story elements they took from so many different Joker appearances.

Not only does the next actor who ever plays the Joker have big shoes to fill from Ledger's performance alone but so many great themes and even scenes/scenarios from Joker in the comics were used in this film. I thought it was great.

Sorry to whoever did the screenplay, but YOU do not know Batman. In fact, I'm tired of these new Batman stories. I wish to have a comic story without Hollywood added crap.

Which Hollywood crap are you referring to?

I could make the real "The Dark Knight Returns" using the exact Miller story, and not changing one bit, and casting Michael Ironside as Batman, and Daniel Day Lewis as The Joker. Yes, I know there are other heroes, and villains in the story, I did not forget about them.

This answers a lot, your one of those fans that wants and expects someone to pull a Sin City/300 for Batman or whatever comic and do it scene for scene like a certain story arc.

While I do agree that it would be cool, but Batman has so many years of material to pull from it would be holding the character back since him and the other characters constantly evolved over the years.

Harvey's rise to insanity was stupid, bar none. Who wrote this crap? Also, Joker's plans of always getting away made no sense. It's not The Joker at all. Well, this is after we knew he was wearing make-up, and was just a kid who got beat up by his dad too much apparently.

The story about his dad was just one of a few. It wasn't true.

I don't get why Harvey's fall was stupid...bar none? I thought they did it just fine.

The movie dragged on too much. Did you want to hear the story of how the story dragged on too much?

EDIT: I forgot the GCN scene with the guy who wanted Joker to get killed. I was thinking, damn, they took this from TDKR, I can't wait to see The Joker on tv, and telling everyone in the audience their going to die, and all have happy faces. Oh wait, we didn't get that. We got more bomb threats.

Sorry to hear this movie disappointed you. Can't please everyone.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Can someone explain 2 things for me?

1. I'm not familiar with Chicago. Why exactly did people need to be on ferries?

2. About the ferries. Why didn't people simply jump off the ferry into the river and swim to the other side after the threat was made.

 

[Da_Joka]

No, all I asked was are you a batman fan. I too was dissapointed but I have different reasons

I joined this site specifically for this movie.

 

[the_scream]

Can someone explain 2 things for me?

1. I'm not familiar with Chicago. Why exactly did people need to be on ferries?

2. About the ferries. Why didn't people simply jump off the ferry into the river and swim to the other side after the threat was made.

Not sure about 1. but for your second question, the Joker said if anyone tries to escape, he'll blow both the ferries.

 

[Figs]

Can someone explain 2 things for me?

1. I'm not familiar with Chicago. Why exactly did people need to be on ferries?

2. About the ferries. Why didn't people simply jump off the ferry into the river and swim to the other side after the threat was made.

1. They were trying to evacuate as many people as possible because of Joker's threat. He was saying something about anyone who doesn't leave the city is basically fair game. He also gave a warning about people using the bridges to leave, which is why the cops were searching them for bombs.

2. Over the intercom Joker mentions that. He says if anyone tries to escape he will blow up the boats. The passengers have no idea if he can tell if they would try to jump off but they obviously didn't want to take that chance.

 

[Darkness Falls]

ok the dark knight
was everything i've wanted to see in a batman movie and more

heath was absolutely incredible as the joker as was everybody else who took part in this movie

if you haven't seen it get your ass down to the closest cinema
and expirience the dark knight

11/10

 

[TheComicbookKid]

1. They were trying to evacuate as many people as possible because of Joker's threat. He was saying something about anyone who doesn't leave the city is basically fair game. He also gave a warning about people using the bridges to leave, which is why the cops were searching them for bombs.

2. Over the intercom Joker mentions that. He says if anyone tries to escape he will blow up the boats. The passengers have no idea if he can tell if they would try to jump off but they obviously didn't want to take that chance.

1. Evacuate from where? Is part of Gotham an island or something? There are usually more bridges than that small one.

2. Thanks. Didn't remember him saying anything. Just wanted to see something go crazy and jump!lol

 

[Da_Joka]

Sorry to hear this movie disappointed you. Can't please everyone.

To me, I think The Killing Joke is Joker's origin.

I remember when this board went crazy when Scarecrow was going to be in TDK. So many speculations of what he's going to do were pretty ingenius. I loved the fact that some say the Joker will use Scarecrow's toxin to create the laughing gas to kill people, etc... But yeah, wasted potential.

Racheal Dawes died because Gordon is slow, and Batman is fast. Eh, whatever.

Heath's voice was ranging from Australian to Southern American to crazy. Was pretty odd (in a bad way). When he said "tonight's special entertainment" at the party scene with Rachael, it was way out of character.

Harvey getting on fire was a "WTF" moment. It would of been better if the guy at the court room who pulled a gun on Harvey threw acid on him.

Yeah, I have too many complaints, and it's because it doesn't follow the comics well.

 

[wikum]

I think the hype hurt the movie for me.

9/10

Transcends the genre? Then why did I see so many comicbook moments in the film?

It was certainly ambitious and it's a very well-made, thought provoking film, but it ain't no masterpiece.

Joker was the sh** thought!

I kinda agree with you....I certainly have the feeling it was more "comicbooky" than Batman Begins.

The thing that made this film great was the fact that it felt like there was loads of action but that was also backed up with lots of good dialogue between all the characters.

I've seen a lot of comparisons with The Departed and Heat that I don't agree with....parts of it sorta remind me of stuff from the original Die Hard trilogy (not the 4.0 crap).

 

[Figs]

To me, I think The Killing Joke is Joker's origin.

I remember when this board went crazy when Scarecrow was going to be in TDK. So many speculations of what he's going to do were pretty ingenius. I loved the fact that some say the Joker will use Scarecrow's toxin to create the laughing gas to kill people, etc... But yeah, wasted potential.

Racheal Dawes died because Gordon is slow, and Batman is fast. Eh, whatever.

Heath's voice was ranging from Australian to Southern American to crazy. Was pretty odd (in a bad way). When he said "tonight's special entertainment" at the party scene with Rachael, it was way out of character.

Harvey getting on fire was a "WTF" moment. It would of been better if the guy at the court room who pulled a gun on Harvey threw acid on him.

Yeah, I have too many complaints, and it's because it doesn't follow the comics well.

Yeah I also wish we could have seen the acid to the face scene but I thought the new way fit the film well.

As for Joker saying "We are tonights entertainment!", I didn't have a problem with that at all.

It's late and I can't remember exactly which stories it was in, but there were a few where he is on stage in front of an audience. One of them the audience is actually dead and the other story(I think it was Hush, Harley was with him)they were alive and he was well...entertaining them Joker style.

 

[Batman jr.]

^ How high did you rate it Figs?

 

[Figs]

^ How high did you rate it Figs?

I gave it a 9. Haven't given a full review yet though. Want to see it one more time.