The Dark Knight What Will TDK's Rating / Certificate Be?

[sasquatchs]

Because, when Batman's looking out at the entire city BURNING, I'd say the damn film is a pretty dark one. Joker's blowing up buildings including a HOSPITAL, a fire truck goes down the street ON FIRE, Joker pushes Rachel off a building, Harvey Dent gets half his face burned. Joker dresses up as a cop in order to do an assassination at a police funeral. The damn movie will be very dark.

Entirely depends on the direction really. Joker shooting all his goons in the prologue is treated as very throwaway and lighthearted for example. So far Nolan hasn't really lingered much on the impact and consequence of violence, besides maybe Bruce's trauma

 

[CaptainClown]

Just the whole atmosphere and setting had a dark and gloomy feel to it

Hm I didn't get that at all. Oh well.

 

[CaptainClown]

Entirely depends on the direction really. Joker shooting all his goons in the prologue is treated as very throwaway and lighthearted for example. So far Nolan hasn't really lingered much on the impact and consequence of violence, besides maybe Bruce's trauma

I duno from the Harvey Dent, The dawn is coming speech to Bruce In the chair looking depressed and exhausted I think this movie is in the right direction of dark.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Entirely depends on the direction really. Joker shooting all his goons in the prologue is treated as very throwaway and lighthearted for example. So far Nolan hasn't really lingered much on the impact and consequence of violence, besides maybe Bruce's trauma

That's because the Joker treats killing in a very light-hearted manner b/c he simply doesn't give a crap. It's hilarious to him, so his actions while doing it create some dark humor for the audience to laugh at. My favorite part, shooting the guy while walking away without looking and he kinda looks back like "I should care, but I really don't!"

 

[sasquatchs]

Well yea, it's lighthearted for him. But for the audience too. It's not hard to imagine our sympathies being with Joker for alot of the film

 

[Conebone69]

Wonder why they took action out? Cuz in the BB rating it said intense sequences of action violence. TDK rating only says violence

 

[bkey]

I feel like a noob asking this, but has TDK officially been rated yet?

 

[CaptainClown]

I feel like a noob asking this, but has TDK officially been rated yet?

no i don't think so

 

[redfirebird2008]

no i don't think so

Yes, it has been rated PG-13.

http://boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=mpaa&p=.htm

 

[bkey]

Ah, ok, thanks guys

 

[CaptainClown]

Yes, it has been rated PG-13.

http://boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=mpaa&p=.htm

ah well good to know, didn't doubt it though.

 

[bkey]

I'm kind of surprised there isn't a "disturbing images." Maybe Dent's scars/scarring won't be as graphic as some people seem to be trying to make it sound.

 

[CaptainClown]

Ya that kind of lets me down, but we shall see. It probably would be mostly Dent holding his face screaming and a lot of mayhem, no grizzly shots.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I'm kind of surprised there isn't a "disturbing images." Maybe Dent's scars/scarring won't be as graphic as some people seem to be trying to make it sound.

If that burning fire truck is in the movie (it's in the prologue at the end of it), that is one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. I'm kind of surprised it didn't get disturbing images for some of Joker's actions. I mean, blowing up a hospital, setting a fire truck on fire...damn. As for Two-Face, perhaps they never fully show him in the movie. Perhaps he's constantly in the shadows. We know that Two-Face is not in the movie very long.

 

[bkey]

Even ROTS was rated PG-13 partly due to "intense images," meaning Anakin's transformation into Vader, and personally it wasn't very intense, disturbing, or grizzly, so maybe Dent's scarring will be even less intense than that.

 

[Bunker]

Even ROTS was rated PG-13 partly due to "intense images," meaning Anakin's transformation into Vader, and personally it wasn't very intense, disturbing, or grizzly, so maybe Dent's scarring will be even less intense than that.

God I hope not.

 

[Conebone69]

I'm kind of surprised there isn't a "disturbing images." Maybe Dent's scars/scarring won't be as graphic as some people seem to be trying to make it sound.

Oh yeah I forgot about two-face. Oh that sucks no disturbing images for two-face?

Isnt it a little early for a rating btw? I think this rating is fake

 

[Paste Pot Pete]

The comics have never shown the scarring in graphic detail, so there's no reason to expect the movie to do so.

Every time I've seen it in the comics, Harvey gets splashed, clutches his face in agony and that's all we see until the later reveal of Two-Face.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Oh yeah I forgot about two-face. Oh that sucks no disturbing images for two-face?

Isnt it a little early for a rating btw? I think this rating is fake

Go here and type in Dark Knight. Do not include "the" when you search for it b/c it will not find it:

http://www.mpaa.org/FilmRatings.asp

 

[Symbiotic]

Go here and type in Dark Knight. Do not include "the" when you search for it b/c it will not find it:

http://www.mpaa.org/FilmRatings.asp

And sure enough, there it is.

 

[Dr. MIX]

"Rated PG-13 for some menace". First time I've heard that one, will people really hesitate to watch the film once they read that it will contain some menace in it? lol...

 

[Symbiotic]

I must say I'm surprised that 'disturbing images' isn't one of the reasons. Makes me wonder how detailed

Spoiler

Dent's scarring

is gonna be.

 

[Jonathan Crane]

Oh yeah I forgot about two-face. Oh that sucks no disturbing images for two-face?

There's no word "disturbing" in the rating so you know everything about Dent's scarring? Congratu-f*****-lations.

 

[bkey]

There's no word "disturbing" in the rating so you know everything about Dent's scarring? Congratu-f*****-lations.

If the mpaa had felt that Dent's scarring was "disturbing" enough, then "disturbing images" or "intense images" would have been included in the rating.

 

[Nirvana]

Since the movie is rated now, is there any point to keep this topic open?