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member · Hermes

Anyone else see The Dark Knight this weekend?

Hermione · Kate Spade

I saw it too - I was entertained in the whole thing, and Heath Ledger did do a good job, but I didn't come away raving - I probably wouldn't choose to see it again unless someone picked it. I feel almost sacreligious saying that, but that's just what I think!

wicked · Coach

I thought it was a bit long and I was confused about that guy (the one with the wife and kids), but overall I loved it! Heath was awesome!! I also love Eric Roberts and I didn't know he was in it, so he was a pleasant surprise.

Kelly · Hermes

I liked it a lot. Ledger was really good but honestly, after all the hype, I expected to walk away even more creeped out than I was. I do think I'll see it again - I saw it at a regular theater and I think it's worth seeing again to see it in the IMAX. Towards the end I caught myself daydreaming a little bit, so I was confused about a couple things. I think it could've lost a half hour and I would've been fine and more focused.

NCshopper · Hermes

I loved it. I agree on the length though--it was a bit long and toward the end, I felt so emotionally pummelled that I had a hard time keeping track of what had happened.

I thought everyone's acting was really good, but Heath Ledger stole the show and lived up to the hype. His Joker was so thoroughly creepy, it was unnerving. The pencil trick and the hospital scene were great examples--totally f*ed up and so absurdly disturbing that you had to laugh. I doubt he'll get nominated for an Oscar because it's just not the type of movie to attract the attention of the Academy, but that's not to say he doesn't deserve it: he was really incredible.

relrel · Marc Jacobs

It's being played in the IMAX here and we're actually gonna go see it there. Tickets have been sold out for weeks though, so it might be a while!

blubirde · Chanel

Loved it! I didn't care for the very beginning but once the story got going, I thought it was awesome.

I'm going to see it on the IMAX screen again too (saw it on a regular screen).

Did anyone else see the Today show interview with Christian Bale and Matt Lauer where Bale's distaste for Matt's questions was so obvious and intense? I thought it was awesome because I think Matt is a d-bag. Just an aside...

Claudia · Gucci

I saw it and loved it! I thought Heath Ledger did an incredible job playing the Joker.

Bastet · Kate Spade

I loved it! When I first heard that Heath Ledger was cast as The Joker, I was extremely skeptical. I saw him in Brokeback Mountain and I just wasn't that impressed. I felt like they cast him for his popularity and looks. I was *shocked* at his performance in The Dark Knight. He *was* The Joker. His portrayal was so spot-on perfect that I don't think they could ever re-cast the role. He came off as completely unhinged, but everything he said made sense.

kenzie · Chanel

We saw it on IMAX this weekend and I really liked it. Heath Ledger was fabulous as the Joker. He was so creepy and crazy, but so rational at the same time. It almost made you believe his twisted nonsense. Maggie Gyllenhall was definitely better as Rachel than Katie Holmes (although, that wouldn't take much).

It drove me crazy when Christian Bale talked in his Batman voice to people who knew who he really was. That voice drives me crazy anyway, but if someone already knows your identity, why are you using that silly voice if no one else is around?? Oh, and the whole cell phone sonar thing- I found that pretty annoying. They could have cut that whole scene out and the movie would have been fine.

FashionPrincess · Hermes

kenzie wrote:

Oh, and the whole cell phone sonar thing- I found that pretty annoying. They could have cut that whole scene out and the movie would have been fine.

We saw it last night and both thought it was pretty good. As everyone has already said, Heath Ledger did an amazing job!

And Kenzie, my take on that scene (as well as some other stuff in the movie) is that the point they were trying to make is does some evil/unethical stuff have to be done for the greater good.

Oh, and wicked, are you talking about Comissioner Gordon?

kenzie · Chanel

FashionPrincess wrote:

kenzie wrote:

Oh, and the whole cell phone sonar thing- I found that pretty annoying. They could have cut that whole scene out and the movie would have been fine.

And Kenzie, my take on that scene (as well as some other stuff in the movie) is that the point they were trying to make is does some evil/unethical stuff have to be done for the greater good.

You're probably right. I just found the sequence a bit too long. At that point in the movie, I was getting tired, too. Probably because we went to see a 10 p.m. showing and that was close to the end of the movie and that's way past my bedtime. smile

Dizzy · Marc Jacobs

I thought it was brilliant. It was emotionally realistic and one of the most thoughtful post-911 treatments of societal paranoia that I've seen - and they didn't cop out with a brave little happy ending. I love the nightmare-like pacing in the opening scenes, then the way they built dread until, at the end, it was this total seesaw between, "We can handle fear and be good." "No, we will own fear and make others more afraid of US!" "No we will be good..." "No, fear is more fun and we deserve to decide for others..." I also loved that all this played out in the character of the everyday cop who is trying to be a good guy, but also seduced by power and the idea that he's smarter than everyone else too.

I thought they should have played up Lucius as the emotional center a little more, though. And it was kind of weird that the two servants/assistants were the only two characters who could dispassionately handle the issues raised by the Joker's terrorism. I'm not sure what that was supposed to be about.

PS - The batman voice WAS the stupidest disguised voice I've ever heard. I think that was a bad choice.