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Saw it at the midnight show. 

What a great movie.

Yeah, we're going to see it tonight. Can't wait! Christian Bale FTW!

Here's a hilarious spoof of the TRAILER for The Dark Knight (with no spoilers, mind you):

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8sYBqhOEdRQ

Bale, Ledger, Eckhardt, Oldman.

All gods of cinema, imo.

Indeed.

The thing about Christian Bale is that he's almost exactly like my brother. They both like Japanese stuff and even look similar. My brother is younger obviously, but I can see him looking almost identical to Bale in maybe 5-10 years. Maybe sooner.

I like Japanese stuff.  Does that make me almost exactly like Christian Bale?

Have you seen American Psycho? 

Uh...are you mocking me?

No.

Uh. . .maybe.

pity.  Bale's fantastic in that one. 

"I think my mask of sanity is about to slip"

I just came back from watching The Dark Knight. AWESOME!!! That's how sequels should be. A similar formula to Batman Begins, but with different happenings obviously. Good stuff. I could go on with a full review, but I'm tired.

(I don't remember the exact words, but it had something to this effect.)

Cop: It's my experience that every villain want's something. All of em! So tell, me. WHAT DO YOU WANT?!?
Joker: ...I just want my phonecall.

Really?  I though he wanted his face on the one dollar bill... My, his motives sure have changed. :P 

I haven't seen the last two movies, but I remember all of the old ones... beginning with the '89 Tim Burton film.  I'm not a fan of Burton's work (i.e. Nightmare before x-man... I mean x-mas, Corpse Bride... Ugh, Willy Wonka), but the Batman movies, although extremely cheesy, were pretty good.

Ledger got the idea of the Joker more than Nicholson did.

Yeah, I felt so guilty after I heard the news that Ledger...died...after the Dark Knight. I just watched a movie that he gave his life for! It's like blood money, but very different (I don't know - the analogy makes sense to me). Ledger apparently took his job a bit too seriously; but at least it made the Joker more realistic. And that's the thing: I thing if I see TDK a second time and really focus on the Joker, I bet I would notice that the Joker would seem a lot more realistic and better-acted towards the end of the movie because Ledger got increasingly more crazy as production went on.


Anyway, to Heath Ledger! I shed a single heartfelt tear. Your acting shall not be forgotten!

How'd he die exactly?

Drug overdose. Many assume it was accidental, also several facts point to it being accidental.

Well, I don't see why he'd do it on purpose.... Still, what does that have to do with being the Joker?  Anubis is making it seem like he died because of the role.

Some say it was because Ledger got too involved with his character, the Joker, and went bananas-with-scars. But now that you mention it, it does seem...far-fetched. Honestly I didn't know that the man's death - rather, cause thereof - was controverted. Accidental drug overdose seems likely, but it's still fishy...

He had several prescriptions, for sleeping pills among other things, and from a couple of different countries, too.

Official cause of death was an accidental overdose/ bad drug interaction.

Funk official stuff! He was killed by Batman!

Case closed!....

Way to ruin the ending.

What ending? Joker wasn't even killed.

Thanks for ruining the ending for anyone who has not seen it yet. Lol I think Zero set you up to spoil the ending on purpose.

Warble warble warble....

Haha, that's double gay.  I haven't seen it yet.... Now, instead of spending $9 to go see it, since I already know what doesn't happen, I think I'll just watch it tonight on OVGuide.com (great web site  ;)  )

I hate you people! Still, I rather see it in theatres.

I was GOING TO, but there's no reason to now.  Free for me, thanks to Nuby.

Yeah, you need the big screen and awesome surround sound for The Dark Knight. Pure pwnage.

Anubis: If you want that just go to an IMAX 3-D Theatre. ThI am actually going to one this weekend! I leave you all messages about it!!!

XOXO- orangelilly

Heh, prepare to get freaked out by the Joker. Excellent acting, and a superb character overall. The Joker was really fleshed out, giving you that creepiness of a madman but his back story almost made me feel sorry for him. Almost. Unrivaled stuff, man.

Enjoy The Dark Knight, lilly!

m' kay! oh yeah chriss goot imploded on!!!

lol

XOXO- orangelilly

seeing it tomorrow

and the great thing about reading movie threads from the bottom up, as a rule, you get to the people complaining about the spoiler, before you get to the spoiler.  A la, I was not spoiled.

lol, Good tactic, man.

i am actually not seeing the movie because i am going camping. which i think is COOLO!

Well as soon as you come back, see it.

Seeing it in an hour and a half :D

when i come back i have to go sumwhere. but we have to roder tickets b4 it gets sold out again... lol

omg... AMAZING...

the movie, or orangelilly?

Heath Ledger, predominantly.  But the movie.

Mmm, Heath:  You're a great actor and a tasty candy bar.

If you like paint.

oh and death.

heath can't kill you, that's a dirty lie spread by the Skor people.

lol... But if you eat him, you're eatin' some death (and paint)

 

(a la candy bar statement)

makeup makes the skin taste better

(Cult Classic -- Cannibal Clowns)

I like chocolate!!

And see what I mean, JJJ?

Yeah, amazing film.

I also like Cillian Murphy.

Oh, and I'm pleased they SPOILER ALERT

Killed Rachel.

Indeed. But I also like when SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERTED SPOILER ALERT.

Totally agree.

I suppose they'll be introducing Catwoman at some point, then.

Part of the problem with Rachel was that serious Bruce and serious Rachel don't really create any chemistry together.  If Bale is the straight man, he needs a more dynamic female to play against.

Yeah, whatever, she was a strong female character and blah blah blah.

Too often they're so concerned with making a "not-your-typical-damsel-in-distress" chararacter that they make a "typical-strong-serious-driven-woman-with-no-real-character-flaws-who-isn't-very-interesting."

Word. Even the type that I can't see without high-lighting the text.

(If you play Legend of Zelda or similarly made Adventure games, you'll get the joke.)