[Movie]The Dark Knight

[HyBrideVo]

Heath Ledger's acting and Two-Face make-up/CGI effect is enough to give nightmares for weeks. Also that "magic pencil" is baaadddd...Don't bring kids PERIOD

Galing ng bike. Lalo na yung wall headstand switch was WOW!

Magic Pencil


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pN8Ly2v_Zw"]TDK Joker Magic Pencil[/ame]

[Bogeyman]

Saw it last Saturday. More of the fine work started by Batman Begins -- and of course, Heath Ledger was phenomenal, especially in the scene where he first speaks to Gotham's criminal underworld. Batman's daring Hong Kong mission was really something else, mala-Mission Impossible. And the gun-wielding "Bat-posers" reminded me of "The Sons of Batman" in Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Sayang lang, hindi ko naumpisahan yung bank heist sequence.

I was just caught off-guard by the movie's length; si misis dalawang beses nang nag-CR, ako ni-risk kong magkasakit sa bato.

Minor peeves:

- Did they really have to retain Rachel Dawes in the sequel? Katie Holmes was irritating enough in the first movie, and the way Maggie Gyllenhaal looks so much older doesn't help at all (I guess accelerated aging is a side effect of the Scarecrow's fear toxin). I'm actually glad they rectified that mistake later in the film.

- The Batmobile's display could have been programmed to use more, um, technical terms. "Damage Catastrophic"? WTF?!

- It never was explained how the Batpod came to be. Was it included in the Tumbler's original design, or was it a custom modification by Bruce Wayne himself?

- Is it just me or did Christian Bale's guttural Batman voice get more irritating? I imagine that it must be quite difficult for him to suppress his English accent, but Hugh Laurie does a far better job in House. Baka nasanay lang ako kay Kevin Conroy -- speaking of which, I thoroughly enjoyed his performances in Batman: Gotham Knight, with my favorite being the Deadshot episode. Siguro dapat pina-dub na lang nila kay Kevin yung mga linya ni Batman sa TDK.

Christian Bale and Gary Oldman have hinted that there are more than one Batman installments still waiting down the line, with Bale stating that he's not too keen on bringing the Robin character aboard AT ALL. Buti naman. :D

isa lang ang corny na stunt/effect... tsaka ko na sabihin after everybody has watched it.

Alin? The one with the Batpod driving up the wall?

[jonski]

I wonder kung nakaapekto yung role ni Heath sa pagkamatay nya. Nabasa ko na before nila start yung shooting ng Dark Knight ay nakipagkita si Jack Nicholson kay Leger and binigyan nya ng warning si Legder na dibdibin yung pagiging Joker kasi nung sya yung gumanap na "joker" ay nadepressed.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008...ger_on_jo.html

[puroy]

for me, the best yung The Dark Knight than Batman Begins. galing ni joker!
ayaw ko lang doon sa nag-protray kay rachele dawes (sana si katie holmes na lang).

[empy]

Heath Ledger was not just the best Joker, IMO he may be the best actor in any of the Batman movies. although i also love Gary Oldman (he's a personal fave) as Commissioner Gordon.

so the man really went out in a blaze of glory

buti na lang, because if he didn't do this, he would have been best remembered for his role in Brokeback Mountain :rofl01:

[CVT]

Wife and myself need to watch this movie......

6404:pump:

[cablespy]

Was Heath Ledgers performance really Oscar worthy? Perhaps. Definitely the make-up artist should deserve some kind of award. I think the make-up brought it all together.

Parang Nightmare on elmstreet, freddy kruger delivered an awesome performance but it would not be so good without the mask/makeup.

[impulzz]

Alin? The one with the Batpod driving up the wall?

sakto, hehehe

i share your sentiments on:
1. yeah glad they got rid of Rachel... ang alam ko lang na love interest i Batman is Thalia, daughter of Ra's al Ghul... they even have a son Damian... well this story line comes in so much later

2. irritating nga yung boses ni Bale as Batman.


well at least they're trying to cure batman's Keatonitist...

as for robin, well if they do bring in the character, hope they bring in someone younger than Chris O' Donnell... robin is a kid about 10 or 12 not a teenager.

[Bogeyman]

as for robin, well if they do bring in the character, hope they bring in someone younger than Chris O' Donnell... robin is a kid about 10 or 12 not a teenager.

Nah, it's still too early to bring in Robin; I don't want WB to risk cheapening the franchise again.

Pero kung gusto nila ng twist, I say get a female Robin, parang si Carrie Kelly sa The Dark Knight Returns. Pwede si Dakota Fanning, she's about the same age as Kelly in the comics. :D

[Monseratto]

Is 'The Dark Knight' for Kids?

It's not a comic book movie.

That's the first thing you should know when your kids ask to see "The Dark Knight," this summer's biggest blockbuster. The film is vastly more true to Frank Miller's famous alternative view of The Batman than to the zap-pow camp of Adam West's TV portrayal and sanitized DC comics that filled our childhood.

So how do you answer? Should your children see "The Dark Knight?" We turned first to our resident film fanatic and visual designer, Chuck Kim, the first of the Yahoo! Kids team to see the box office smash.

"I would not take a kid to see 'The Dark Knight,' said Chuck. "The Joker and Two-Face alone could give a kid nightmares." The oft-mentioned violence is not of one of gore, he says, but more of the heart—and thus potentially more terrifying. "The main thing is that it is a very dark movie," Chuck concludes."There's no ray of hope for the city." He recommends kids be 14 or older to see the film.

Such cautions seem to be the consensus, beginning with movie's star, Christian Bale, who said this on the "Today Show:"

"It’s quite haunting. It’s something which will stay with you for quite a while afterward. I’m not sure how much a child will be oblivious to that. I would say starting at about 9, maybe 10 years old may be an appropriate age for kids to be able to deal with this.”

A sampling of other comments:

"'Dark Knight' is a staggeringly violent and disturbing film. Thought-provoking for adults, but potentially terrifying for children," says Jeffrey Weiss of The Dallas Morning News. "The PG-13 rating should offer some warning, yes. But this film dances just south of an R in my book."


"This film is not for children, and I would discourage parents from taking anyone under 12 to see this movie," writes Jim Pappas of The Trades.com. “'The Dark Knight' offers a glimpse into the darker places within each of us, which might be cathartic for some, but others will simply be afraid."


"The movie is sadistic, violent, disturbing and also one of the best and biggest movies of the year," according to MoviesOnline.ca. "That all said, 3 out of 4 of those components are absolutely not suitable for young children... regardless of how the MPAA rated the movie."


Ultimately, the "Dark Knight" decision depends upon you, your children and your relationships with them. There are children at age 14 (and I was one) who would be deeply troubled by the darkness of the film. And there are children of 10 who could not only face down the terror but even discuss some of the film's layered themes.

In all cases, we suggest talking with your children about "The Dark Knight." Be sure they understand that it is not a typical comic book movie and that it is intended for grown-ups. And should you permit them to see the film, we strongly recommend discussing it afterwards; our Common Sense Media review has some excellent starting points.

http://kids.yahoo.com/parents/blog/1...#39;+for+Kids?