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The Dark Knight (SPOILERS START ON PAGE 3)
Dissy:
Ooh, Fuck yea!
I dragged my parents to the IMAX to see this (I didn't want to pay, I'm a cheap bastard when I want to be). The opening scene comes up, and my dad just looks at me, and says "I think you made an excellent choice." Heath was excellent. Eckhardt was amazing. Morgan Freeman was underused, unfortunately. The plot was excellent, the shots were excellent, acting was superb. My parents were amazed, my sister was indifferent to the whole thing.
Jackie Blue:
One of my friends insists that the Penguin is definitely in heavy consideration for the next one, and that he will be brought in as an international arms dealer.
And if they get Philip Seymour Hoffman to play him, that would be fucking perfect.
If they do the Riddler, I think they should just have Jim Carrey play him again. He was about the only good thing the third old Batman movie had going, and since his acting chops have gotten so much better I could totally see him doing a darker version of the role. Basically a Professor Moriarty type.
KvP:
I disagree. Have you seen The Number 23? That's his "thriller acting".
As for The Penguin, I don't know. Even with Two-Face and all, a deformed club owner / mobster / gun runner / whatever seems a bit grotesque. Plus it'd be hard to come up with a reason to call him "The Penguin" that wasn't dumb. And PSH, eh, didn't he play pretty much the same character in Mission Impossible 3?
As much as I found the Joker to be a not particularly interesting comics villain, they made him work quite for the Dark Knight. So they could surprise me. But none of the Big Name Batman villains look very promising to me from here on in. Riddler, maybe, but that depends on the character concept. Bane... just not enough zazz for me. Frankly it's going to be hard in any case to follow up the Joker. I don't really expect them to create a villain, but there's certainly a better chance of that happening than in any of the reference-a-minute Marvel movies.
De_El:
--- Quote from: KvP on 09 Aug 2008, 19:51 ---As much as I found the Joker to be a not particularly interesting comics villain
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Vuh-vuh-vuh-vuh-vuh-buh Whaaaaaat? What Batman comics have you been reading, anyway?
Surgoshan:
--- Quote from: De_El on 09 Aug 2008, 22:07 ---
--- Quote from: KvP on 09 Aug 2008, 19:51 ---As much as I found the Joker to be a not particularly interesting comics villain
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Vuh-vuh-vuh-vuh-vuh-buh Whaaaaaat? What Batman comics have you been reading, anyway?
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For the most part, the Joker has been done very, very poorly. Hell, for most of his existence his purpose was to embarrass people. That's all. And his "crimes" were called "boners". The version from the TV show was closest to his original incarnation -- a purple-suited ass. The vile foil who truly challenges the Batman is a creation of the 80s, I believe.
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