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The "Dark Knight" returns in a ...
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""Gotham City" is under the insane criminal grip of its most dangerous criminal, "Jack Napier", better known to the Gothamites as "The Joker" (Jack Nicholson). And there is only one man who can stop him -- the world's greatest detective, "The Batman" (Michael Keaton). Director Tim Burton brings to the silver screen the first correct adaptation of the popular comic book character created by Bob Kane back in 1939. This "Batman" is as dark as the city he protects. The first thing you notice with this movie is the dark scenery. The use of dark colors and shadows are used wonderfully, especially in the final fight in the movie. As good as the visuals of this movie is, the acting is their equal. Michael Keaton is wonderful as "Bruce Wayne" and "Batman". His version of "Wayne" is friendly as his "Batman" is mysterious. It is a great performance for his first dramatic role. Kim Basinger and Robert Wuhl (to a lesser degree) are fine in their roles. The only problems I had with their performa ... "
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"Batman" Remains Relavant
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"Let's look at the facts here: Tim Burton, fresh off the giddy originality of Beetlejuice, helms this big-budget version of Batman with his signature style fully intact. Danny Elfman, whose score for Pee-Wee's Big Adventure thrilled audiences with its fresh new sound and fit Burton's vision to a tee. Michael Keaton, also from Beetlejuice, was Burton's then "it" guy, and of course, you've got Jack Nicholson whose persona goes without saying. Just as much as people were anticipating The Dark Knight a few months ago, that was the fervor surrounding 1989's Batman - around the same time, the old 60's television series was airing on Nick At Nite, so everyone knew how campy Batman could be. Conversely, DC comics released Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns", Jim Starlin's "A Death In The Family", and most importantly to ME, Alan Moore's "The Killing Joke", and they took the series into new, darker territory. Then news came of the film version being dark and "serious", and people flippe ... "
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"The third part in Universal’s rebooted Mummy franchise takes the series in a new direction. Rather than set in Egypt and dealing again with the same old villain, Imhotep, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor brings us to China and gives us a different sort of preserved corpse baddie. And it looks like the change could actually add some freshness to the franchise. Of course, history would hint that such a move for the Mummy movies is a bad idea. While it seems beneficial in theory to redirect the focus of a series with the third installment, especially if the first sequel was too much a repetition of the original (a la The Mummy Returns), in practice many threequels mistakenly alter things for the worse. These aren’t necessarily the worst threequels ever made (*cough*
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The Dark Knight (2008) - Contai ...
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"It's been three years now since Batman Begins was released and to say that anticipation for The Dark Knight was high would be an understatement. I cannot remember a film other than The Phantom Menace for which anticipation has been so high. Fortunately this film delivers on most of that expectation and is, in my opinion, the best Batman film to date. Spoilers follow When Tim Burton returned to the Batman franchise to shoot Batman Returns, he imposed a darker style on the film than in his first effort. Nolan follows the same path, albeit to more acclaim, as he shows us a world threatened by anarchism and the breakdown of order. This world is less stylised than the Gotham of previous films - this feels much more like a modern, Western city. The banks look real, the buildings look real and as a result the violence that hits this city feels more immediate and disturbing. Opposite Christian Bale's Batman is the excellent Heath Ledger who deserves the critical acclaim his performance rec ... "
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Working on the 'Knight' moves
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"I am really struggling here. I really don't feel like cracking open the thesaurus to out-hyperbolize what's already been said about “The Dark Knight” a dozen times over. Simply put: A) It lives up to the hype, and B) Yes, Heath Ledger as The Joker is that good. The only way to tackle this review and add anything new to what's already been said is by addressing your concerns as a moviegoer. That's right, you. Why do I do this? Well, I'm just a giver, I suppose. So herein are ten reasons why you should either jump aboard the “Dark Knight” Love Train with the rest of us, or whether you should draw the blinds when you see that Bat Signal appear in the sky. See it: If you enjoy crime drama: The film begins with a crackerjack heist by Joker and his crew that not only ticks along like a timed explosive, it sets the stage for just how morally bankrupt the film's chief villain truly is. He is a character whose sole purpose is not singularly driven, but rather one w ... "
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"Will Smith’s new superhero movie, Hancock, may be receiving terrible reviews, but it’s sure to make a lot of money. It is a Will Smith movie, after all. The fact that it’s an original superhero title (meaning not adapted from a comic book or other source material), however, means that if it is a success, it will be the rare movie of its kind to be such. Superhero movies may be huge right now, but really only the pre-sold properties, those with a build-in audience, make the big bucks. A number of original superhero movies are just as worthy of your attention as the Spider-Mans, the Iron Mans, the Batmans and the X-Mens. Sure, much of the time, non-adapted superheroes are lame, as in the cases of
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The Dark Knight: Everything You ...
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"The Dark Knight is everything it has been advertised to be: exciting, captivating, and enthralling. It is the first major category Oscar worthy movie I have seen in 2008, and not just for the gripping and chilling final performance of Heath Ledger, who certainly deserves a Best Supporting Actor nod. This Batman movie bests all of its predecessors. It is the best Super-Hero sequel movie i have ever seen, and may just be worthy of a Best Picture nomination come January 2009. Sequel success is not a new thing in Hollywood, but more often then not Super-Hero follow ups fall short of their first chapters. Not only does The Dark Knight up the ante, it takes the whole pot, which is a relief considering one of the last Super-Hero franchises, Spider-Man, which showed early success, has trailed off into mediocrity. Heath Ledger's turn as the Joker is everything Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus could only dream of being in Spider-Man 2. Maniacal, sadistic, and calculating, Ledger's Joker ... "
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"The Dark Knight is hands down the best Batman movie yet, but has Christopher Nolan painted himself into a corner by using up the only viable Batman villains? Most of the Batman villains left are either too campy (the Penguin, the Ventriloquist), depend too much on flexible comic book logic (Clayface, Killer Croc), or are just watered-down versions of the Joker (the Riddler, the Mad Hatter). Tim Burton’s Batman featured The Joker (Jack Nicholson) for good reason. The Clown Prince of Crime, always Batman’s most threatening foe, represents (among many things) an unwillingness to take human life seriously. In that moral void his vibrant personality explodes like a fireworks display of mania, menace, and eccentricity. The Joker is the calling card of chaos and evil at its sexiest. Batman isn’t the reason we watch Batman over and over again, the Joker is. Of course Michael Keaton brings gravitas to Batman, but let’s face it–as sweet as Batman is, he’s jus "
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"Blake Edwards will exec produce a redo of his 1979 comedy 10 along with son Geoffrey, who was an assistant editor on the original. I’d ask what young starlet you’d most like to see in cornrows, but of course a newcomer is being sought to fill the iconic Bo Derek role. A new version of Papillon, or at least a new adaptation of Henri Charriere’s autobiography, will be produced by two-time Oscar winner Branko Lustig (Schindler’s List; Gladiator). Could a remake receive more love from the Academy than did the original? It’s been done before… Like, totally bitchin: MGM is developing a musical remake of
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"As The Dark Knight is the most anticipated film of the year, I figured it might be instructive to go back and take a look at the original Batman, made in 1989 by Tim Burton. It was not really the original Batman movie of course- in 1966, a big screen adaptation of the TV show starring Adam West hit theatres, but that was a low budget effort that, like the show itself, was played for laughs. But the 1989 Batman was different- it was huge film, made on a big budget (Jack Nicholson alone cost $60 million), and made to compete in what was the most intense summer of blockbusters at the time. And it worked- it was the highest grossing film in America that year, beating out other big movies like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ghostbusters 2, Star Trek V, Back to the Future Part II, and others. It also spawned three direct sequels (none of them any good), the Christopher Nolan reboot, and the surprisingly good animated film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. And what is most remarkable ab ... "
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