The Dark Knight: Nolan and Bale’s Batman 2

[Styr]

Bale made a good Batman, however I found him wholly unconvincing in the role of Bruce Wayne - Millionaire playboy.
The thing about batman is anyone can play him, it's just acting with your chin. Nailing the part of Bruce Wayne takes effort and the only person so far to have really got that down was Michael Keaton.
I also found the film a little boring in the middle, I wasn't impressed with the plot, or the Scarecrow who seemingly had little to do considering. I thought te ending on the train was a little to reminiscent of Spiderman2 and the fact Gordon was driving the batmobile was pushing things a little.
Having said that I will still go and see The Dark Knight in the hope that, even though Heath Ledger as Joker :s, it will be an improvement on the first.

[Ian8781]

I think Heath Ledger as the Joker is almost as bad a decision as Matt Damon to play Kirk in the next Star Trek film.

Having said that, loved Batman Begins - much better than the previous versions.

[Culhwch]

I think that Ledger will make for a good Joker - the kid can act, if you go further than Hollywood pap. It'll certainly be different to Nicholson's, which I think is a good thing. He certainly has the grin for it.

I really liked Batman Begins, and I don't have a problem with revisiting and reimagining the character. How many interpretations do we have of things like the Arthurian legend? Besides, the comic books themselves over the years have often taken very different tacts in interpreting and portraying the character. Why not let artists in other mediums do the same...?

[steve12553]

The Dark Knight will tell the tale of the series. Tim Burton's Batman was good and keeping to the dark spirit of the comics. The second movie in the series really took a turn toward the 60s. It lost its darkness and upped the overdrama by 200%. I liked Batman Begins. It wouldn't take much to go off the deep end also with a sequel.

[Alfy]

Keaton's Bruce Wayne has been the best yet. I just hope that they don't put any prosthetics on Ledger to accentuate the grin for the Joker as I thought this was unnecessary on Nicholson.

Bale is good as The Bat and I think Oldman gives us a Jim Gordon that is more faithful to the comics than we have ever seen before.

I can't wait until The Dark Knight.

[captainslog]

I loved BB and even thought Bale was a good Wayne.It was good to see the thing stripped down with all the pantomime taken out.Looking forward to Dark Knight,Ledger could be a great Joker,just have to wait and see I suppose.

[lordoftime]

Enjoyed the strong, convincing story BB had and preferred it to Batman Returns and Batman & Robin. Cant wait for the sequel. The Joker will have to be reimagined just like he was when Batman 89 was made, so I really want to see how they do it.

[infinite]

The Joker is in good hands with Ledger I think

He has just the right face for it if can imagine him as the Joker -

This one may even be better than BB

[Steve Jordan]

I never liked Keaton's Wayne, or any of the others before BB, for that matter. Wayne is not only supposed to be serious about what he does at night, he's also supposed to be masquerading as a playboy gadabout by day. None of the actors besides Bale has even come close to pulling that off. Bale has done the best job at portraying ALL aspects of Batman and Bruce Wayne.

I can't comment on Ledger's Joker until I see what Nolan intends, and what Ledger does. I can imagine a few other actors doing Joker (I'd love to see Mark Hamill take a shot at it!), but until I know more about Nolan's take on the character, I'll reserve comment.

I will say this: The pre-BB Batmans sucked. All of 'em. No exceptions.

[pnx223]

[quote=ravenus;746197]I don't know about definitive but I thought Nolan's Batman film was definitely boring and overwrought taking ages to tell a story that does nothing to bring me closer to the character or see him as particularly complex (not to mention astoundingly pap dialog like "it's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you" repeated twice by a scripter who no doubt considers it one of the cleverest lines ever).quote]


I'm in the army and that line resonated a helluva lot with me. I see a lot of people who spend a lot fo time talking about how they wanna make the world a better place and so on and quite frankly I don't see any action. Well here I am in Iraq, and who people remember me as will be defined by what I did not some sentiment I uttered about "oh it's terrible that there are people killing each other over there." I question whether or not you're qualified to coment on the developed depth of a character with whom you obviously do not identify, I'm also curious about what you thought of V for Vendetta, which also stirred me deeply, as did Equilibrium and Dark City.

[jayce77]

A new suit for the Dark Knight . . .




The Joker, Harvey Dent, and a new bat-suit(key plot twister)makes this a must-see film for all ...



According to an inside source, Batman changes suit's halfway through the movie, and this is considered to be a plot-point. And it will also reveal why-and-how this happens. The Dark Knight is due to hit the theaters in the summer of 2008

[ScottSF]

pics of Heath Ledger as Joker are out. Any google search will pull them up.

[Culhwch]

Interesting viral marketing campaign behind the release, too:

The Joker Revealed | /Film

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Styr

Bale made a good Batman, however I found him wholly unconvincing in the role of Bruce Wayne - Millionaire playboy.
The thing about batman is anyone can play him, it's just acting with your chin. Nailing the part of Bruce Wayne takes effort and the only person so far to have really got that down was Michael Keaton.
I also found the film a little boring in the middle, I wasn't impressed with the plot, or the Scarecrow who seemingly had little to do considering. I thought te ending on the train was a little to reminiscent of Spiderman2 and the fact Gordon was driving the batmobile was pushing things a little.
Having said that I will still go and see The Dark Knight in the hope that, even though Heath Ledger as Joker :s, it will be an improvement on the first.

There many things that annoyed the hell outta of me in the movie.

The villains sucked: Which is lame cause Batman has the greatest villains of all heroes. His freaks are unbeatble.

Carmine Falcone being a brittish loser when he was the biggest italian mobsters in the comic. Arent there any italian old actors in hollywood come one.....

Scarecrow was a joke, not dangerous and sick at all.

Ra's Al Ghul being a white irish dude....

Rachel Dawes was usless( this isnt Lois and Clark...)

Bruce Wayne was annoying( too much the playboy) Plus he made all the things in he uses on his own in the comics. Not by giving himself away to Fox by being clear about the techs he need.

Batman acts like Bruce Wayne the playboy in a way people look down on and dont notice him too much. Not playing in the fountain with chicks...


Only Bale,Caine,Freeman impressed me in the movie.


The action sucked. This is Batman a master of 100's martial arts, we should be able to see him fight .....

[ScottSF]

Originally Posted by Connavar of Rigante

The action sucked. This is Batman a master of 100's martial arts, we should be able to see him fight .....

I enjoyed the action in Batman Begins more than any other Batman Movie. I love the way they showed Batman from the criminal’s perspective thus adding a layer of suspense and mystery missing from any other movie interpretation. I enjoyed the efficiency of the fighting style they designed; no nonsense and brutal. I would have been very disappointed if he started doing Jackie Chan type showy gimmicks.

I think the legend is in good hands. I only hope that he does his own movie and doesn’t have to bow to any studio pressure to make any changes.