The Dark Knight

David Barnett

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Aug 30, 2008, 4:36:02 PM8/30/08

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If there was previous discussion of this movie, I wasn't here to see it, and
apologies if necessary.

My wife & I thought Heath Ledger was very good, but that the movie itself
was terrible.
What are/were the views of others?

imdb gives it 9.2/10 stars!
So it looks like we might be in a minority.
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David Barnett

Ian Galbraith

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Aug 31, 2008, 6:39:26 PM8/31/08

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On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:36:02 GMT, David Barnett wrote:

> If there was previous discussion of this movie, I wasn't here to see it, and
> apologies if necessary.
>
> My wife & I thought Heath Ledger was very good, but that the movie itself
> was terrible.
> What are/were the views of others?

Best comic adaptation ever IMHO.

[snip]

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David Barnett

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Sep 1, 2008, 4:29:49 PM9/1/08

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"Ian Galbraith" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:36:02 GMT, David Barnett wrote:
>
>> If there was previous discussion of this movie, I wasn't here to see it,
>> and
>> apologies if necessary.
>>
>> My wife & I thought Heath Ledger was very good, but that the movie itself
>> was terrible.
>> What are/were the views of others?
>
> Best comic adaptation ever IMHO.
>
> [snip]

Many thanks for your reply, Ian.
Where is everyone else?
As I more or less said in the "[snip]", imdb rated it highly.
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Ian Galbraith

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Sep 1, 2008, 6:28:52 PM9/1/08

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On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:29:49 GMT, David Barnett wrote:

> "Ian Galbraith" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:1h0fgcs95wosj.151w02gfl7zl9$.dlg@40tude.net...
>> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:36:02 GMT, David Barnett wrote:
>>
>>> If there was previous discussion of this movie, I wasn't here to see it,
>>> and
>>> apologies if necessary.
>>>
>>> My wife & I thought Heath Ledger was very good, but that the movie itself
>>> was terrible.
>>> What are/were the views of others?
>>
>> Best comic adaptation ever IMHO.

> Many thanks for your reply, Ian.
> Where is everyone else?

Unfortunately this newsgroup like aus.tv is largely dead.

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Duggy

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Sep 2, 2008, 7:41:14 AM9/2/08

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I enjoyed it. It was a little disjointed... I always said that Batman
Begins was 3 films pushed into one, and now I think The Dark Knight
was 2 pushed into one.

As such there was a little too much story and the classic three act
structure was usurped... however, I don't mind seeing some
"experimentation" in a blockbuster.

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= DUG.
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mitch

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Sep 2, 2008, 6:13:27 PM9/2/08

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"Ian Galbraith" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message

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> On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:29:49 GMT, David Barnett wrote:
>
>> "Ian Galbraith" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:1h0fgcs95wosj.151w02gfl7zl9$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:36:02 GMT, David Barnett wrote:
>>>
>>>> If there was previous discussion of this movie, I wasn't here to see
>>>> it,
>>>> and
>>>> apologies if necessary.
>>>>
>>>> My wife & I thought Heath Ledger was very good, but that the movie
>>>> itself
>>>> was terrible.
>>>> What are/were the views of others?
>>>
>>> Best comic adaptation ever IMHO.
>
>> Many thanks for your reply, Ian.
>> Where is everyone else?
>
> Unfortunately this newsgroup like aus.tv is largely dead.

Full of dickheads IMO.

I liked The Dark Knight... thought it was better than Batman Begins.. more
colourful characters and less of CG climactic ending.

Mitch

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Oct 1, 2008, 8:04:21 AM10/1/08

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I saw it at IMAX, and must say I found it very enjoyable. Better than
Batman Begins in my view, but I have to agree that it was disjointed.
Two-Face seemed to have been shoe-horned in, and the ending seemed
interminable. If they'd cut it down by about 30 minutes it would have
been an excellent movie.

Tom.