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#4091 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 953 weeks ago
That is definitely a long running time. Films that are longer than two hours usually pay a steep price for that at the box office. There are obvious exceptions to the rule, but I'm surprised they didn't trim a bit of fat from the film.
1. It's only 12 minutes longer than Batman Begins.
2. The biggest movie ever is Titanic and it's 3 hours, 15 minutes long. One of the biggest summer movies recently was Pirates 2. It made $135 million at the box office in just 3 days and was a $423 million hit in the U.S. Guess how long it is. 150 minutes. Spidey 3 was 140 minutes, the same length as Batman Begins, and it made $151 million in just 3 days. If TDK were SHORTER than Batman Begins, I'd be pissed quite honestly. A shorter runtime is often a typical sign of a shitty sequel.
There was tracking released by MovieTickets.com showing 100% awareness for TDK, 81% of males said they will see it opening weekend, and 66% of females said the same thing. This poll was taken in early June, so an entire month before its release. Iron Man's awareness level at the same point in time before its release was 34%. I think TDK is headed for a $100+ million opening weekend and I don't think the runtime will hurt it. What will hurt it is if the movie sucks, which is what happened to Spidey 3.
And most importantly, Chris Nolan is one of the world's best movie editors as well as a great director. If you have ever watched any of his movies, you know that there's no bloated scenes like with Peter Jackson's King Kong or stupid tacked on crap like in the Spidey movies. Nolan is very efficient with what he wants to do. Batman Begins is 140 minutes and has great pacing, so much so that by the end of it you don't want it to end...especially with the final scene, which is just a fucking awesome cliffhanger. There was no "director's cut" that will be pawned off on the fans. Nolan said that the theatrical cut WAS the director's cut, and I have no doubt TDK will be the same way. He will cram every bit of efficiency into it and I am sure the pacing will be great, unlike the Pirates sequels which were mostly a disaster from an editing standpoint. I don't know if any two movies have ever had more pointless scenes than those two movies, and I say this as a huge fan of those movies. LOL.
#4092 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
By the way, they have re-vamped the official website and it kicks ass:
http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/
Very cool intro and then you have the option to watch all 3 trailers, and you even have the option to download them in Quicktime or Windows Media from iPod quality all the way up to high def. I love how easy it is to use. A lot of movie sites are difficult to download trailers from.
#4093 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
A Private Eye wrote:They hadn't shown what the 'other' side of his face looked like thought, they kept that under wraps.
Ah. I'm dumb. Sorry/
Yeah they have been keeping it under wraps, partially to blow away the fanboys and partially b/c it's bad for publicity when you're trying to market the movie to kids and their parents. WB jumped all over it yesterday and asked the site that first posted it to take it down.
#4094 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
WB forced the website to take it down. Apparently it is legit and it's an early concept art for it.
I uploaded it to Imageshack so here's a different link (also replaced the link in the previous post):
#4095 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
Wow, no wonder it's being kept under wraps. It's certainly no kids film if he looks like that. I remember Bale being interviewed after BB and saying he would love to make an 18 rated Batman film, which at the time I thought was really exciting, whilst this might not be an 18 rating it's great to see a super hero film being aimed at an older audience, there's so much more potential.
Did you mention there's plans to make another Batman film after DK with Two Face being the main villain?
Well it seems he's not really a villain in the traditional sense. Eckhart had an interview recently where he said that in TDK, Harvey Two-Face is basically like Batman except he's crossed the line of morality. He's a vigilante that kills bad guys, but he's a loose cannon and obviously goes against what Batman stands for (not killing people being one of Batman's core principles). It sounds like Two-Face will be similar to the Punisher. He is supposed to be one of the villains in BB3 but as I said, he likely will not be a traditional villain.
#4096 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
Holy shit guys. An image of Two-Face concept art has leaked. MASSIVE SPOILER:
#4097 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
I can't help but laugh at some of the coversation in here. Batman Begins owns the orginal Batman as well as every other Batman movie made. It's not even close. You can count me as one person who thought Scarecrow in Batman Begins was amaizng and count me as one who can easily tell from a 3 minute trailor that Heath's Joker will blow Nicholson's Joker outta the water.
I saw the Burton Batmans and thought whatever. I saw Batman Begins and have been anticipating The Dark Knight since I saw the Joker card at the end of Batman Begins. This is my most anticiopated movie by far in years. This coming from a guy who isn't necessarily a super hero fan.
You are not alone man. There are a crapload of people, including myself, that don't read comics but love Batman when it's done right. And by right I mean realistic and dark. Burton got the dark part right but it was just as campy in many ways as lighter heros like Spider-Man. Prince music? Penguins with rocket launchers? I love the first two Batman movies, but it's mainly because I grew up with them. They are part of my youth. I saw B89 as a 3 year old in the theater, I owned and still own all the toys from both movies, I've watched the movies literally hundreds of times (in B89's case, probably around 1,000 times actually). But Batman Begins is on a different level. I saw Iron Man the other night and it was pretty good but not on BB's level. And in fact, it used many elements from BB (Favreau has admitted that Nolan's BB was a huge influence in how they approached Iron Man).
#4098 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
Long chase sequence with the cops right? If you liked it in the game I am sure you will love it in the movie. I remember seeing it in IMAX. Holy fuck, the sound coming from the Tumbler is incredible. 
#4099 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
Actually, the game was a bit slow on the action level as well, which didn't bother me. I am pretty sure the game was an almost carbon copy of the film plot wise, and it was great. One of the last great games I played on the original XBOX console.
Off topic, but a game to rent/buy from the original xbox(or PS2 if they have it) is Alias. Very cool game, and is like a chick's version of Splinter Cell.
I'll just ask you a few questions to see how similar it is. Is Bruce around a glacier getting trained by a guy with a funny beard (played by Liam Neeson)? Is there a scene where Batman uses bats so escape a SWAT raid at an asylum? Is there a scene at the very end where Batman meets Gordon on a rooftop?
#4100 Re: The Sunset Strip » The BATMAN Thread » 960 weeks ago
Yeah, I really need to hurry up and watch that. I think I'll download this in a day or so. Started watching Zodiac last night, and damn that film is really slow. Gotta finish that tonight.
I'm pretty sure I said this already, but I played the Batman Begins game on xbox, and it was one of the best games of that year.
I'll warn you, Batman Begins is a character study more than anything else. A lot of people, well perhaps not a lot, but a vocal minority, have complained that there's not enough action in it. But the story is engrossing in my opinion. The realistic approach is great. I firmly believe that's what makes Batman my favorite superhero by far. The way Nolan presents his origin in Batman Begins, you can believe that a guy could pull this off in the real world.
