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The Dark Knight [Now with SPOILERS!!]
on: June 30, 2008, 10:33:31 AM
Apparently out with early screenings, I just read the end round up of a few of them to not spoil the movie but even the hardened critics are saying this is an outstanding movie and that Ledger put in a masterful perfomance and that this movie is the pinnacle of comic book movies and sets the bar stupidly high.

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Reply #1 on: June 30, 2008, 17:31:33 PM
Please god make it true. Batman Begins was an awesome reinventing of the franchise (this coming from a die hard Tim Burton fan) and I would hate if they ruined it second time round.

Plus, it would kill Christian Bales reputation of "I only make awesome films".
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Reply #2 on: July 02, 2008, 01:09:30 AM
Linked because of size: Awesome new poster. 8-)

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Reply #3 on: July 02, 2008, 02:16:48 AM
Nolan can do no wrong.

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Reply #4 on: July 02, 2008, 07:59:48 AM
All action sequences are shot in the same format they do high quality animal wildlife stuff, apparently the first to do so? sounds cool.

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Reply #5 on: July 02, 2008, 08:47:05 AM
Hide the cameras the day before?

Or hi-speed/slow mo film so that they can play back uber slow, or have it totally fluid at normal speed?

If its the hiding of the cameras thatd be pretty cool. Im fed up of these action films where they give a couple of film crew hand held cams and tell them to get into the fray. Fix the damned cameras to a hidden point that covers the action and fecking leave them alone, it looks much better!

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Reply #6 on: July 02, 2008, 10:09:43 AM
Apparently a number of key sequences were also shot with IMAX cameras so if youve never seen an IMAX film before it might be worth checking out when it launches on the 18th July.

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Reply #7 on: July 02, 2008, 11:55:45 AM
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Hide the cameras the day before?

Or hi-speed/slow mo film so that they can play back uber slow, or have it totally fluid at normal speed?

If its the hiding of the cameras thatd be pretty cool. Im fed up of these action films where they give a couple of film crew hand held cams and tell them to get into the fray. Fix the damned cameras to a hidden point that covers the action and fecking leave them alone, it looks much better!


In part hiding as the guy does not like over doing the CGI so a lot of the things that could have been CGI very easily were actually done in reality which would mean hidden cameras so there doing the other angles but done well to not be seen by the others but also in the IMAX similar format, I forget what they said as it was on the TV and I cant yet find it on the web. It basically is this very high quality but also hard to use filming which is only really used on wild life stuff and not used movies until now had Nolan on basically saying "well I thought why not give it a go" and apperently gives a feel to the action sequences not seen before and because its as little CGI as possible it pays off.

Will be interesting to see for ourselves and defiantly a movie not to download cam versions of as you will have no sense of the style at all. This sounds like it will look ace in HD on blu ray.

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Reply #8 on: July 02, 2008, 22:14:49 PM

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Reply #9 on: July 02, 2008, 23:17:44 PM
They are showing this at IMAX screens, Im planning on seeing it at the one in Bradford.

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Reply #10 on: July 03, 2008, 03:08:27 AM
Yes they are. There is an Imax 10 minutes from my house so I would be stupid not to right.

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Reply #11 on: July 03, 2008, 15:31:49 PM
Is it the entire movie or a cut down version at the IMAX.

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Reply #12 on: July 03, 2008, 23:10:17 PM
The full movie.

They are making a big thing of it on the official website.

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Reply #14 on: July 04, 2008, 16:12:12 PM
Ooooh, in that case Im definitely going to watch it the first time at IMAX Southbank, that place is huge :D

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