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In Reply to: It wasn't very good posted by Jack G on April 6, 2009 at 13:25:39:
Ledger and Bale are good but the movie is all style and no substance. It felt longer than it is. There were many in the theater who seemed to share my discomfort during it and relief when it was finally over.
I give it two stars out of four.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - The dark Knight. - patrickU 08:11:24 04/06/09 (60)
- Average rating 8.5/10 among more than 250 reviewers (including yours truly) - Jazz Inmate 22:16:58 04/09/09 (10)
- I don't care... - Harmonia 19:48:27 04/13/09 (0)
- RE: Average rating 8.5/10 among more than 250 reviewers (including yours truly) - patrickU 02:06:24 04/10/09 (8)
- The last Raiders was never even on my radar - Jazz Inmate 08:26:32 04/10/09 (7)
- Yeah... I don't know a single person who thought Raiders was anything - sjb 08:45:18 04/10/09 (0)
- RE: The last Raiders was never even on my radar - patrickU 08:39:19 04/10/09 (5)
- I remember you didn't like Iron Man either NT - Jazz Inmate 14:00:12 04/10/09 (4)
- Oh Boy! Another masterpeice of fine art! *rolling eyes* (nt) - Jack G 08:54:47 04/11/09 (2)
- That's my point. As soon as some of you are confronted with the superhero genre you tune out NT - Jazz Inmate 09:02:15 04/11/09 (1)
- Actually, I did enjoy it - Jack G 10:32:31 04/11/09 (0)
- RE: I Can´t even remember seeing it, that is what i call a selective mind... - patrickU 02:10:11 04/11/09 (0)
- I saw it a second time - PhilJ 16:57:45 04/06/09 (5)
- So did I - I couldn't wait for it to end... - Harmonia 15:07:44 04/09/09 (1)
- RE: So did I - I couldn't wait for it to end... - patrickU 02:48:31 04/10/09 (0)
- RE: I saw it a second time - patrickU 04:35:01 04/07/09 (0)
- "The most overrated movie in recent years"- no - tunenut 21:57:18 04/06/09 (1)
- good point - PhilJ 14:44:30 04/07/09 (0)
- It wasn't very good - Jack G 13:25:39 04/06/09 (11)
- 2-face was central to the plot--it was about fighting chaos/evil using principles vs popularity - Jazz Inmate 23:28:31 04/09/09 (7)
- It felt forced and fake. - Jack G 08:04:39 04/11/09 (4)
- So what was Dent--good or evil? The movie was far more nuanced than you realized. NT - Jazz Inmate 09:05:38 04/11/09 (3)
- If you considered TDK deep, to each his own... (nt) - Jack G 10:33:37 04/11/09 (2)
- enjoy your arthaus euroflicks NT - Jazz Inmate 20:24:15 04/11/09 (1)
- enjoy your comic books (nt) - Jack G 06:50:33 04/12/09 (0)
- "You never really grasped what it was about" Or you read too much into it and saw what you wanted to. - Tony D. 10:22:52 04/10/09 (1)
- From wiretapping to the concept of sacrificing popularity to fight evil...the film was fairly overt - Jazz Inmate 14:57:49 04/10/09 (0)
- 100% agreement - danj 21:58:46 04/08/09 (1)
- I'm going to SCREAM! - tinear 15:05:05 04/12/09 (0)
- RE: It wasn't very good - patrickU 04:39:11 04/07/09 (0)
- We can assume you under-appreciated Ledger's memorable performance? nt - tinear 10:22:32 04/06/09 (30)
- RE: You mean this barking a good performance? - patrickU 11:45:14 04/06/09 (0)
- Ledgers performance was good. - grantv 11:36:18 04/06/09 (28)
- Maggie G was one of the few things I liked in the film. - Harmonia 15:09:50 04/09/09 (0)
- Gyllenhall - dave c 13:47:41 04/06/09 (26)
- OK, I gotta ask. - grantv 12:29:51 04/07/09 (0)
- Was miscast...(nt) - mkuller 19:40:38 04/06/09 (24)
- Absolutely. Hollywood has NO sexy women at the moment. NONE. - tinear 11:06:28 04/07/09 (23)
- Really, none? - grantv 12:23:31 04/07/09 (22)
- Penelope. I think of her as a European, not Hollywood. - tinear 21:11:29 04/07/09 (12)
- Everybody has their own taste for sure. - grantv 21:40:21 04/07/09 (11)
- RE: Keira WAS very sexy. - patrickU 02:53:37 04/10/09 (3)
- More meat on a butcher's pencil. [nt] - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 07:03:23 04/14/09 (1)
- RE: More meat on a butcher's pencil. [nt] - patrickU 07:20:54 04/14/09 (0)
- Agreed. - grantv 08:17:52 04/10/09 (0)
- Well, I like Winona a LOT and Uma... but they're getting a little long in the tooth. nt - tinear 17:59:19 04/08/09 (6)
- I draw the line at slammin Uma! - PhilJ 21:05:10 04/09/09 (4)
- Phil, are you admitting you'd hit on my babe? Get this straight: - tinear 15:07:10 04/12/09 (1)
- In MY dream - PhilJ 19:31:56 04/13/09 (0)
- the prepare to radiate heat - dave c 21:57:41 04/09/09 (1)
- it took me 4 days to awaken - PhilJ 19:33:27 04/13/09 (0)
- I presume they are aging faster than you, then: please share your secret! nt - dave c 04:38:01 04/09/09 (0)
- "Zooey Deschanel, there's something about her" - Jack G 15:59:34 04/07/09 (8)
- Plus she can sing. - sjb 17:58:18 04/07/09 (2)
- Nice voice - Jack G 08:09:28 04/08/09 (0)
- Stop it... - grantv 07:00:47 04/08/09 (0)
- Check her out in "Tin Man" - Brian A 17:41:42 04/07/09 (1)
- RE: Check her out in "Tin Man" - Jack G 17:57:40 04/07/09 (0)
- "there's something about her": is it this? - dave c 16:56:01 04/07/09 (2)
- Sure. And more; The Happening did it. - grantv 06:58:15 04/08/09 (0)
- Something like that. :=) (nt) - Jack G 17:52:59 04/07/09 (0)
Follow Ups
- 100% agreement - danj 21:58:46 04/08/09 (1)
- I'm going to SCREAM! - tinear 15:05:05 04/12/09 (0)