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John_Galt 07:27 am UTC 08/18/08 |
| In reply to: | re: The Dark Knight - Vin 07:06 pm UTC 08/15/08 |
| Yes. It's substantially darker. Each of the throughlines leads you to a place of hopelessness and helplessness. Batman can do some amazing things, but his heroic efforts are just as futile as pissing upstream. It drops the unexamined view of evil from the last Batman movie and decides to look a bit closer. It's still a fun movie -- particularly if you aren't too thoughtful -- and I recommend seeing it on IMAX. I thought Jim's musical with the Catwoman stuff was also very dark and works well. The joker is used in the movie to present a view of human nature in the grand story argument fashion and that requires him to be a little less fun and certainly less crazy than the jokers we've known in the past. Jim's use of the Joker may work just as well within his book, however. -=John Galt=- > I still haven't seen the new film, but is it really much > darker than Burton's? That would be saying something. > In any case, Jim can do dark just fine. Its not like his > Batman demos are better suited for Adam West than > Christian Bale. > > > Because Rinkoff did so well at getting the Dream Engine > > off the ground. Jim really should just hire a manager who > > knows what he is doing! > > > > Though the WB execs would probably want a whole new Batman > > that is Darker like the movies now and not based on the > > Burton Batman. > > > > > That's a good point. If Sonnenberg isn't working to make > > > Batman happen than Rinkoff should take over and just pitch > > > it himself! > > > > > > -=John Galt=- > > > > > > > Thought Question: > > > > > > > > Given the phenomenal success of this movie, is it > > > > conceivable that there isn't at least ONE money-grubbing > > > > executive over at Warner Bros. who ISN'T thinking about > > > > reviving the Batman musical project? > > > > > > > > I don't think it is. | |
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