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[3pipeproblem]

Today I saw The Dark Knight again, this time on the Imax (oddly enough, I was underwhelmed--the last time I saw something on an Imax was at the Museum of Science and Industry, where they have a huge dome screen that extends to the ceiling), but since most of LJ has been posting about the movie (and since I agree with a lot of what's been said), I'll try to limit myself to observations I haven't seen posted everywhere.



-Okay, most importantly, what was with Gotham's mayor and all the eyeliner? Was I the only one who noticed this? It was so obvious and so excessive that I spent half the movie thinking it was going to be a plot point--that he and the Joker were somehow connected because of their mutual love of makeup. No, I am not kidding. It was seriously bothersome.

-On another "please explain things to me" note, what was the Scarecrow doing in the second scene? Had he broken out? The last time I saw Batman Begins was...midnight the day it came out, but I'm pretty sure he wound up in Arkham. Is his presence relevant to the story in some way I'm missing?

-Halfway through the movie, I started being able to predict all of Joker's little tricks (which I guess isn't that impressive, since all he basically did was switch things)--I figured Harvey and Rachel's locations had been swapped, and I immediately knew the hostages were in the clown masks, which made it intensely frustrating to watch the SWAT team take 10 minutes to figure it out.

-It's been said before, but it bears repeating: the Joker was awesome. The opening scene was perfection, in my opinion--it introduced him, introduced Gotham (bank "managers" with shotguns!), had a line that reminded me of Miller's Crossing ("criminals used to believe in something"), and was just all-round awesome. Wow, that got off-track. Joker. Awesome. Yes.

-The fact that the movie was shot in Chicago was sometimes cool, sometimes distracting, and sometimes both. I liked the way they used the river--it gave Gotham a different look from, well, LA--but when Bruce Wayne had to race through the Loop in his Lamborghini I rolled my eyes.

-Overall, I really enjoyed the movie (you'd hope so, right, since I've seen it twice?). I had some problems with the Harvey Dent storyline--I wanted more time with him as Two-Face and I found the whole gun-in-the-courtroom scene downright absurd--but I thought for the most part the film did a good job of striking a balance between action and the examination of "serious" issues.

-Aaron Eckhardt's chin is really distracting. AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY.



I see the X-Files movie tomorrow at midnight. Expect more insightful thoughts then.

Comments

[polkadotsnplaid.livejournal.com]

1) I was trying to remember where I'd seen Nestor Carbonell before so I IMDBd him - he was a regular on "Suddenly Susan" back in the day. The movie makeup probably enhanced the look of his eyes but I think they're just...like that. See his IMDB pics for further evidence. Although I did see a hilarious icon the other day at batcons that made fun of it.

2) The Scarecrow stuff confused me as well. I think it was just a "oh, looky look, cameo" type of thing and nothing really relevant.

[3pipeproblem.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING MY PRESSING CONCERNS.

AHAHAHAHA, the first subject on his imdb message board is "Nestor=too much eyeliner" I love it.

But apparently you are correct. And oooh, icons.

[polkadotsnplaid.livejournal.com]

YOU'RE WELCOME. CAPSLOCK!!!11ELEVENTY!!!

Yessss, icons.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_redcorvette/]

HAHAHA I haven't seen the movie yet, but I will. It's not like any spoilers are TOO spoiling. It's not like I don't know the gist of what happens anyhow. But yeah, that comment above about the guy from Suddenly Susan. Do you remember, at the Grove, you might not have been there. While we were in LA I remember eating at the Grove and I saw that dude. I just remember it was really easy to spot him because in person his head was HUGE. Like a bobble head.

haha that is all.

[3pipeproblem.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, I don't even feel the need to discuss major plot points because none of them were particularly surprising. Okay, one was, but I should have seen it coming.

HAAHAHHAHAHA. I don't think I was there (and I wouldn't have known who he was anyway) but that's GREAT. Apparently he was/is on Lost, and all the fans had a huge debate about whether or not he wore eyeliner and what it said about the character if he did.

[beechball.livejournal.com]

1) I'm pretty sure Nestor Carbonell always looks like that, at least in Lost, Dark Knight and Smokin' Aces he does.

2) At the end of Batman Begins the Scarecrow gets tazered and the horse he's riding on runs off, and that's the last he shows up in the movie, so whether he was captured or not is pretty open. I think his appearance is supposed to be a further sign of the decline of criminals/villains; I mean he goes from being all "I'm going to terrorize Gotham" to pedaling drugs.

Also the the awesomeness of the beginning, at least for me, is reinforced by the fact that William Fichtner is the bank manager and he's one of my favorite "Oh, hey, it's that guy!" actors. Along with Zeljko Ivanek.

Oh, and the giant dome screen thing isn't IMAX, it used to be called OMNIMAX; although apparently they've now renamed it to IMAX DOME. One thing is for sure; they like capital letters.