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Even I don't get that one. So dry, I love it.
I assume he means the 3D glasses mask your eyes from view, so that none know you are crying.
@Thunderpussy, only the ones Q designs.
Most letdown: The Dark Knight Rises, A Good Day To Die Hard (the second film I've ever walked out of in the theatre).
10,000BC.
In retrospect I really should have seen that one coming, though. =))
Also Masters of Universe which I love despite the Earth setting , I see it as a fish out of water storyline.
hyped: GoldenEye, Spectre
let down: TWINE, Skyfall
in general:
hyped: Batman Begins
let down: The Dark Knight
hyped: Civil War
let down: BvS
Years later a re-issue of the 1933 KING KONG left me hyped after the screening.
A double bill of The MALTESE FALCON and THE BIG SLEEP.
OCTUPUSSY
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
DIE HARD
BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
GOLDENEYE
CASINO ROYALE
Let down: So many to chose from..........MAN OF STEEL made me want to forego seeing new movies altogether. My expectations have gotten very low the past few years.
INDIANA JONES/CRYSTAL SKULL
HUDSON HAWK
He also thinks SP is a work of unadulterated genius so go figure.
Met that quota early today, Wiz. Don't overwork yourself now.
let down: Spectre (I am sorry but I have never been so disappointed after watching a film in the cinema. The problem is that the film - that starts quiet promising - just gets worse by every minute after the first act)
Yes I know it sounds strange. Let me explain.
Batman Begins was "the best day in my life" so to speak. After 1989's Batman, which, quite frankly, changed my life, Batman Begins had a similar effect and to this day I regard it as one of the three best films ever made, the other two being Star Trek First Contact and GoldenEye.
(Yes, SP is my No 1 now, but it's too new so it doesn't count yet).
After seeing The Dark Knight I was disappointed, very much even. It just was nothing like Batman Begins and personally I hated Ledger's Joker because Jack Nicholson is a God on screen for me, and his Joker is the ultimate accomplishment in bringing that character to screen.
TDK will always leave a bitter taste in my mouth because of this first impression. But of course, naturally, I regard it still as another comic movie masterpiece.
@TheWizardOfIce
Thank you for your kind, sensible response. SP is the perfect Bond film. I stand by that assessment as bold as it may be. I will do "nuanced" in another 358 posts again.
hyped ; The Living Daylights
let down; Skyfall
General
hyped; Django Unchained (Tarantinos first western! )
let down; Jason Bourne
At least you're not prone to ludicrous hyperbole. Although to be fair, having been to Switzerland, you could well actually mean it.
I guess we are very passionate about Bond films. Hence the 1'000'000+ ticket sales for Spectre compared to the 699'000 that TFA made.
We know what's good!
I live, breathe and love Batman since day one. My first romper suit had a Batsy motive on it even.
So yes, Batsy89 made all my dreams come true on the big screen and Batsy2005 repeated that experience.
LTK whupped it imho!
As for TDK, I've got to disagree. I love Jack, but he pales in comparison to Ledger's Joker for me, who I think is the ultimate onscreen portrayal of the comics character. His sick dynamic with Batman was there, as was his social scientist mentality and penchant for testing humanity and seeing how they break according to his own inner philosophy. He was the dog let off the leash, the rabies of the beast, the fly in the ointment. Crazed yet sane, amusing yet sadistic, and scariest of all, he was right about everything.
Jack Nicholson being himself and Leto playing a tattoo-heavy gangster Joker will never compare to the man who physically and psychologically lost himself in the role and became the embodiment of the comic book original at his very best. It makes me so proud that a Batman film like TDK is not only viewed as a modern classic, but also that Ledger's performance will remain as one of the most immaculate performances in cinema for decades to come. One of the happiest moments of my life was seeing TDK in the theater for the first time and being mesmerized by one of the greatest actors I'd ever seen, playing one of the greatest villains I'd ever seen.
- terminator 2
- Indiana Jones and the last crusade
- Fellowship of the ring - this was a film that totally surpassed expectations
- Casino royale
- there will be blood - one of the greatest works of cinema in history
Yes, Brady, you noticed that right. I need resolve, I need happy as well to some extend but not necessarily. OHMSS without the ending it got would still be a wonderful, probably best Bond movie anyway, but it's the ending that will elevate it for all eternity above the rest.
As for Ledger, his talent is undisputed and so is his performance in TDK and he deserved the Oscar, even if it is obvious he wouldn't have even gotten nominated if he had lived.
But for me, seeing Jack back in 1989, being 15 years old and seeing all my comic dreams come to life on screen, is the ultimate Joker and always will be.
I'll choose Tim Burton's vision of Batman/Gotham any day over Nolan's, and be it only for nostalgic reasons. But then Burton never let me down once. I love all his movies and they age well. So it is not even only nostalgia I think.
Personally I'd rank Jack's performances in many films as the best performances in history of film-making. And that includes his Joker.
I always saw BB as the ultimate Batman film even though TDK is arguably a better film. The way Batman and Gotham itself is presented in BB was perfection. It's one of the reasons why I tend to watch BB quicker than TDK. For all its strengths, TDK lost that edge that BB had in its depiction of Batman as an unstoppable menace or, for lack of a better phrase, a creature of the night. The dockyard scene with Falcone's goons is one of my favourite scenes in any film, ever.
I rate TDK higher, but I agree that BB is the ultimate Batman movie of all time (up to this point). The more menacing vision of Gotham is there, with an origin straight out of the best of Denny O'Neil and Frank Miller's 80s work that displayed a Bruce willing to go to great lengths to train his mind and body, as well as his willingness to confront the worst of humanity to overcome it and his own demons.
Overall BB feels the most like the comic book Batman I prefer without taking it as far as TDKR does in ambition, or misses the mark as bad as BvS. It's a great film that tells a beautiful story of Bruce taking up the mantle of the Batman, with so many memorable scenes that are unforgettable once witnessed. His training on the ice with Ra's, his struggle with wanting to kill Chill, his attempt to face Falcone, the party scene at Wayne Manor where he lets his parent's colleagues have it, and that big finale.
And it's impossible to forget that dock scene where he destroys everyone from the shadows.
Goon: "Where are you!!!"
Batman: "Here."
God it's so, so good.