Comments on: The Movie Blog: Uncut – Recorded August 11th 2008

By: aaron

aaron — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:07:40 +0000

thankyou man, yeah pan’s was cool

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:22:06 +0000

However, I won’t agree it to be the best film ever, which is totally your opinion and I respect that, but for me this movie is about #8 on my top ten. Pan’s Labyrinth is #1.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:19:46 +0000

@Aaron

Your right. For me the film is flawless, but it is pretty long.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:18:16 +0000

I think these film’s will be nominated:

The Dark Knight-This one is bound to win Best Picture/Director/Actor

Iron Man-Will definitely win Best Visual Effects, but not actor or picture

Wall-E-MIGHT win Best Picture, if they change their minds

And to tell you the truth, Ledger’s got Best Actor locked, so we shouldn’t be suprised when he wins.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:07:21 +0000

Thanks for responding to my post, Kris. That’s one of the things I liked so much about the film: it didn’t just deal in the internal lives of the main characters, but rather conveyed how their choices affect the population at large. So many comic book films treat common civilians as cardboard cut-outs, with no presence or will of their own…this was a very refreshing change-of-pace, IMO.

This is my favourite film thus far of 2008 (WALL*E is second, and I’m not sure what’s third), and I agree that it’s got a good shot at Best Director, particularly if one of the Best Picture nominees is more actor- than director-driven.

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:53:24 +0000

i mean ledger not leged

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:52:05 +0000

yes kris, i agree, i dont understand why epople didnt like it. it was my favorite part of the movie, and really made a point. and what happens to the joker was a perfect ending for him (cant say much for for people who havent scene it). but i enjoyed the last hour and a half more than the first. and like i siad, the boat scene was great. if it had been left off at the hospital scene, part of me thinks that wouldve been good, and part of me doesnt. it just wouldve been an annoying ending and we would have missed “and here we go!!” (waits)” “you can never trust people these days” great line. so basically, for me, the dark knight is the best film ever made, and leged was so great! he really sereves an oscar

By: Kristopher Tapley

Kristopher Tapley — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:19:25 +0000

You don’t read too many comic books do you, Servant? The ferry boat sequence was a classic sort of comic scene played out on the big screen. Great moment. Sorry a few folks hate it so much, but there we are…

By: Kristopher Tapley

Kristopher Tapley — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:18:19 +0000

JC: I love your note that the movie might just as well have been called “Gotham.” It reminds me that the story truly is about the city first, the characters second. Not sure if you ever caught my review (http://www.incontention.com/?p=962), but here is what I had to say on that front:

“Christopher Nolan has made a brief career of exploring characters built upon their somber, in some instances twisted pasts, however distant or immediate. Cases could be made for “Memento,” “Insomnia,” “Batman Begins” certainly, and even the more complicated “The Prestige.” He makes good on that string in “The Dark Knight” as the film becomes less about the characters and more about the environment they inhabit.

The real hero of “The Dark Knight” is Gotham City. And just like Leonard Shelby, just like Will Dormer, similar to Robert Angier and, indeed, Bruce Wayne, the city is forced to discover where it stands en route to putting the past where it belongs and finding a way to push into the dawn of a new day. The tragedies of characters within are secondary to that struggle for therapeutic self-recovery, and the Batman knows that. By the end of this epic endeavor, so do those who can help the city to those ends.

“Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.””

John and I caught the film again tonight, and I stand by those words still.

Then again, HE still thinks Two-Face is dead………oy!

By: Servant of Krom

Servant of Krom — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:53:59 +0000

The boat scene was a disgrace. Oh yeah, a mom with her two little kids sitting on her lap wouldn’t blow up another boat of murderers to save the lives of her children??????

Murderers who have killed for money wouldn’t kill other people to save their own lives??????

If Batman had so much faith in the criminals, why doesn’t he just let them all out of jail?

It was fucking retarded.