The Dark Knight The Non-Spoiler Critic Review Thread

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

there are some thing critics are saying that im 100% sure that arent true, I feel like theyre bashing it just to bash it.

 

[Caladbolg]

Another neg. review from New York!

http://www.timeout.com/film/newyork/reviews/84507/the-dark-knight.html

This guy basically calls Nolan a hack!

WTF is with you New Yorkers, seriously!

Hey!

It might be some kind of elitist socialite artsy fartsy circle thats been spreading some bad vibes around their groups heh.

 

[jackjack924]

I don't think The New York Times has posted a review yet.

 

[AmazinUncleBen]

An enthusiastically positive audio review from the spill crew, the only place I get my reviews.

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994:BlogPost:394182

 

[Anita18]

But this does beg the question, are there any non-NY negative reviews?

The NY guys at least had relatively logical explanations for their criticisms. The first line from Marshall Fine's (from Star Magazine, located in...Iowa? Florida? Not NY..) review is:

Why do comic-book movies want to be serious literature?

That's all you need to know about THAT review.

 

[Jack O Lantern]

Another neg. review from New York!

http://www.timeout.com/film/newyork/reviews/84507/the-dark-knight.html

This guy basically calls Nolan a hack!

WTF is with you New Yorkers, seriously!

Spoilers?

Any spoilers in Empire and total film?

 

[Nepenthes]

there are some thing critics are saying that im 100% sure that arent true, I feel like theyre bashing it just to bash it.

I don't think it's right that any movie should have "be 100 percent", on any kind of scale. So I have to agree. It's not bashing for bashing sake it's just being fair as I see it.

The NY guys at least had relatively logical explanations for their criticisms. The first line from Marshall Fine's (from Star Magazine, located in...Iowa? Florida? Not NY..) review is:


That's all you need to know about THAT review.

and the guy calls himself a critic

Only 8 more hours for me!!!

2 hour 50 minutes!

 

[I Am The Knight]

The NY guys at least had relatively logical explanations for their criticisms. The first line from Marshall Fine's (from Star Magazine, located in...Iowa? Florida? Not NY..) review is:


That's all you need to know about THAT review.

Did he really go there? God.

 

[quara33]

The NY guys at least had relatively logical explanations for their criticisms. The first line from Marshall Fine's (from Star Magazine, located in...Iowa? Florida? Not NY..) review is:

Why do comic-book movies want to be serious literature?

That's all you need to know about THAT review.

Yeah, I actually liked the perspective of the NY reviews--I'm relatively easy to please when it comes to movies, but I'm glad someone looks at them through a critical lens. I just thought it was funny that all the negative reviews were coming from one place...

I missed the Star mag. review somehow--they guy can feel however he wants to, but criticizing Batman as being too serious or dark seems a little...odd. First off, it's not like it's a big surprise or anything. The trailers featured a hospital blowing up and a dude in clown makeup carrying a semi-automatic down a city street. And the comics can get even more sadistic--Tommy Lee jones yucking it up as two-face is as far away from the source material as you can get without introducing a dance number...

I mean, I can see making that criticism of, say Iron Man if they'd gone dark and angsty with that character, but Batman, save the 1960s serial, has always been a dark character.

 

[P.F. Geraci]

Official The Dark Knight Review from lolcats.com:

Teh best Batmans movay EVAR!

5 out of 5 cheezeburgers.

 

[Caladbolg]

The NY guys at least had relatively logical explanations for their criticisms. The first line from Marshall Fine's (from Star Magazine, located in...Iowa? Florida? Not NY..) review is:

Why do comic-book movies want to be serious literature?

That's all you need to know about THAT review.

And they talk about "ponderous"

 

[CristiMAN]

Quote:
Why do comic-book movies want to be serious literature?
Why cant they all be like Fantastic Four, Elektra, Catwoman or X-3? Why? Why?...

It's normal that a movie with such high ambitions might be too much for some audience... If you ask me, its a good thing. If you expect light campy comic book movies and get such a complex piece of movie making, its normal. I really didnt expect it to be critic prove. Nothing really is. Theres always someone who has a diferent opinion. And it's good. I dont want a "safe" film. I prefer a film that is taking some risks. I ALWAYS believed in Nolan... And it seem he delivers big time...

 

[Sam18]

Not all NY critics hate the movie. Only the ones that cater to the theatre loving community. They can't stand the fact that a macho action movie is being hailed as a masterpiece/great cinematic achievement/what have you. I go to school near Chelsea(huge gay community) and there's a movie theater there that has a bunch of mama mia posters but no tdk posters to be found. Only in the BO window do you see a tiny sign typed from wordpad that says "Dark Knight midnight showings available for sale". Seems no one is buying. Another story, last year my friends and I went to see Spiderman 3 on the Saturday night of the opening weekend and had no trouble getting tickets while the rest of the city was completely sold out. This has nothing to do with being jealous of Chicago.

 

[Keyser Soze]

An enthusiastically positive audio review from the spill crew, the only place I get my reviews.

http://my.spill.com/profiles/blog/show?id=947994:BlogPost:394182

I loved this! These guys are hilarious, I thought the tone of their review was just great. Nice, lengthy discussion of the film. No major spoilers. The only one that jumped out at me was them referencing a scene that was shown inthe HBO Special....[BLACKOUT]Sal Maroni being dangled out a building[/BLACKOUT]. If you already saw that scene, you'll be safe to listen to this without fear of being spoiled.

 

[The Chris]

Here's another positive review from the guy who revews for the New York Post. He liked Begins more.

http://kylesmithonline.com/?p=1389

 

[Ibn]

Ebert and Roeper review on youtube. Roeper wants consideration for best movie!

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Another neg. review from New York!

http://www.timeout.com/film/newyork/reviews/84507/the-dark-knight.html

This guy basically calls Nolan a hack!

WTF is with you New Yorkers, seriously!

What are they smoking in New York? Seriously.

The Westside Connection was right about the New York critics...

Warning, [EXPLICIT LYRICS]!


Westside Connection - All The Critics In New York
[YT]lkoRe-QoL-g[/YT]

 

[Nepenthes]

Alot of people have said that Heath disappears into the role, that he's transcendent and all that. I disagree fully, it was Heath Ledger the whole time, his mannerism, speech patterns etc. I didn't find it morbid to watch though, even when I tried to look at it and think "okay that's Heath Ledger and he's dead", the movie and Ledger himself both work in a way that you're just too caught up in it to be removed. for the firsdt viewing at least.

discussing a certain controversial scene without spoilery detail:

Spoiler

that said, the bodybag scene is strange because it's the only time you see the joker totally still and silent, and for a second Heath and the Joker, together, look almost serene. that's your moment to reflect. however it's quickly interrupted and back on into it with another great Joker moment following right after

 

[The Battousai]

Alot of people have said that Heath disappears into the role, that he's transcendent and all that. I disagree fully, it was Heath Ledger the whole time, his mannerism, speech patterns etc. I didn't find it morbid to watch though, even when I tried to look at it and think "okay that's Heath Ledger and he's dead", the movie and Ledger himself both work in a way that you're just too caught up in it to be removed. for the firsdt viewing at least.

Spoiler

that said, the bodybag scene is strange because it's the only time you see the joker totally still and silent, and for a second Heath and the Joker, together, look almost serene. that's your moment to reflect. however it's quickly interrupted and back on into it with another great Joker moment following right after

Spoiler tags, please - remember what forum you're in

 

[FCEEVIPER]

Spoiler tags, please - remember what forum you're in

Yeah Nepenthes, you dillweed.

 

[Nepenthes]

i think everyone already knows there is a

Spoiler

bodybag scene

the mainstream media saw to that

 

[The Battousai]

i think everyone already knows there is a

Spoiler

bodybag scene

the mainstream media saw to that

I wouldn't have known about it if I hadn't frequented the spoiler forum for the past several months, so I don't know how it could be in the mainstream knowledge - especially if you consider that it was only mentioned a couple times quite a while back.

Just take this stuff into consideration in this particular forum

 

[Nepenthes]

it was in our papers soon after Ledger died, I thought it was pretty well covered in international press too. but sure i get that spoilers are not pleasant and to tread carefully . Those poor British folk have a whole week left to wait ha ha

 

[doctorkenyon]

Most of these reviews just get better and better.

The only negative ones I've read on rotten tomatoes lost all credibility when they kept comparing TDK to Burton's work as if that was the definitive Batman interpretation and there was no need for another.

 

[doctorkenyon]

Those poor British folk have a whole week left to wait ha ha

Yeah... what's with the colonies getting it first?