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General Reed
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Quote: "don't kill me for saying this but the dark knight was a good movie but it wasn't a great movie. It had some great acting and a great story. However it was just to damn long. i got kind of mad towards the end. their where far to many cliff hangers in the story for me. That was heath ledgers best work, and towards the end it got to the point where i just wanted them to finally catch the joker, but it went on and on. it would have been a much better movie had it been shorter."

I agree to an extent. While it goes on, At least this film has some twists to it, Unlike the average holywood film, Which goes something like this:
1. Scene where you see the badies doing bad things
2. Scene where you see the goodie, with his wife/gf/at work/general well being
3. Scene where the badie and goodie coincide
4. Scene where the goodie looses everything, Usualy indirectly caused by the badie
5. Goodie goes and meets his/her best freind, And thinks up a plan
6. Goodie then goes ahead with plan, And all goes well (even with impossible odds realisticly), Until he/she meets the main badie.
7. Then one of two things happen, Either theres a big huge fight, Where the goodie almost dies, But kills the badie Just in the nick of time. Or, 2 , The badie gets away in which case the goodie does a flight scene/fast travel scene to catch up.
8. Fun for the first time, Dissapointingly for the 100th time, The badie gets killed/put away, And the goodie seems to live happily ever after.

Obviously there are some variations, But its usualy the same thing. Why directors still use this antiquated pattern i do not know. The only time i find the films like this interesting, Is when they add some new element, Like insane kung fu or something.

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Tom J
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I think I've only been to the cinema twice this year. Once to see the Dark Knight which was great, and once to see 007, which was underwhelming.

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Grandma
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Posted: 7th Jan 2009 17:32
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Quote: "1. Scene where you see the badies doing bad things
2. Scene where you see the goodie, with his wife/gf/at work/general well being
3. Scene where the badie and goodie coincide
4. Scene where the goodie looses everything, Usualy indirectly caused by the badie
5. Goodie goes and meets his/her best freind, And thinks up a plan
6. Goodie then goes ahead with plan, And all goes well (even with impossible odds realisticly), Until he/she meets the main badie.
7. Then one of two things happen, Either theres a big huge fight, Where the goodie almost dies, But kills the badie Just in the nick of time. Or, 2 , The badie gets away in which case the goodie does a flight scene/fast travel scene to catch up.
8. Fun for the first time, Dissapointingly for the 100th time, The badie gets killed/put away, And the goodie seems to live happily ever after."

I have never agreed to you as much as I do now. Many movies follow that or a very similar formula. I guess they found that it works and they are afraid to try something else as that would "confuse" us or something. You should watch more asian movies if you like bad endings. There are plenty of those. I might be evil and twisted, but I enjoy seeing the bad guys win once in a while.

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Homey the Clown
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Quote: "I thought Iron Man was pretty entertaining... better than the Spiderman films at least.
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whoa. that was a bold statement. considering spiderman pretty much started the super hero crap we get. spiderman 1 was the best. it just brought something new and entertaining. you cant hate it for that.

iron man? its cool but its all been done before just a different suit. the last battle did suck. it lasted for like 5 minutes, it was blurry and hard to see what was going on 80% of the fight and it made iron man look like a wuss. he was wiped all over the ground and still somehow wins. the only way he could think of killing him was to take him high into the sky? why didnt he shoot his missiles and all that other cool tech stuff? show off his abilities instead of making him a rag doll. honestly, it just could have been handled better.

Quote: "Am i the only one who thought "Batman Begins" was better than "The Dark Knight"? Don't get me wrong the Joker was awesome, But i thought the story and suspense in the first one was alot better."


im actually going to have to agree with you. the first batman made sense and molded well with today's society and technology. the second batman was good too but towards the end it was hard to follow. whenever he had everyone's cell phone hooked up. thats just not believable. lack of thinking on their part. plus, that bat vision got annoying cuz i had no idea what was going on half the time. cool visuals just overused and in the wrong way. i'd rather watch predator vision than that pulse crap. besides these things, dark knight was great but thats what made it not as the first. IMO


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I didn't really see any movies from 2008. I honestly do not like movies that much, and I know that's weird. But for me to sit and watch a movie it has to be a big epic (like LOTR or Pirates) or a good comedy. Also, to go to a movie theater requires time, something which I've been a bit short on lately.

With that being said, I don't think I saw a single 2008 movie. BUt I do want to see the Dark Knight.


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Posted: 7th Jan 2009 20:15 Edited at: 7th Jan 2009 20:16
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General Reed, I've never thought I'd say this, but I want to hug you.

Hollywood formulas have been one of my many drunken rants. I suppose this is one reason so many people liked The Dark Knight, it managed to maintain some different twists, though of course you have to pay attention to what's going on, but I felt it was one of those movies. I am a fan of people who play with twists anyway.

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I remember that! That was a funny movie. Even a funny name!

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No, Jeku, really - Tom Cruise played an extremely convincing part in Tropic Thunder. Although I must admit that, although I think the man is near insane, I usually like his movies.

In any case, yeah. What Reed said pretty much nails the whole thing.


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Oolite
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Everyone is so picky, you didn't like it because it was too long? It wasn't like it was 4 hours long, like a certain Kidmon film...


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Obviously some have short attention spans. If it's got good directors, actors and writers and are long, then I consider it good value for money.

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Quote: "whoa. that was a bold statement. considering spiderman pretty much started the super hero crap we get."

I'm too old for superhero films, that's why I preferred Iron Man.

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Posted: 9th Jan 2009 21:24
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Quote: ""1. Scene where you see the badies doing bad things
2. Scene where you see the goodie, with his wife/gf/at work/general well being
3. Scene where the badie and goodie coincide
4. Scene where the goodie looses everything, Usualy indirectly caused by the badie
5. Goodie goes and meets his/her best freind, And thinks up a plan
6. Goodie then goes ahead with plan, And all goes well (even with impossible odds realisticly), Until he/she meets the main badie.
7. Then one of two things happen, Either theres a big huge fight, Where the goodie almost dies, But kills the badie Just in the nick of time. Or, 2 , The badie gets away in which case the goodie does a flight scene/fast travel scene to catch up.
8. Fun for the first time, Dissapointingly for the 100th time, The badie gets killed/put away, And the goodie seems to live happily ever after.""


Don't forget when the baddie explains his entire evil plan to the goodie just before attempting to kill him, but being stopped just in time.


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General Reed
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Quote: "Don't forget when the baddie explains his entire evil plan to the goodie just before attempting to kill him, but being stopped just in time."

Lol, Oh yeah i forgot that

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I agree - they should have added a bit more "oomph" to the plot somehow - the original is fantastic, but remaking it directly from the original into an epic "blockbuster" doesn't work because (in the same way as the original) not a lot really happens.


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No Country For Old Men
An outstanding movie that proves that you don't need high-octane chase sequences and shootouts to make a thriller exciting. The sense of isolation running throughout it made the protagonist's situation more believable and the killer (who's name escapes me) is acted very well.

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Quote: "shootouts"

Did you see the same movie I did? No country had plenty of shooting.
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I never went to the movies this year, just rented the dvds when they came out.


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Quote: "Did you see the same movie I did? No country had plenty of shooting."


Indeed it did, and these scenes were some of the best of the film. What I mean is that it's not the sort of "shooting" scene you'd expect from any film. Outside the hotel for instance, the guy is very aware that this killer would put a bullet between his eyes with a moment's opportunity. So there is an elevated sense of tension because of this. The whole thing just seemed so realistic, a far cry from the usual directing method of "the protagonist always hits his targets, who only blanket the various vases and glass panels placed conveniently behind him. In No Country, the guy has to really work for the kill because his adversary is so dangerous, but in a realistic way.

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