The Dark Knight

[MOBIUS]

I have a feeling I am going to be disappointed when I see this...

Think I'll wait till next week to see it.

[MarkG]

this idea that the human race has actually evolved to more civilized levels over the last centuries is quite troubling

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Barnabas
My girlfriend said she likes the movie because it seemed real, the city looked like a real city

That's because the city is a real city: London!

[Julian Delphiki]

(disclaimer, as it's a BLOG on Peta pages, but still its amusing)

PETA Has A Problem With Batman

In what should come as a shock to absolutely no one, PETA announced that it is upset with The Dark Knight because of a short scene in which Batman beats a few dogs in self-defense. PETA obviously has nothing better to complain about.

But to really show Batman the error of his ways, the animal rights organization removed him from its list of Top 10 Animal-Friendly Superheroes. Ouch. There's also some great lines in the rant: "They didn't need to make Batman into a dogphobic man!" True poetry. Then PETA asks, "Doesn't the man with the James Bond gadgets know anything about peanut butter treats and deflecting devices?" Um, PETA? Did you even see the movie or are you simply unaware of how dumb you sound?

Like the rest of the entire world, I went and saw The Dark Knight this weekend, and also like the rest of the entire world, I was impressed with this darker take on the Batman mythos. I’m all for having Heath Ledger win the Oscar, and my superhero-comic-loving-nerd-patrol side could gush for hours about the intensity of this movie. But my animal-protector soul had a serious problem with a few scenes. Batman beats dogs—who knew?? P’shaw! And to think we gave him a spot on our coveted Top 10 Animal-Friendly Superhero list!

While I love that The Dark Knight lived up to its name by exploring the noiresque Frank Miller-inspired themes of Gotham’s protector, they didn’t need to make Batman into a dogphobic man! Batman is an icon, a superhero genius that beats up gun-toting thugs using only his iron fist of justice—KA-POW! He looks damn good in pleather while owning the streets, yet in The Dark Knight, he was punching out dogs left and right. Sure, it was self-defense, but doesn’t the man with the James Bond gadgets know anything about peanut butter treats and deflecting devices?

Because of this serious misstep for what’s otherwise a masterpiece, we’ve decided to take all the write-in votes for Hellboy seriously, knock our batvocate pal off the list, and replace him with the kitten-cuddling man in red.

http://www.mollygood.com/peta-has-a-problem-with-batman-20080723/

http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/07/batman_beats_do.php

Sounds like The Onion.

[DirtyMartini]

Was wondering how long that would take.

I thought the use of dogs was great . The Joker clearly can't take on Batman one on one, but always having a bunch of human thugs involved in the fighting is distracting. The dogs even the fight without messing up the feel of the scene.

[FrostyBoy]

haha, its wierd for me, I bothering my gf during the movie. "Hey, I've been there!" "and there!"

Most movies are made in America, so when I watch them, they are foriegn to me, helps to make the movie more believable, but when you have actually been to these places beforehand, it kinda takes that suspension of belief away, but only slightly.

[Sandman]

That was a great movie.

I have to agree: how will they top it with the next one? The Riddler's been mentioned, but he's a very similar character to the Joker.

I suppose you could play him as an semi-autistic psychopath with an obsession with making lying Gothamites 'tell the truth'. He has a particular grudge against Batman and his secret identity. Where the Joker wants chaos, the Riddler wants truth.

[chequita guevara]

Actually, I was kinda like, why's he killing the dogs? Batman doesn't kill.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Just came back from it, and I agree, it was great. Only part of the whole thing I didn't like was that I didn't get the Watchmen trailer beforehand.

I think Riddler could work in the next one, but (and I'm sure I'll be alone here) I'd really like to see somebody like Ventriloquist done in the style of this series. Talk about some screwed-up psychology...I think he'd work well as a secondary villain with a less cartoony treatment.

[Jaguar]

Through only ten days, it's more than halfway to taking down Titanic's all-time box office record. I hope it makes it the rest of the way.

[pchang]

Maybe it's just me

Originally posted by rah
That's what I would normally do. But since the porn industry steered me wrong leading me to buy a HD DVD player, I'll have to wait a bit before buying a Blueray player. At least it upgrades all my old DVDs.

But porn and HD do not sound like a good combination.

[Kuciwalker]

It actually works fine.

[OzzyKP]

Great movie.

Though Heath Ledger's performance is severely over-hyped.

[Guynemer]

Disagree. Circle gets the square.

[ColdWizard]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
Though Heath Ledger's performance is severely over-hyped.

No.