The Dark Knight

[Bourne101]

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Directed by Christopher Nolan

Written by Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan

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Story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer

Characters Created by Bob Kane

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Music by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard

Edited by Lee Smith

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Genre: Action/Crime

Tagline: Welcome to a world without rules.

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Plot Outline: With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.

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Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Monique Curnen, Ron Dean, Cillian Murphy, Chin Han, Nestor Carbonell, Eric Roberts, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall, Keith Szarabajka, Colin McFarlane, Joshua Harto, Melinda McGraw, Nathan Gamble, Michael Vieau, Michael Stoyanov, William Smiley, Danny Goldring, Michael Jai White, Matthew O'Neill, William Fichtner.

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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.

Runtime: 152 minutes

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View all trailers, TV spots, and clips here: http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=15813

View all reviews here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dark_knight/

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Whoops, didn't realize Scarfather had made a thread (albeit an early one). It's just past midnight where I am which is one week away from Thursday which is when some showings get under way. Can't say I didn't follow the rules. :D

[Bourne101]

Article from IMDB:

Batman Movie Sends U.S. Theatres Scrambling To Open Doors

9 July 2008 7:04 AM, PDT

Tickets for the new Batman movie The Dark Knight are so in demand, movie theatres across America plan to open all night to accommodate filmgoers.

The film, which officially opens in the U.S. next week, has sparked a frenzy among American moviegoers, who want to catch a glimpse of Heath Ledger's highly-anticipated performance as The Joker as early as possible.

Some movie theatres across the U.S. have added 6am screenings for film fanatics who can't be accommodated at the earlier midnight and 3 am showings.

Online ticket vendor Fandango.com reports over 1,500 showings for The Dark Knight have been added to theatre rosters across America. In a recent survey, the website estimated 38 per cent of ticket buyers planned to take time off work to see the superhero flick.

Batman Begins, the series' last installment, earned over $200 million (GBP100 million) at the U.S. box office after opening in the summer of 2005.

6AM showings? Odd time to show a movie.

[DarkKnight81]

Damn this movie must be good if it needs multiple threads in the same forum.

[Nazgul]

Damn this movie must be good if it needs multiple threads in the same forum.

Hell Yeah!! This movie is so hyped now, I see TV spots of it everyday

[RicochetShaw]

Whoops, didn't realize Scarfather had made a thread (albeit an early one). It's just past midnight where I am which is one week away from Thursday which is when some showings get under way. Can't say I didn't follow the rules. :D

You're in Nova Scotia, right? You posted this at 9:32 PM where you are... that's not past midnight.


It's still almost 2 hours from midnight, for you, as I post this. You'd have to be in the middle of the Atlatnic Ocean for it to be past midnight right now.

[Bourne101]

You're in Nova Scotia, right? You posted this at 9:32 PM where you are... that's not past midnight.

I was referring to the time given at the top of the post. My apologies for poor wording. ;)

[athf1980]

This movie is going to own like no other.

[Ron34]

whoaaa! two threads of the dark knight, never happened like this in history. this movie is going to own every known creature on our planet earth.

[Bourne101]

According to leesmovieinfo, MTC wide advance sales for The Dark Knight have surpassed total advance sales for Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

[Bourne101]

There's a guy over at IMDB posting all of the critic reviews that he/she finds. So far 41 positive and 0 negative. Check it out here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/board/thread/111002089

[Mr.HyDe807]

I got my ticket already....so yeah, I'm excited.:D

[Bourne101]

The lowest rating (of those listed) of those reviews is 8.5/10.

[Bourne101]

I got my ticket already....so yeah, I'm excited.:D

I'm getting my tickets tomorrow or Friday. Can't wait!

[NathanRomano]

Got my ticket. SO FUCKING EXCITED

[ScaryFreak1827]

Got my ticket. SO FUCKING EXCITED

Ditto... as soon as the doors open I'm there:D

[Sigur509]

Lets get each thread to 100 pages too.

[cl0n3b4by]

Midnight was sold out which is amazing


So 3:20 Next Day for Imax :D

[therealjohng]

This thread exists why?

[xseanymacx]

Most. Anticipated. Movie. Ever.

[Sigur509]

I made sure I was off on Friday.

[darkface]

IMDB

Online ticket vendor Fandango.com reports over 1,500 showings for The Dark Knight have been added to theatre rosters across America. In a recent survey, the website estimated 38 per cent of ticket buyers planned to take time off work to see the superhero flick.


I made sure I was off on Friday.


haha, what's sad is I'm part of that 38 percent!

Aside from The Matrix Reloaded, this is the second most anticipated movie of my life. I've got my tickets, I'm ready to go!

[rilocay]

Can't wait..Imax shall be awesome. I love it, i'm really excited, but im not over hyped for the movie, i just can;t wait to sit, relax and take it all in :).

[blankpage]

I went to the theatre tonight to get tickets for the IMAX 12 am showing.
No surprise - sold out. They did have tickets, however, advance showings on regular screens.

I kind of stood there pondering whether I should just wait till Friday afternoon...after about three seconds, I was like "fuck it" and knew I wouldn't be able to wait, even if I couldn't see it in IMAX.

My girlfriend is getting really annoyed with my excitement, I could care less...I'm sooooooo excited! :D

[Ender]

This is to dissapoint.

Not that I don't expect that it will be a good movie. I'm sure it will. But expectations for this film have risen to levels that are literally impossible for it to achieve. People talk like they're expecting the Second Coming next week. It's gonna be a letdown.

[ilovemovies]

Is that Richard Alpert next to Gordon in that one pic?

[g05]

Is that Richard Alpert next to Gordon in that one pic?

that's what i thought too! :D

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[Bourne101]

This thread exists why?

Because I came in once the website clocks were past midnight (one week before release, which is the rule) and posted, only to realize that Scarfather had already posted one (albeit an early one). Honest mistake. We'll leave it to The Other to decide which thread he should close. Until then, let's continue to talk The Dark Knight! :)

[Bourne101]

"Dark Knight" Selling Out All Over

by Garth Franklin

There's still over a week before "The Dark Knight" hits theaters.

Yet with almost all of the 1,500 midnight Thursday night showings next week sold out, theaters have been adding 3am and 6am pre-opening showtimes to meet demand.

Fandango reports that "The Dark Knight" is poised to be the year's top advance ticket-seller in wide release and is already easily outpacing "Iron Man," "Indiana Jones 4" and "Sex and the City" at the same point in those films' sales cycles.

MovieTickets.com meanwhile reports that the pre-sales for the film's tickets are already higher than such major openers as "Spider-Man 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," "The Matrix Reloaded" and "Passion of the Christ".

Tracking figures posted at Hollywood Elsewhere on Tuesday showed a 31% 'first choice' rating, a figure that will only go up as next week approaches - probably hitting towards 40% on the day of release. In comparison, the 'first choice' figures on the day of release was 31% for "Iron Man", 26% for "Wall-E" and "Wanted", and 14% for "The Incredible Hulk".

"Indiana Jones" and "Iron Man" hold the biggest three-day openings of the year so far with $100.1 million and $98.6 million respectively. Despite stellar reviews and good tracking, there hangs a question mark over its ability to smash those records. Mostly this is due to the film's very dark subject matter keeping the pre-teen crowd away and the 2.5 hour runtime limiting sessions.

It's gonna be huge. No doubt.

[Bourne101]

And not only are midnight showings selling out, but also showings for Friday night, as well as Saturday night.

[Bourne101]

Are you schmoes going to see it in IMAX or just regular theatres? I'll be seeing in in a regular theatre.

[a7xfan]

i hope this movie is shit, cause this overhyping is pissing me off


:p

[Bourne101]

i hope this movie is shit, cause this overhyping is pissing me off


:P

Haha. :D

[Bourne101]

TDK Trailers

by Omar Aviles

As if you needed any more reason to see THE DARK KNIGHT, well, here's another one. It seems the first trailer for WATCHMEN, the Zack Snyder directed feature adaptation of the iconic Alan Moore graphic novel of the same name, will be shown in front of Batman's face off with the Joker. In addition, trailers for the still stupidly titled sequel TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS and the Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe starring and Ridley Scott directed BODY OF LIES will also be shown. So there you go, one huge reason and two smaller reasons to go see this flick when it hits theaters July 18th.

Definitely looking forward to seeing the Watchmen, Terminator, and Body of Lies trailers.

It's just plain and simply going to be an epic night.

[SpoonMan999]

Are you schmoes going to see it in IMAX or just regular theatres? I'll be seeing in in a regular theatre.

I'm seeing it in a regular theatre as well. When I saw Batman Begins in Imax it had no trailers so I'll be hitting that one next week probably.

[FLAME_ON]

I hope this becomes a cultural phenomena like Star Wars or Titanic; not so much money wise but just something everyone and their mother can get behind and really enjoy, causing mass hysteria in theater lines everywhere, people talking about it for weeks whether or not they're a fanboy or a movie-of-the-weeker... I'd like to see that happen but I fear our society has such a short attention span and is so distracted by a million other things, even if TDK was a hit, it would be forgotten in a week.

But for us schmoes who have been following this thing since it's conception, we'll forever cherish this film!

[SpoonMan999]

But for us schmoes who have been following this thing since it's conception, we'll forever cherish this film!

I like to think of us as the "true believers."

In Nolan we trust shall be our motto.

[Bourne101]

New York’s popular blog The Gothamist posted an awesome image of a giant bat signal that was projected onto the Woolworth Building last night:

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[Bourne101]

Here are 7 interviews:

http://www.screeninglog.com/journal/2008/7/9/seven-the-dark-knight-interviews-debut-online.html

Enjoy!

[Bourne101]

Bourne101 wins the Official Schmoe Double to Quadruple Posts of All Time Award.

Just posting the news as it comes! :D

[Scarfather]

Bourne101 wins the Official Schmoe Double to Quadruple Posts of All Time Award.

Edit: If you say so....

[Bourne101]

Bale Continued Batman For His Daughter

Batman star Christian Bale only agreed to play the Caped Crusader for a second time because he wanted to impress his daughter.

The actor first played the superhero in 2005's Batman Begins and his second turn in The Dark Knight hits cinemas later this month.

But Bale is not a fan of the "crazy" stunts he is required to take part in for the Batman movies - and admits he only continues with the role to make three-year-old Emmeline proud.

He says, "People will say, 'Why is he still doing this crazy s**t?' But I'm Ok with that. I'd like my daughter to see me do these things, as I saw my father do some crazy things and learnt to appreciate it. My philosophy isn't so much, 'Do what I do.' It's more, 'Whatever you do, do it completely. Don't do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.'"

Emmeline is Bale's only child with his wife of eight years, Sandra Blazic.

Interesting.

[Bourne101]

'Batman' scribe rules out Penguin, Catwoman

by Simon Reynolds

The Dark Knight co-writer David Goyer has revealed that Catwoman and the Penguin are unlikely to feature in future Batman sequels. Goyer explained that, despite re-introducing the Joker in the upcoming sequel, the filmmakers want to explore new villains in future films. He said: "Batman has been published for 70 years. In the first movie, we used Ra's Al Ghul and the Scarecrow, who had not been in the movies before, and had not been in the (more)

I'm a bit disappointed. I really don't care about Catwoman, but I would have loved to see what Nolan would do with the Penguin.

[miguel_montes]

Bale Continued Batman For His Daughter

Batman star Christian Bale only agreed to play the Caped Crusader for a second time because he wanted to impress his daughter.

The actor first played the superhero in 2005's Batman Begins and his second turn in The Dark Knight hits cinemas later this month.

But Bale is not a fan of the "crazy" stunts he is required to take part in for the Batman movies - and admits he only continues with the role to make three-year-old Emmeline proud.

He says, "People will say, 'Why is he still doing this crazy s**t?' But I'm Ok with that. I'd like my daughter to see me do these things, as I saw my father do some crazy things and learnt to appreciate it. My philosophy isn't so much, 'Do what I do.' It's more, 'Whatever you do, do it completely. Don't do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.'"

Emmeline is Bale's only child with his wife of eight years, Sandra Blazic.

Who the fuck are these people that say that sentence in bold to him!!??? Must be some crazy bitches...

[SpoonMan999]

Who the fuck are these people that say that sentence in bold to him!!??? Must be some crazy bitches...

Bitches that need a good stabbing.

I think he just means people wondering why he puts himself at risk for the stunts when he could just let a double do it.

[detective mills]

I hope that interview doesn't mean he'll be hesitant to return for a third movie. I thought he was locked in for 3 movies, but I could wrong. I know Chris Nolan isn't contractually obligated to a third, but I thought Bale was.

[soda]

It's gonna be huge. No doubt.

Yeah, regarding the numbers in the article you posted, the 40% "first choice" stat is a big worrisome, as I find it tough to see a movie that 60% of a movie going audience doesn't see on that weekend being able to break records. Maybe I just don't know how the process works, but it seems to me that having several good movies playing at the same time as TDK (I think Hellboy 2 is going to own, and that wall-e is a very, very good film) is going to hurt it's take. that, plus the subject matter and runtime, probably means that spidey 3's three day record is safe.

[Bourne101]

Hellboy and Wall-E should have little to no affect on The Dark Knight's numbers. The first Hellboy dropped nearly 55% on its second weekend and that was with a good word of mouth. The Dark Knight will absolutely crush it and send it to most likely a 60% drop. Wall-E is targeted toward a completely different audience so that shouldn't be a problem.

[DarkKnight81]

Yeah I'm pretty sure he did it for other reasons.

[Bourne101]

This just in:

Potter trailer with TDK?

by Mike Sampson

Source: Trailer Addict

There was a lot of rumor and speculation that the first trailer for HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE would be running before THE DARK KNIGHT. Then the trailer call sheet sent to exhibitors leaked to the web and lo and behold, there was no HARRY POTTER (but yes to WATCHMEN, BODY OF LIES and STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS). Then everyone was up in arms about why there was no POTTER trailer. Ah, but there is a HARRY POTTER trailer running before THE DARK KNIGHT. The reason you didn't see it or hear about it from the call sheets is because those were from traditional theaters. The HALF BLOOD PRINCE trailer will only run before prints of THE DARK KNIGHT running in Imax theaters. AND said trailer will only be 15 seconds. A 15 second teaser trailer? That puts the tease in teaser trailer. But that's exactly what an Imax spokesperson told the guys at Trailer Addict. "There will be a SHORT, 15 second trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince prior to The Dark Knight." What can possibly be shown in 15 seconds? Does this excite you or just continue to bum you out?...

Well I won't be seeing TDK in IMAX so I won't get to see the 15 seconds, but I imagine the teaser will be leaked eventually. There's not a lot to show in 15 seconds though. Usually the title followed by one shot credits take up 15 seconds, lol.

[Bourne101]

For those of you wondering if you should check out The Gotham Knight before seeing The Dark Knight I would say this. If you have the time, check it out. It's fun, it's cool, it's old school. But if you don't have the time, don't sweat it for a second. I don't think it is vital that you see it, and I don't see how the majority of it will connect with The Dark Knight.

[cl0n3b4by]

Thats insane the batman film is rated 14a in ontario only Rated R films in America get that.

Although It doesn't make sense is the Imax only PG, did they cut scenes out or tone it down for IMAX?

[Bourne101]

Yeah, that's insane considering they usually go soft on ratings. It would be more like Manitoba or Nova Scotia to go 14A, but both of those provinces gave it a PG. It's ironic that both Ontario and BC gave it 14A, because they usually dish out 14As to the most vulgar, violent etc. of movies.

[Bourne101]

Are you sure that the IMAX in Ontario has it at PG? Where'd you hear/see that?

[DarkKnight81]

Another glowing review, this one from TIME magazine. Beware, there are a few tidbits that could be considered SPOILERish.

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1821365-1,00.html

[Bourne101]

Fantastic review! All of these great reviews are bringing my hype over and above what it already was!

[Bourne101]

The total critic review stat is now at 49 positive and 0 negative, with the lowest rating still being 8.5/10.

[Nazgul]

Hmm just because it's outselling Spiderman 3 in pre-sale tickets doesn't mean it's gonna break it's record.

[Bourne101]

Hmm just because it's outselling Spiderman 3 in pre-sale tickets doesn't mean it's gonna break it's record.

No, your completely correct. But outselling Spider-Man 3 by 8+ times is definitely an indication that it will be a huge success. There's no doubt in my mind that it will open huge and be the highest grossing film of the summer. There is little direct competition in its way and the word of mouth will be stellar.

As for breaking Spider-Man 3's record. It has a chance, but I wouldn't count on it. We will have a better idea by Sunday/Monday when more accurate tracking starts to come out.

[Bourne101]

BTW Nazgul, I also believe that The Dark Knight will surpass Spider-Man 3's total domestic gross of $337 million. Even if it opens to less than Spider-Man 3 did, it will have much stronger holds than Spider-Man 3, which dropped hard after its first weekend.

[CyclicNightmare]

Holy shit Bourne don't have a heart attack before you see the movie.
HAHAHAHA. Nice.

[MadsenOMC]

Holy shit Bourne don't have a heart attack before you see the movie.

[Bourne101]

Holy shit Bourne don't have a heart attack before you see the movie.

Hahaha. I'm way too damn excited, and it really sucks that there is nothing playing this weekend that I am excited to see. I'm seeing Hellboy, but I'm not really looking forward to it.

[MadsenOMC]

I'm way too damn excited.

No kidding. I keep reading through a lot of totally unnecessary posts with little to no worthwhile information in them. Why not wait and just make one really big post? I also think you have acted like a hypocrite here considering you routinely started threads a full nine days before a movie's release. And then you went and started a new one anyway, after Scarfather already had started one. Your insanely overblown jubilation almost makes me want to see the movie less, and I had been really excited about it.

[The Other]

The other one came first by three hours... closing this one.