TDK Best Picture? | Movie News

Call me Indiana: VERY well said. Dark Knight for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor. And I liked Indy 4, too, dammit!

I liked Indy 4. And have commented numerous times about how I appear to be one of the very few on this site who does.



But I still feel that TDK was one of (if not THE) best movie to come out this year. Why? Because it was entertaining for one; and personally I usually lump films into the really good category by whether or not I can watch them over and over again (i.e. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, STAR WARS, etc.) but I don't base whether a movie is good or not SOLELY on if I can watch it multiple times without growing tired of it. TDK was one of those movies (three times in the theater, and very likely at least one more when it's re-released in January) and, as you obviously can tell, MANY other people found it to be vastly entertaining as well. And, A LOT of folks see it as very well written, acted, directed, etc. yet folks like you keep playing the record of how those of us that like the flick "can't see it's many flaws." Like I said, I've seen it thrice already, and I'm still not sure what flaws the haters keep talking about. Like what happened to The Joker after Batman jumped out the window to save Rachel? He probably just left. Batman just jumped out the window, do you think anyone else was going to stop him? He most likely would have just shot them (or stabbed them, he did prefer knives) if they even tried. It seems to me that a lot of the people who hate on TDK, and all of us who like the flick, are just jumping on the hate bandwagon because they can't stand when a large group of people like the same thing (I had a former roommate like that). But, that's just my opinion, you know.



Was it a perfect film? No. There's no such thing. But we certainly do view films that we really really like as perfect in some regard. I consider RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK to be a perfect film, but I can pick out some things that are very not perfect about the film. Doesn't stop me from enjoying it. Just like I can pick out things in TDK that are very not perfect (Harvey Dent didn't have a wife like he did in the comics, but that's just the nitpicky comic fan coming out). Again, it doesn't stop me from enjoying it.



My point is, even though A LOT of people enjoy TDK, and are excited at the possibility of it receiving some Oscar nominations (and possible a win or two) doesn't mean that they think it was perfect and didn't have any flaws at all. They just enjoy the movie so much they can overlook it's flaws, it doesn't make them stupid, as you're clearly suggesting. Every movie, now matter how good, has some flaws at the very least. But, you are entitled to your negative opinion just as much as us positive opinion folk are entitled to ours. So my question to you is this: if you're so sick and tired of people expressing their enjoyment of TDK, why do you even bother to read any articles about it? You obviously know that it's just going to anger you. My suggestion to you is ignore it then if it bothers you so much. Go do something that doesn't make you want to rain on everyone else's parade.

I loved the film but Best Picture? Not really sure about that. The Oscars are in dire need of a re-haul though and this as a Best Pic win could really liven things up to a certain degree.

While I might not root for it to take home the little gold man, it definitely deserves consideration.