JediTrilobite posted:

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I've been listening to the soundtrack. Very different from the first one, but very, very good.

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mrjop2 posted:

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Most of the midnight showings are sold out that some theaters are putting on 3 AM and 6 AM showings. This movie is going to be massive! This movie is going to break all record. They are predicting $140 million on opening weekend alone, but that figure is now looking to be on the low side. I think it will easy beat Spidey 3 for biggest opening weekend which is currently at $151 million.

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Martin Scorsese's The Departed. Michael Mann's Heat. Brian de Palma's The Untouchables. And now, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight can join the ranks as one of the best crime dramas in modern movie history." --Staci Layne Wilson


"Daring and uncompromisingly different from previous incarnations of Batman, Nolan hasn't redefined the superhero genre as much as created an unforgettable piece of crime fiction within the context of that realm." --Edward Douglas


"A dark, ambitious, mature and gritty crime saga the likes of which Michael Mann or Martin Scorsese would be proud to call their own." --Garth Franklin


"The Dark Knight is not only the best film I have seen this year, but quite possibly the best superhero movie ever made." -- Brad Miska


"An ambitious, full-bodied crime epic of gratifying scope and moral complexity, this is seriously brainy pop entertainment that satisfies every expectation raised by its hit predecessor and then some." -- Justin Chang


"Nolan's sequel surpasses the original with an intense, disturbing masterpiece." -- Todd Gilchrist


"Dark, grim, haunting and inventive, Dark Knight is nothing short of brilliant, representing Chris Nolan's most accomplished and mature work to date and the best and scariest comic-hero adaptation you're likely to see this summer, perhaps the whole year." -- Emanuel Levy


"The film is quite special but where some films can weather extraneous or padded scenes, The Dark Knight has some distracting bloat to it which keeps it out of masterpiece territory." -- Nick Nunziata

Pure adrenaline. [Nolan], having dispensed with his introspective, moody origin story, now puts the Caped Crusader through a decathlon of explosions, vehicle flips, hand-to-hand combat, midair rescues and pulse-pounding suspense. - Kirk Honeycutt

An epic that will leave you staggering from the theater, stunned by its scope and complexity. - Christy Lemire

the Joker. As played by the late Heath Ledger, with tangled greasy hair, grotesque white makeup, darting mad eyes and an obscene tongue that keeps licking his slashed, painted-on smile...It's a stupendously creepy performance, wild but never over the top. He cuts a figure so dangerous that you wonder if Batman is up to the task-or if our hero himself will have to become as ruthless as his foe. - David Ansen

The Dark Knight is bound to haunt you long after you've told yourself, Aah, it's only a comic-book movie. - Richard Corliss

The haunting and visionary Dark Knight soars on the wings of untamed imagination. - Peter Travers