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Kurzon posted:He burns a huge pile of cash in the middle of the movie so I wonder just how he plans to make those payments, plus allocate funds for other things like guns and bombs and face paint. I believe the Joker directly addresses this as he burns the money.
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net cafe scandal posted:I believe the Joker directly addresses this as he burns the money. Yeah, he's moved past pretending to be an ordinary criminal at that point, since he's already got his asylum-escapees and is manipulating the gangs and Maroni's corrupt cops through fear.
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The Joker: You see, I'm a guy of simple taste. I enjoy dynamite, and gunpowder, and gasoline! [he pours gasoline on the mountain of cash] The Chechen: [panicked] What the...? The Joker: Ah-ta-ta-ta-ta. And you know the thing they have in common? They're cheap.
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Me, in the theater: This is loving awesome.
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net cafe scandal posted:Me, in the theater: This is loving awesome. 
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Apr 7, 2016 19:48
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The Joker is intensely charismatic in The Dark Knight. It's not really that surprising he's able to get people rejected by society to join him in tearing it down. We don't need to see it happen.
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net cafe scandal posted:I believe the Joker directly addresses this as he burns the money. He's running a low cost, low overhead operation like any decent carny would.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:He's running a low cost, low overhead operation like any decent carny would. Haha dope post.
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MacheteZombie posted:Haha dope post. Slaughter is the best medicine.
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My wife couldn't stop laughing when I pointed out that the burning trucks that force the police convoy off their route were firetrucks. Fire. Trucks. The Joker's sense of humour is great.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Slaughter is the best medicine. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1984248/ ?
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Ironically, when the movie came out, gasoline was far from cheap.
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Kurzon posted:I think it's actually that the Flash's villains are more rational and cooperative, so they quickly put down any newcomer who draws too much heat. Batman's villains tend to be insane and self-destructive, while Superman villains tend to be very bold and arrogant. I think the mindset is 'if we get serious, Flash gets serious, and if Flash gets serious, we're all hosed.' So they keep it mellow.
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He secretly threatens them all with the possibility of him erasing them from time unless they stay civil.
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It's funny to think that the Nolan films are now being held up as the lighter tone that the DC films should emulate, given how there was (especially with TDK) a backlash for them being grimdark at the time. I remember Robert Downey Jr. in particular talking about how he hated TDK for being too dark and complicated, and Justin Theroux promising how Iron Man 2 was going to be the comedic response to TDK (hah). Not that I agree with those critiques of the Nolan films, I definitely agree that there's a lot more humor in them than their reputation, especially from Alfred.
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it was definitely weird seeing 6 year old kids in the theater for the Dark Knight.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Everyone name a movie you've watched more than twenty times that wasn't something constantly on TV like Just One Of The Guys. Terminator 2 was a childhood ritual for me and my cousin, and I still watch it every few months on average. Yes I realize I'm replying to a post from 13 pages ago.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:it was definitely weird seeing 6 year old kids in the theater for the Dark Knight. I'm a huge fan of Snyder on the whole, but can you imagine something like Joker's "magic trick" or Batman beating the gently caress out of him in the interrogation room under his watch? Nolan didn't really linger on the violence in TDK, so it was probably much less scarring for young children. On the other hand, I could totally imagine a 7 year old getting really confused watching TDK, while being able to parse BvS perfectly.
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Chairman Capone posted:It's funny to think that the Nolan films are now being held up as the lighter tone that the DC films should emulate, given how there was (especially with TDK) a backlash for them being grimdark at the time. I remember Robert Downey Jr. in particular talking about how he hated TDK for being too dark and complicated, and Justin Theroux promising how Iron Man 2 was going to be the comedic response to TDK (hah). I don't think anyone is saying the Nolan films are lighter in tone. They have well done moments of levity that help the films not feel quite so bogged down in the grimdark. BvS and MoS, while still having some funny one-liners, don't use those one-liners for levity. They are purely laugh lines and do nothing for the tone of the new films from being all grimdark all the time. Yoshifan823 posted:Nolan didn't really linger on the violence in TDK, so it was probably much less scarring for young children. Kinda like the slight of hand he played with Lau.
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Thwomp posted:do nothing for the tone of the new films from being all grimdark all the time. "Grimdark" is a nothing word that's become shorthand for saying "I don't like this film's tone" while pretending it's some kind of recognizable, quantifiable negative quality that cinema should avoid. Megaman's Jockstrap fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Apr 7, 2016 |
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Slaughter is the best medicine. That whole chase scene was the loving best, one of my favorite theater memories.
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Yoshifan823 posted:I'm a huge fan of Snyder on the whole, but can you imagine something like Joker's "magic trick" or Batman beating the gently caress out of him in the interrogation room under his watch? Nolan didn't really linger on the violence in TDK, so it was probably much less scarring for young children. They would have loved it. Just as kids in the 80s loved seeing Jesse Ventura have his guts blasted out of him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6YQbdlpr-8
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Criminal Minded posted:That whole chase scene was the loving best, one of my favorite theater memories. it feels very much like Nolan trying to do his version of the truck chase from Raiders of the Lost Ark. what's impressive is that he more or less succeeds.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:it was definitely weird seeing 6 year old kids in the theater for the Dark Knight. Little Timmy said he learned a magic trick for show and tell....
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Kurt, you're breaking my heart with that haircut. You're better than that.
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The MSJ posted:Don't forget this other Fox comic book sequel. I realize he was one of the best parts of the first one, but man if they really bring him back after pretty decisively killing him that would be hilarious. Poor Eggy, can't carry a movie on his own.
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Gyges posted:Kurt, you're breaking my heart with that haircut. You're better than that. he looks like Eddie Redmayne. Take from that what you will
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The MSJ posted:Don't forget this other Fox comic book sequel. 
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Gyges posted:Kurt, you're breaking my heart with that haircut. You're better than that. I don't mind the haircut because 80's teenager Kurt with his Thriller jacket is the best poo poo.
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The Dark Knight is a loving incredible movie that I can't talk about because I saw it when I was 16 and immediately became one of *those* people about it and ruined it for all my friends. I rewatch it every year or so and can still defend my position in much less annoying terms, now. I also see that it seems to be general consensus that TDKR sucks but I haven't heard any good arguments as to why.
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Pirate Jet posted:The Dark Knight is a loving incredible movie that I can't talk about because I saw it when I was 16 and immediately became one of *those* people about it and ruined it for all my friends. I rewatch it every year or so and can still defend my position in much less annoying terms, now. TDKR was good, actually.
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Because one stupid voice decision you can deal with, but Bale growling plus Tom Hardy as Sean Connery in the apartment above you is too much.
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Tom Hardy's vocal performance may be my favorite thing about that movie, and I like it in general.
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Partially "Nolan is a secret conservative" and partially a whole bunch of nit picking.
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^^^ Yeah I've heard a loooooooot of "the movie glorifies the rich!" stuff when pretty much all of the movie's conflicts are caused by rich people being, well, themselves. I don't know how a pro-bourgeoisie reading holds up against the "and you think this gives you power over me?" scene. Yeah, I thought Hardy-Bane was absolutely pitch-perfect. I also don't see the problem with Bale's Batman other than that the suit hasn't aged well mainly due to how stiff it is. Batfleck in a Dark Knight remake would be like my dream movie.
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I liked TDKR but I thought the politics in it were muddled a bit and I couldn't get a bead on what Nolan was going for.
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CityMidnightJunky posted:I think the mindset is 'if we get serious, Flash gets serious, and if Flash gets serious, we're all hosed.' So they keep it mellow. I love the relationship Wally West has with the Rogues, they even come to his birthday parties  Too bad DC had to make him a troubled black youth who can run really fast (you'd think they would see the implications of this)
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Sir Kodiak posted:Tom Hardy's vocal performance may be my favorite thing about that movie, and I like it in general. I'd have liked it more if I could understand half of what he was saying.
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