First off I knew the ending before even sitting down in the theater.  Second the actors were great, Ledger did a phenomenal job of playing the Joker, but I'm not going to stroke his dead cock just because he's pushing up daises.  Third what the fuck was with the length,  they combined 2 movies in one, all I wanted to do after the first part was go home and fuck the shit out of girlfriend, I didn't want to sit around while bat boy killed off another villain.  

Block buster films should save something for the squeals.  I know the ending, I know the story, just blow shit up, throw in a small plot twist, leave us with a cliff hanger for the next series and call it a day.  

The Dark Knight was just another example of a blockbuster trying to go indie.  Film executives here is a word of advice to you, stick to what you do best, take my money, entertain me for an hour or so and release a new movie in a year so we can repeat the process.  It seems all the truly good movies never make it to theaters and fall way below the radar, don't try to be like them.

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How drunk am I?
On a scale of 1 to Abraham Lincoln I am yellow.

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Ledger did a phenomenal job of playing the Joker, but I'm not going to stroke his dead cock just because he's pushing up daises.

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QFT.

I don't mind a good long movie once in a while. But your "crank" type movies are about as good as it gets for action hollywood.

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Erowid
Get Educated!

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I haven't seen it yet, but thats the first i've heard of it being referenced as an attempted indie film. Is it because of the dialog? Or the length and overwhelming amount of dialog?

I don't mind a good long movie once in a while. But your "crank" type movies are about as good as it gets for action hollywood.

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There were a lot of parts to it that reminded me of an indie film, unfortunately the over whelming size of the budget fund is what made it fail.  The dialogue was great and what made it seem like an indie film but they went too far.  They tried too hard to give the fans what they wanted.  I would have much rather had only the joker and then a lead in to two face for a squeal.  

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How drunk am I?
On a scale of 1 to Abraham Lincoln I am yellow.

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well you're just a true filmmaker now aren't you? you obviously know more about filmmaking than the professionals do. tell ya what, if you can do a better job, go get a job in the film industry, get a studio to finance your $180 million dollar movie, then break 10 or so different world film records, hit the number 1 spot on imdb's top 250 list (even if it's only for a day or two), and then come back here and make a thread about it. then maybe you'll know what you're talking about.

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What?  I'm not saying its not a good movie, it was damn good, but its no Shawshank Redemption.  No movie where the ending can be predicted should be above a 9 and thats my real problem with the movie.  

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How drunk am I?
On a scale of 1 to Abraham Lincoln I am yellow.

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New movies are always rated highly, Wait a couple weeks and look then when people have calmed down a bit.

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Its got a good 100,000 votes.  Its not falling far on the list.

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How drunk am I?
On a scale of 1 to Abraham Lincoln I am yellow.

Do you think it only made as much money as it did because Heath Ledger passed away?

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I was talking about this with a friend after we saw it yesterday...

Do you think it only made as much money as it did because Heath Ledger passed away?

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Not really, it was going to make bank either way, its fucking batman, but I believe its ratings were mostly because of Ledgers death.

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How drunk am I?
On a scale of 1 to Abraham Lincoln I am yellow.