At the screening, they told people to line up an hour early, and that they would be confiscating cell phones. When we got there, we found out that they were actually confiscating ALL electronic devices, so even though we'd hidden the phones in the bottom of E's backpack we still had to turn in our iPods. It was BEYOND FUCKING RIDICULOUS.
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
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Jessica - Jul 18, 2008 7:46:35 am PDT #7159 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
SuziQ - Jul 18, 2008 7:47:37 am PDT #7160 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
They had a 6am showing here in suburban Denver.
Kids and I are going at 12:20. Told the folks I work with that I'm leaving early (worked my 40 already) to see a movie and they were quite supportive. Love my new group.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2008 7:56:09 am PDT #7161 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, they're having all sortd of 1am Saturday showings here (WTF?). I'm seeing 9:30am tomorrow, headache gods compliant. I figure it's my best bet being able to get through as much of it as possible. It's my first "outdoor" movie in months and my first solo in perhaps as much as a year.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 18, 2008 8:02:41 am PDT #7162 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sends beseechments for benevolence by the headache gods on ita's behalf.
Sean K - Jul 18, 2008 9:21:06 am PDT #7163 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
some theatres added 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. shows: [link] Crazy!
Many of the theaters out here, including the one I went to, had 3 am and 6 am shows.
I loved it, though I generally agree with Jess and Fone Bone about its flaws (which I generally found minor).
Heath's Joker was one of the most sublime things I've ever seen. I'm sad all over again that we'll never get any more. Though maybe that's for the best.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2008 9:31:10 am PDT #7164 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've noticed that the more distance I have from the movie, the more its flaws fade into the background. What stands out are the performances and characterizations, which were all fantastic.
Sean K - Jul 18, 2008 10:13:27 am PDT #7165 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I can't get Heath's performance out of my head. It gets under your skin in a major way.
What really blew me away about it was that Heath's Joker was not in way an impersonation, which is what superhero movie performances almost always are. He made the Joker a real person. A person so disturbed and broken psychically that he's become utterly liberated from anything resembling a normal human concern. But when the Joker speaks, you can understand how(ish) he got there -- that the things making you unhappy are all fears of things that exist only in your head, and all you need to do to be free is to let them go.
Which is, of course, the true essence of the Joker.
le nubian - Jul 18, 2008 10:17:10 am PDT #7166 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Sean, I totally agree.
I found the lines given to the Joker to be very chilling. I like how the script really fleshed out the character. Ledger's performance is great of course, but I liked the script (generally) when it came to the Joker.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2008 10:22:28 am PDT #7167 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
He made the Joker a real person.
And all while maintaining the utter lack of backstory/origin. I was a little let down by the story about the scars...until he told it the second time.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 18, 2008 10:24:05 am PDT #7168 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I also loved that they managed to make Harvey MORE tragic than he's been in the comics (we'll not speak of Tommy Lee Jones - a great actor given a terrible, TV Batman version of the character to play). I didn't think they could top Harvey in Dark Knight Returns for tragic, but they did. I believe his character would have gone off the rails the exact same way even if he hadn't been disfigured (and there's an understatement of a description), as opposed to the comics where that's the source of his insanity.