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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.
Well, Heath did read The Killing Joke. Which I re-read yesterday. Man, I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie tonight.
Re Jess' whitefont, I'm dissapointed we didn't get to hear what version of the story he was going to tell to Bats at the end when he got interupted by those wrist blades.
Me too! Stupid Batman, always punching people right in the middle of their tragic monologues.
Me too!
It would have been too on the nose, but I would have loved to see Bats reaction if it was a story about how his parents were killed in a robbery and he got injured trying to defend them.
Re Frank's white font about Harvey Dent --
It's almost a shame that both Harvey and the Joker were in the same movie, because Aaron's performance was quite magnificent, too.
It's almost a shame that both Harvey and the Joker were in the same movie, because Aaron's performance was quite magnificent, too.
I know exactly what you mean. Harvey is pretty much the protagonist of the movie, and the change to Two-face seemed too hurried. Given the plot turn about preserving Harvey's good name for the sake of Gotham, I can see why they had to go the way they did.
I'm wondering if there are any insteresting deleted scenes out there, because I think that was the fastest 2 1/2 hour movie I've ever seen, and considering I was at a midnight show, I didn't once try to check the time or have any inclinations to hit the bathroom. The pace was relentless.
Franken,
I thought the original movie came in at over 3 hours. So I'm hoping for a director's cut...
I thought the original movie came in at over 3 hours. So I'm hoping for a director's cut...
The fact that they got away with the PG-13 on this...doesn't astonish me (I mean really, there's no way Warners was going to let it be an R), but I suspect this was a toned down version. So I wouldn't be surprised to see some stuff put back that was originally part of a first final cut. I'm definitely hoping, like you are, that there's also stuff that was cut for time that will go back in as well.
Oh good god no - I can think of at least 20 minutes of this movie that could have been cut out.
Is the Joker-in-the-coffin scene in?
And does anyone want to come babysit so I can go see TDK in a theater?