Finally saw The Dark Knight in IMAX over the weekend at a sold out showing on Sunday. Got to the theater on the late side (about 15 mins before showtime), and we ended up in the 3rd row, which I can definitively say is waaaaay to f*ing close to the screen to enjoy an action [...]
Tagged IMAX, The Dark KnightIs it just me or does the weight and seriousness of The Dark Knight make the Dominoes “Gotham City Pizza” tie-in even more crass than usual? It’s hard to stomach being flip about a terrifying, grisly villain like The Joker. It’s like selling Daniel Plainview’s Power Drills or Anton Chigurh’s Cattle Guns — just not [...]
Tagged The Dark KnightSecond time through, and I still love The Dark Knight. Last night I saw it in digital/DLP projection:
Knowing where the story was going helped me pay less attention to the steadily compounding dread and more attention to the plot. The first time I saw TDK, I was completely exhausted after watching the rollercoaster-ride action scene [...]
Tagged DLP, The Dark KnightWhat a strange little iPhone app.
“Do I look like a cat with a plan?”
Watching the constant promos for “Step Brothers” got me nostalgic: remember when John C. Reilly was a serious, Oscar-calibre actor?
He was fantastic in movies like “Magnolia” “Gangs of New York,” and “The Thin Red Line,” and I was lucky enough to see him share the stage with Philip Seymour Hoffman in a revival of [...]
Caught a free preview screening of the new Seth Rogen-written, Judd Apatow-produced stoner comedy last night, and as the ridiculousness got more and more over-the-top and surreal, I kept waiting for a Newhart-esque final reveal where the camera to quickly cut back to Rogen & Franco back on a couch, sharing a joint, one of [...]
Tagged Daewoo, Pineapple ExpressGoing into our Friday night showing of The Dark Knight, I thought “there’s no possible way that it could live up to the deafening hype of the last 4-ish weeks.” When we left the theater, I was ready to eat my cowl — believe the hype: The Dark Knight is not only the best comic [...]
Tagged The Dark KnightLast night the wife & I drove through Harvard Square & passed the Leows theater where The Dark Knight was opening with a midnight showing, and the line to get in stretched about a block and a half. Now I’m thinking that our hour-early arrival time for tonight’s screening at the Boston Common theater might [...]
Tagged The Dark KnightFlipping around the HD channels late at night, and I’ve stumbled across “Batman Unmasked: The Psychology of the Dark Knight,” a Dark Knight movie tie-in/cash-in special on The History Channel where, in addition to the actors, writers, editors, and production folks behind the film and comics, real, live academics are picking apart the psyche of [...]
Tagged The Dark KnightTonight the wife and I prepared for our Friday trip to see The Dark Knight by watching the animated prequel Gotham Knight, which was a bit uneven in parts but finished very strong — the Deadshot episode was excellent. We wrapped up our Bat-night by popping in the Blu-ray of Batman Begins and watching The [...]
Tagged Blu-Ray, The Dark Knight, William Fichtner