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 KnightOver the last couple of weeks I’ve finally caught up with my 4-ish months-worth backlog of issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, and I’ve gotta agree with a criticism I’ve seen on many underwear pervert websites: every one of those stories could have been told with the Peter Parker-Mary Jane Watson wedding intact.
Long story short: months [...]
Going 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