Ok, fine, I give in. I will write about Dark Knight.
But, what is there to say? When you see a Lion jump over a canyon full of diamonds on a moped made of fire, what can you say? “Wow. That was as awesome as I hoped it would be.” I mean that’s about it.
I do, however, have a few things to say about the crowd. I went to a 12:01am screening at Union Square on Thursday night/Friday morning, so it was me 198 of my closest nerds. Some of the supergeek highlights include the sad, uncomfortable-looking young man dressed as a Jerry Robinson / Jack Nicholson style joker (you never want to wear last season’s Joker to a big event); the chubby pony-tailed guy squeezed into a Killing Joke t-shirt, who stood and cheered after each preview, looking around expectantly for the other fat cheering dorks who were never there; and the high-strung nerd that tried to pick a fight with us after he tried to steal our seats.
Nothing brings out the animal instinct like a fussy nerd. I mean, I am clearly a card carrying geek, but when some poindexter starts whining about his weak ankles or mold sensitivity even I have to resist the urge to slam him into a locker. Likewise, nothing makes a nerd as bloodthirsty as having a hard time finding seats for the first show of Dark Knight. Luckily in this case the furies were balanced, so the only real result was us laughing at him, and him probably getting a tiny rage boner.
Also, Heath Ledger deserves an Oscar.
kudos to the makers Dark Knight for their record breaking opening weekend… it’s no wonder there’s talk of another one coming out ASAP
Thankfully I avoided the supergeeks at my screening. I’ve written a bit about the film on my blog, including most recently a response to Keith Uhlich’s vitriolic negative review:
http://seul-le-cinema.blogspot.com/2008/07/on-violence-and-restraint-in-dark.html
I miss midnight screenings in New York. There’s just not the same intensity here in Richmond.
Yes Dark Knight is awesome. It’s refreshing when the hero is more than window dressing to a villains origin as has been the case with many of the previous movies. I’m glad they ignored the Jokers origin and focused on Dent since his story ties so closely with Wayne/Batmans.
One of my favorite lines? The Joker asking for his phone call.
It’s perfectly ok to slam fussy nerds into lockers. It fuels the anger that eventually brings us stuff like IPods and video game consoles in their quest for world domination.
Seriously, how many lockers did Bill Gates get slammed into?
agreed on ledger’s performance.
and yah, the crowd was intense both times i went. they would cheer for things that happened in the movie, if batman did something badass, or if the joker made some joke. (the pencil disappearing specifically). it was really odd. everyone was reallllly excited. very interesting. super amazing movie though. and i liked your analogy with the lion.
your theatre had a lion????????
man i miss those NYC midnight screenings.
My showing was amazingly hype free. 11am on Friday. It was clearly a theater filled with freelancers who didn’t want to deal with the crowds. At the end their was polite opera-clapping. Very civilized.