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capnschwartz — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:53:48 -0000

Based on Mikes review of the additional Watchmen footage, this sounds like we can be excited for it to come...without setting high expectations all over again.. =)

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mikeo75 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:30:09 -0000

I've already seen other parts Jana, and they are just as good.

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jana fontana — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:05:25 -0000

I appreciate not being told I'm crazy because that is definitely a first. Since I didn't love it I'm am now an outcast.(lol). I'm dying to see the Watchmen I was thoroughly impressed by the trailer. They had better not be just showing the best parts of the movie or I will be so pissed.

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capnschwartz — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:38:14 -0000

Yeah the movie has built the huge wall of hype, its understandable if it detracts from what could be a great experience then from hearing its the godsend of movies from others. I was able to see this first without expectations so wouldnt have to deal with the hype of it...

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jana fontana — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:05:57 -0000

The most enjoyable part of the movie was the Joker. I can't join the masses and say how much I loved it because after about and hour and thirty minutes I would have loved it to be over. I'm just not that lazy. I felt like they were trying to cram as much as they could into the movie. Just when I thought it was over it wasn't. It was just waaay too long my bum was begging for mercy. I could have waited for the video it would have been much more comfortable and I'd save ten bucks. I was more impressed with Iron Man. There was so much hype that I was just disappointed.

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capnschwartz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:19:25 -0000

I can see Scottys point of view , its hard to hear all the high expectations, you set a bar so high you go in making check that it is not living up to and you almost find your self auto disliking a movie, but in this case, this movie was all that and a bag of chips.... I'm not sure what could have been cut though...I thought it was the middle prridge myself and the length was jusssst right!!

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capnschwartz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:17:21 -0000

I'm not sure it will ever be addressed, lets say Nolan agree to do a 3rd Batman, odds are he won't pick right up where this story leaves off, and we'll have to imagine what happened, with tidbits of Gothams take if Batman is a hero or a hated...

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capnschwartz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:15:56 -0000

Kinda like I love eating healthy but am in love with Pizza...

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ScottyDub — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:32:28 -0000

I know you guys and many others, just loved it and I wanted to really bad. In the end I really liked it, just not as much as some.

I guess it's like loving someone and being in love with someone. ;-)

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mikeo75 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:32:09 -0000

30 minutes is a TON of movie to cut...that would have meant less Joker, less
Harvey, less Batman...

I dunno...maybe 5 minutes could have been cut, but not 30. This thing was a
masterpiece of storytelling.

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jclark88 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:28:42 -0000

I have to echo Mike here. I felt the film was going to be so hyped that it couldn't live up to expectations, but I was surprised by how well I liked it. I mentioned in my review that he might could have cut some time from the length of the film, but we don't know what that would have done to the story so I give the director the benefit of the doubt.

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mikeo75 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:21:09 -0000

That's so weird, because it was so hyped before I saw it, and it surpassed
all the expectations I had...

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ScottyDub — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:07:15 -0000

Definitely too long, it felt like it was ready to end several times before it finally did.

I don't know if I'm disappointed, just didn't come away loving it as much as others.

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Pariah — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:47:52 -0000

Two-Face is not dead, guys--Harvey Dent is. Batman will be on the run for all of the death's that Two-Face is responsible for and he'll be blamed for Dent's death.

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mikeo75 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:37:38 -0000

30 minutes too long? No way, I wanted more!

So you are saying after all the build up, you were disappointed?

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capnschwartz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:38:37 -0000

Glad you liked it... it is really hard to go see it with it having Ultimate hype about greatest this and greatest that. Glad to see you could still enjoy it and not have expectations set to high to see past it. I have to say I agree with your number 4, Maggie blows up real nicely....

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ScottyDub — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:26:52 -0000

Ok, so I finally had the chance to see TDK over the weekend. Let me start by saying that I think disappointment is inevitable when a movie gets so much build up. That said I liked TDK a lot and agree with much of the positive reviews, but here are my thoughts.

1. Heath Ledger made this movie, I would have liked to see more of him in it as he owned every scene he was in. Was he Oscar worthy? I'm not sure I'd go that far.
2. Christian Bale is great as Batman. No question he's the best to don the cape so far, but please do something about the raspy Batman voice. It just seems a bit forced and silly.
3. Memo to Christopher Nolan; edit, edit, edit. TDK was easily 30 mins too long. Just end it.
4. Thank You Maggie Gyllenhall for taking over from Katie "I'm Tom's robot" Holmes. You were great.
5. I'm a little sad that 'Two-face' is dead(and given the way they made TDK he needs to stay dead), I would have liked to see more of him in the next one.

Overall a really good movie, i'd give it 8.5/10.

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TrouseredApe — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:11:19 -0000

You are such the Joker...in a Jack Nicholson kind of way. Heath was a Joker in a Jack Nicholson as "here's Johnny" kind of way...

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capnschwartz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:57:01 -0000

I think that was me... it was pretty early and Dark out so I cant be sure...

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jclark88 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:55:20 -0000

I was so caught up in being sad that I wasn't there that I think I forgot to mention something.

Great job guys!

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mikeo75 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:22:48 -0000

Happy Birthday my friend...

Was a blast.

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mikeo75 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:22:27 -0000

ROTFL!

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coyotesqrl — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:56:38 -0000

Yeah, I just couldn't resist that joke. Not sure why. :)

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Dadofiandi — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:56:02 -0000

yah what a bastard, my stomach dropped too, that or my testes ascended.

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TrouseredApe — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:51:13 -0000

I thought I had fallen asleep - I couldn't figure out what he was talking about...