The Dark Night at 10

[justgladtobehere]

A series of articles about the movie.

We will never see a movie like The Dark Knight again

At the time of the film's release, Nolan told the L.A. Times that the interrogation scene was "so important and so central" to his vision, and one of the first scenes he and his co-writer/brother Jonathan Nolan needed to crack to understand how the rest of the movie should play out. Today the scene plays like a self-reflexive confession: As Batman and the Joker's clash over the transformative power of extremism, Nolan seems aware of what he's getting away with, and what impact his finished film could have on Hollywood. Nolan came to IP-driven blockbustering as a Batman, a determined defender of The Good Ol' Days who had the fancy toys and symbolic mask to fly high. The Dark Knight challenged expectations, and as we know now, 10 years later, changed things ... forever. But could it help the industry revert to normalcy? Could anything ever replace The Dark Knight?

 

[Slacker]

The Dark Night at 10
Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by justgladtobehere, 17 minutes ago.

It got even darker after midnight!

 

[qtlaw]

My sons fav of all time; says Joker was such a great job by Hedger and I somewhat agree but still like Jacks original Joker.

 

[outofplace]

It was a great movie, but I'm among the odd ones who prefers Batman Begins.

 

[Buck]

The alleges the movie changed everything but never backs that up.
I liked the movie, but the piece doesn't do much but gush.

 

[jlee]

The alleges the movie changed everything but never backs that up.
I liked the movie, but the piece doesn't do much but gush.

It seems to disprove its own point. The movie that changed everything came immediately before an era of entirely different filmmaking? (Re: the point of letting a movie be created outside of a decade-long planned release cycle.)

 

[clintrichardson]

Article also fails to mention that the movie isn't very good.

 

[CD Boogie]

It's a comic book movie...

 

[outofplace]

Are people really still stuck on that?

 

[CD Boogie]

Are people really still stuck on that?

Just people who aren't in arrested development

 

[outofplace]

Just people who aren't in arrested development

Just people who make assumptions based on source material.

It really is just like any other type of movie. Some are crap. Many are dumb fun. Some, like Nolan's first two Batman movies, are very good.