The Dark Knight

[Corris Veteran]

No offence to some, but I really cant see how you can say it looks like he is saying Six, everyone I went with said it was Six, the positioning of his mouth when he says it, as shown in the .gif and movie, is Six.

I really don't see where people are getting ten from.

On a different point, Hope Morgan Freeman is better soon, I've really liked his character in the movies so far, and would hate for him to not be in the next one too.

[Rappy Veteran]

The decision of the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) to issue a "12A" rating to The Dark Knight that allows it to be seen by children 12 and under if accompanied by a parent has been denounced by members of both the Conservative and Labor parties.

Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith wrote that he was "astonished" by the "relentlessly violent" nature of the film when he went to see it with his 15-year-old daughter.

"Unlike past Batman films, where the villains were somewhat surreal and comical figures, Heath Ledger's Joker is a brilliantly acted but very credible psychopathic killer, who extols the use of knives to kill and disfigure his victims during a reign of urban terrorism laced with torture," he remarked.

Labor MP Keith Vaz, commented, "The BBFC should realize there are scenes of gratuitous violence in The Dark Knight to which I would certainly not take my 11-year-old daughter."

But Sue Clark, a spokeswoman for the BBFC, responded that the film was "a fantasy movie with only implied violence." She added that if the board had raised the classification, "We would have ended up with far more complaints from people who wanted to see the film and couldn't."

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[Kushan]

"We would have ended up with far more complaints from people who wanted to see the film and couldn't."

Yeah but Sue, those particular people can't vote, so they don't matter.

[Deaf Spacker]

Implied violence? You see Batman knocking seven bells out of the Joker in the interview room, you see the Jokers "magic trick", several people get killed during the film and what about Harvey Dent's face? It looked awesome but it was very graphic. I'm not knocking the film in any way because of the violence but I was very suprised to see that it had been given a 12A certificate. How many unsuspecting parents took 8 year old little Johnny to see it completely unaware of the scenes it contained? Not everyone knows what level of violence it has.

[spenser.d]

^^^Government should not have to come to the rescue because parents can't be bothered to do 5 minutes of research on the web.

-Spenser

[Mathachew Veteran]

Implied violence? You see Batman knocking seven bells out of the Joker in the interview room, you see the Jokers "magic trick", several people get killed during the film and what about Harvey Dent's face? It looked awesome but it was very graphic. I'm not knocking the film in any way because of the violence but I was very suprised to see that it had been given a 12A certificate. How many unsuspecting parents took 8 year old little Johnny to see it completely unaware of the scenes it contained? Not everyone knows what level of violence it has.

While Dent's burn was graphic, nothing else was in the violence. Sure, a pencil went into the guy's head, but it's not like we saw it in great detail, or when the black guy's throat or face was slit, or when people are shot, etc. That's how it's implied. I actually appreciate it because it's though it has violence, it's not glorified.

[Deaf Spacker]

^^^Government should not have to come to the rescue because parents can't be bothered to do 5 minutes of research on the web.

-Spenser

While I appreciate what your're saying not everyone has the ability or even the knowledge to research a film. I'm not saying the film should have been a 18 because that would be stupid, I'm just suprised it wasn't at minimum a 12.

[lol911]

Read my mind. He says "six" to sarcastically give his concern, like "wow, six."

He mouths six to provoke the agent.

To all others who believe in the number ten: you gotta be blind and deaf to believe this, as both proof and common sense has you wrong. :laugh:

[Guest]

I too was surprised by the 12A certificate. However, I'd have liked it to have been darker and a LOT more graphic.

Directors cut anyone?

[Kushan]

The whole point of the "A" part is that it's the ADULT's choice if the child is mature enough to see it or not. Otherwise it'd just be a PG.

[Rappy Veteran]

I had a feeling it would become a 15 but 12A was a surprise.

[Crazysah]

The Dark Knight is the fastest movie to get to $400 Million! In only 18 days while Shrek 2 did it in 43 days! 25 days faster! Wow!

[Kushan]

The Dark Knight is the fastest movie to get to $400 Million! In only 18 days while Shrek 2 did it in 43 days! 25 days faster! Wow!

BTW, this is domestic ONLY, it's reached $600million worldwide.

[Hurmoth]

To put that worldwide number into perspective, the film hasn't even been release in some countries yet.

Here's the final release dates for those who live in areas that film hasn't been release in:

7 August 2008

Czech Republic

Hungary

South Korea

8 August 2008

Poland

9 August 2008

Japan

13 August 2008

France

Spain

14 August 2008

Russia

21 August 2008

Austria

Germany

Switzerland

[Rappy Veteran]

Some more stills!

[Draconian Guppy]

@rappys screen caps, <mr. burns> excellent!

I just wish they would place a hi-res of the jokers face :(

[Kreuger]

Am I the only one who thought Batman's voice was just fine in the movie? He's constantly fighting and moving around and being Batman; he's going to sound a little breathless when he speaks. Plus, although Christian Bale is an actor, Bruce Wayne is not. At times he's going to mess up on his voice acting. It's more real that way. I understood every word he said, and I watched it at an IMAX theatre too, where the sound can get really loud.

I agree wholeheartedly. I don't see why people had a problem with it though I guess it's more because I listen to some death metal (it reminded me a bit of that) so I'm a lot more used to it. I thought it was a huge flaw to have the same voice throughout the older movies and nobody could put it together but whatever. I still enjoyed them for what they were. By the way, the whole IMAX thing is supposedly higher quality right? Will there be a lot of loss in quality when it's compressed for BluRay discs? Like I'm wondering if when I buy it in BluRay it will look as good as in the IMAX theatre or just the same as a regular one.

[Rappy Veteran]

Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight climbed to 7th place on the all-time domestic blockbuster list on Tuesday, surpassing the first Spider-Man to become the biggest comic book movie of all-time in North America.

The Christopher Nolan-directed Batman Begins follow-up added $5.67 million on Tuesday to bring its massive total to $405.7 million after just 19 days. Spider-Man reached $403.7 million domestically during its entire run in 2002.

The movie will next target Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which sits at #6 with $423.3 million.

[Scirwode]

^ :rofl:

Scirwode

[Smashing Pumpkin]

Read my mind. He says "six" to sarcastically give his concern, like "wow, six."

I have no idea why he would say 10. I highly doubt that he knows the officer he's talking to and who he was friends with, so how on earth would he know he's killed 10 of his friends? If you mean 10 officers, I think the Joker killed more than that.

How many times do I have to say.

He doesn't know how many friends he has killed.

He asks the guard, the guard says six.

The Joker thinks, hmmm, how many guards outside that cell I was in only a little while before. Oh it's 4. So the Joker adds 6 and 4, that makes 10. So the Joker says well it's about to become 10. This really aggrevates the guard because he is being completely undermined. He is stood there watching the Joker and as he is doing so the Joker is still killing. Friends is not just the guards actual friends, that would be propostorous. He means people working in the MCU.

If you watch the film, as I have numerous times as it's my job, 4 guards run into the cell with the guy with the phone in his chest, right before he explodes you see a close up shot of their 4 faces.

6 plus 4 equals 10.

I'm not even arguing that it most definately is 10 anymore, I'm just saying how is 10 such a ridiculous idea that you won't even consider it? It's not as if it could be likened to any number, only 6 or 10.

Edited August 7, 2008 by Smashing Pumpkin

[Kushan]

I just got an email from Warner Bros.

Dear Kushan,

Thanks for your inquiry about that line in "The Dark Knight". Unfortunately, we think that anyone who is seriously debating this is one sad mother****er and needs to get out more, so we're refusing to tell you the real motive behind the Joker.

Instead, we're offering you all this advice - shut the **** up about it already, go out and get laid.

Yours sincerely,

-Warner Brothers.

[Scirwode]

^ That's a laugh :rofl: !

Scirwode

[Rappy Veteran]

I just got an email from Warner Bros.

Nice of them to reply :p

[Scirwode]

Nice of them to reply :p

And what a reply it is :p .

Scirwode

[Crazysah]

TDK is definately going to end up with #2 position in the all-time domestic box office. I do not know about it being #1 but quite a few people are saying that it is possible with a re-release.