The Dark Knight

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I have no idea what he just said :| .

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That's what I was thinking. I think he is dumb if he didn't understand TDK. What's to understand? It is a mob film. A great crime drama. What's so hard to understand?

If he is talking about Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face, that's pretty easy to understand. Dent was upset because Batman saved him instead of Rachel. He wanted revenge for what happened to him.

We don't really need to know what the tipping point was for the Joker. We know that he has had a pretty screwed up life, probably starting with his childhood. It seems pretty clear to me that he and his father had issues. And he eventually went mad, if he wasn't truly born that way to begin with. Maybe his mother was addicted to drugs while she was pregnant and that helped screw him up? I don't know want to know what happened. I'm happy not knowing.

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I thought what he said was funny as hell. Especially when you consider Batman is DC Comics and Iron Man is Marvel comics. Looks like he's a Marvel fan :) (I am too, Batman is one of the very few DC characters I like).

Also, maybe it's just me, but I didn't take what he said about the movie seriously. It seems more like he was mocking it because of the rival comic companies. So maybe you guys shouldn't take what he said so seriously either?

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That's what I was thinking. I think he is dumb if he didn't understand TDK. What's to understand? It is a mob film. A great crime drama. What's so hard to understand?

If he is talking about Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face, that's pretty easy to understand. Dent was upset because Batman saved him instead of Rachel. He wanted revenge for what happened to him.

We don't really need to know what the tipping point was for the Joker. We know that he has had a pretty screwed up life, probably starting with his childhood. It seems pretty clear to me that he and his father had issues. And he eventually went mad, if he wasn't truly born that way to begin with. Maybe his mother was addicted to drugs while she was pregnant and that helped screw him up? I don't know want to know what happened. I'm happy not knowing.

Joker's origin is unknown, and by his telling different versions of his scars tells me that none of the ones he told were true and the he probably doesn't really remember himself due to his psychotic state.

To me it seemed that Downy Jr.'s comments on the TDK came across as trying to brush off a far superior movie in comparison to his. I thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man, but it wasn't as smart, clever, and gripping as TDK.

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Joker's origin is unknown, and by his telling different versions of his scars tells me that none of the ones he told were true and the he probably doesn't really remember himself due to his psychotic state.

To me it seemed that Downy Jr.'s comments on the TDK came across as trying to brush off a far superior movie in comparison to his. I thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man, but it wasn't as smart, clever, and gripping as TDK.

I'm not even talking about when he mentioned where the scars came from. In the scene where he crashes Bruce's party for Dent, he tells an older man, "I hated my father." No mention of the scars there, yet he mentions his father again. We may never know where the scars really came from, but I think that statement clearly showed he had issues with his father.

Just my opinion though :)

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I never said THE greatest, I said one OF the greatest. Top 20, maybe top 10. Sure as hell is better than star wars!

OK, OK

I give you that, it was a quality film unlike the last three starwars (or first three depending on how you look at it).

Also, I was joking about the 6/10 thing.

It's not possible. :p

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I'm not even talking about when he mentioned where the scars came from. In the scene where he crashes Bruce's party for Dent, he tells an older man, "I hated my father." No mention of the scars there, yet he mentions his father again. We may never know where the scars really came from, but I think that statement clearly showed he had issues with his father.

Just my opinion though :)

True, and about his origin, I meant the character Joker, not just TDK's version.

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Also, maybe it's just me, but I didn't take what he said about the movie seriously. It seems more like he was mocking it because of the rival comic companies. So maybe you guys shouldn't take what he said so seriously either?

Knowing RDJ's attitude - I think exactly the same!

As for Riddler? I found the character to be too close to the Joker in theme (a LOT lighter though). Nolan has said he doesn't want the "campy" characters. He has also said that he doesn't want to do another Joker (he considers the character a one-shot deal - nowhere else to take him - an icon but not with staying power).

I'd like to see some of the more undevelopped characters, the less "gimmicky" ones. Turn the Batman franchise into a mob/crime one, not a comic book again.

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I'd quite like to see Mr Freeze be TDKified, he's a genuinely cold character and could be very disturbing if given half a chance. The character definitely deserves more than the camp offering Arnie gave us.

I would really like to see what Nolan makes of Mr. Freeze (Y) .

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I'd like to see Depp as the riddler but since he's so closely tied with Tim Burton I doubt he'd do it.

If they do Mr Freeze, Timothy Olyphant would be a good shout for him I reckon.

So many villains, so little time :(

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That's a very good fan made poster! But there's no way they would call it The Dark Knight Returns.

As for Riddler? I found the character to be too close to the Joker in theme (a LOT lighter though). Nolan has said he doesn't want the "campy" characters. He has also said that he doesn't want to do another Joker (he considers the character a one-shot deal - nowhere else to take him - an icon but not with staying power).

Yea, I very much agree. Riddler has always been very similar to Joker. I mean Jim Carrey could have easily been the Joker with the exact same performance. But I still think Nolan and co. could rebuild him into a very interesting character, without appearing like a gimmicky comic book character.

I'd defiantly like to see Casey Affleck in the role.

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