The Dark Knight - Best Film Ever??

Karl Hungus

indough wrote: »

which probably could have done with a good hour of bits cut out

You gotta be taking the piss!? One of the greatest strengths of the film is that it takes the time to build the characters before the climactic battle scenes. Cutting any one scene would be to the detriment of the film, never mind a whole hour. It is indeed a truly great film, and that's not just because of how influential it was, but you'll rarely find a greater epic.

krudler

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Because the target audience for those sort of movies is enormous.
Im actually starting to get annoyed with the current boom in animated films. Ever since toy story theres been a financial feeding frenzy around that particular market.
Make the movie, get really popular contemporary actor's/actress's to do the voice overs & pump millions into advertising.
.....Ka-ching!!!!$$$$$$$$$$
.

Ray Romano is a really popular contemporary actor now?

Overheal

Boondock Saints

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krudler

Overheal wrote: »

Boondock Saints

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What about it? that its an overrated piece of crap?

indough

Karl Hungus wrote: »

You gotta be taking the piss!? One of the greatest strengths of the film is that it takes the time to build the characters before the climactic battle scenes. Cutting any one scene would be to the detriment of the film, never mind a whole hour. It is indeed a truly great film, and that's not just because of how influential it was, but you'll rarely find a greater epic.

its just too long and drawn out, theres a load of stuff that couldve been cut from it without ruining the overall experience

im not saying it shoud be all out action i never expected it to be, but some of the scenes are overly drawn out

Overheal

krudler wrote: »

What about it? that its an overrated piece of crap?

:eek::mad:

BlitzKrieg

Overheal wrote: »

:eek::mad:

dont look so surprised deep down everybody knows the boondock saints is an overated piece of sh*te.

krudler

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

dont look so surprised deep down everybody knows the boondock saints is an overated piece of sh*te.

thank you! I watched it after hearing nothing but how "amazing" it was from friends, at first i thought i was watching the wrong movie, load of bollocks

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

boondock saints > dark knight


although if the dark knight had spoken with a ****ty irish accent it may have been saveable

Overheal

krudler wrote: »

thank you! I watched it after hearing nothing but how "amazing" it was from friends, at first i thought i was watching the wrong movie, load of bollocks

immutable law: watching any movie that someone has hyped up for you ahead of time is doomed to be a movie you judge and hate.

Karl Hungus

indough wrote: »

but some of the scenes are overly drawn out

Couldn't disagree more, the pace was fantastic. Drawn out, maybe, but not in a bad way. Take the duel scene for example, the anticipation brought on by the pace really made it.

dyl10

The Empire Strikes Back, for me.

Off the top of my head, the usual suspects and pulp fiction were obviously great movies.

The Dark Knight is a really good movie imo

Edit: Shawshank, Leon and the fifth element!

krudler

Overheal wrote: »

immutable law: watching any movie that someone has hyped up for you ahead of time is doomed to be a movie you judge and hate.

Not true, I've watched plenty of classic movies knowing they were lauded and considered brilliant and enjoyed them as much as if i watched them not knowing a thing about them, Boondock Saints is just pants

Iron Hide

Dunno if Boondock Saints is a piece of ****e but by christ it is most definately overrated. Good film but nowhere near the classic that its made out to be.

Can't really pick a greatest film of all time, just like its impossible to pick the greatest song of all time, theres just too many genres.. Scarface and Star Wars are great films but theyre incomparible because theyre two totally different genres. For me its the actors that do it, Christopher Lee, Sean Connery, Ian McKellen, Michael Gambon, Michael Caine, i don't think any of them have made a bad film..

indough

god i fookin hate the 5th element as well, is that generally considered as good? its honestly one of the worst movies ive ever suffered

BlitzKrieg

boondock saints is the sort of film a bunch of first year film students would make after a heavy night of drinking coupled with a tarintino marathon.

krudler

Red Storm wrote: »

Dunno if Boondock Saints is a piece of ****e but by christ it is most definately overrated. Good film but nowhere near the classic that its made out to be.

Can't really pick a greatest film of all time, just like its impossible to pick the greatest song of all time, theres just too many genres.. Scarface and Star Wars are great films but theyre incomparible because theyre two totally different genres. For me its the actors that do it, Christopher Lee, Sean Connery, Ian McKellen, Michael Gambon, Michael Caine, i don't think any of them have made a bad film..

Seriously? they've all made dozens of bad movies collectively

Iron Hide

Tis a matter of opinion mate, i guess i'm just biased toward older-style actors...

krudler

Red Storm wrote: »

Tis a matter of opinion mate, i guess i'm just biased toward older-style actors...

Sean Connery was in Highlander 2, nuff said

BlitzKrieg

micheal caine was in beyond the poseidon adventure (posiedon adventure 2) and jaws the revenge

Iron Hide

He was in three of em actually, they ain't great films but if you view them for what they are they provide a bit of light-hearted fantasy.....

indough

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

micheal caine was in beyond the poseidon adventure (posiedon adventure 2) and jaws the revenge

i thought posiedon 2 was ok as far as cheesy disaster movies go, id rather watch it than 2012 for example

krudler

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

micheal caine was in beyond the poseidon adventure (posiedon adventure 2) and jaws the revenge

Ah now Jaws: The Revenge is a comedy classic, a roaring shark with a mind for sharky vengeance that explodes when it gets hit by a boat? comedy gold:D

Karl Hungus

Red Storm wrote: »

For me its the actors that do it, Christopher Lee, Sean Connery, Ian McKellen, Michael Gambon, Michael Caine, i don't think any of them have made a bad film..

Christopher Lee - Howling 2, The Stupids
Sean Connery - The Avengers, Highlander 2, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Ian McKellen - The Magic Roundabout, X-Men 3, The Keep
Michael Gambon - Mary Reilly, Toys
Michael Caine - Jaws, The Revenge, On Deadly Ground, Get Carter (The remake)

They've a fair few stinkers between 'em to be honest.

Iron Hide

Remake of Get Carter was a pisser alright, but i'd watch all the others purely because i'll get a laugh off em if nothing else...

krudler

Ian McKellen - The Magic Roundabout, X-Men 3, The Keep

Woah woah woah, since when is The Keep a bad movie? a Michael Mann directed horror about Nazi's fighting off demons? whats not to like?

and X-Men 3 is better than the first one, there I said it

indough

you really shouldnt have, its absolute pants

BlitzKrieg

and X-Men 3 is better than the first one, there I said it

xmen 3 was f*cking woeful

though not as bad as spiderman 3.

fonecrusher1

krudler wrote: »

Ray Romano is a really popular contemporary actor now?

Yup, I'd say he's a very popular comedic actor in the states.

krudler

But the first one is soooooo dull, sweet **** all happens for the majority of it, at least X3 had that fantastic scene in Jean Greys house and the Golden Gate Bridge bit, Bryan Singer managed to make not only a dull X-Men movie but a dull Superman one as well, a competent director he may be but he cant craft an action scene to save his life, although X2 is fantastic, go figure