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Just a thought ... but what if in the process of negotiating for the third film, Nolan asked that Warner Bros. give Heath Ledger's family say $5 million dollars. Or simply both Nolan and Bale get an extra $5 million on top of their agreed upon deals which they then give to the Ledger family...

The Batman voice is starting to grow on me, heh.

Because sometimes hype isn’t good enough, sometimes ... People deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded. ;) You could argue no one really intends to make a bad film. I knew The Matrix Reloaded was in trouble (IMO) when the Wachowskis kept going on and on about...

They could have, Nolan just didn't want to go in that direction. It's a well written, high profile character, Depp would've taken the part. They could have "stunt cast" the same way the 1989 Batman film did, they opted to go with a lesser known actor -- Heath Ledger. They gave Nolan free...

It got a bump, but if they wanted the same kind of Joker-craze they could have cast Johnny Depp or Leonardo DiCaprio from the get go and they'd have the same amount of business as they do now. The script is strong, the character of the Joker is very well known, and the character is well written...

I don't think Nolan has to use villains as a "bussiness prop" to get people to see a third Batman film if he chooses to make one. The Dark Knight has re-established the Batman franchise as the crown jewel of Hollywood again, people will go see the third film regardless of who the villains...

It's funny I'm the complete opposite. I did not connect with "The Prestige", didn't care about any of the characters and the plot became very covulted. I enjoyed "The Illusionist" much more so. The Dark Knight has a convulted plot also but moves very intensely and has very focused...

Wait a sec ... Batman didn't know that Gordon was faking his death? That's one thing that seemed somewhat ambiguous to me. Guess I'll just have to go see the movie again ;) Also one thing I wanted to say about the interrogation scene ... I loved that scene but I think it would've been an...

I think definitely something was cut out there. Probably fair to assume though that the cops got there pretty damn quickly.

Chuck already addressed the "why do they blame Batman" angle ... because if Batman/Gordon blame the Joker or cover it up, they've become corrupt themselves. They're the ones along with Dent that had a certain vision for Gotham, and it failed, so one of them had to take the fall. Batman...

Yeah I agree. Or they could've just covered it up. I doubt many in Gotham would give a crap with all the Joker hoopla ... in a city that corrupt would anyone notice the death of a couple of low level cops and some mob guys? But OK, I'll give the filmmakers a little leash on that, as making...

It's a masterpiece of pop filmmaking. Nothing wrong with saying that. I agree with Chuck Mayer (though I dunno if *all* superheroes are fascist, lol). I actually don't believe all the psycho analysis about why people like super-heroes. They're entertaining and can do things regular...

Well to be fair it isn't exactly clear how long it took to evacuate the hospital. It could have been 4 or 5 hours. Also, I'm guessing a building wired with explosives makes people haul ass out of there a little quicker than a fire drill. The Joker seemed to have been influenced by the bad...

It may just be the sound mix, because I know people complained about Batman Begins and the score drowning out the dialogue at times.

Yeah I thought the Joker always telling a different story about the scars on his face was a nice nod to the Killing Joke when the Joker says "some times I remember it one way, other times I remember it another way" (or to that extent) when talking about his back story.

In the Nolanverse though I've kinda thought about this ... I think Batman would eventually kill the Joker. It's just not logical to if the guy is going to keep breaking out of prison and killing other people. In the comics of course they can't killer the character because the comics are by...

Especially the character of Bruce Wayne. And yes, I missed Katie Holmes in TDK. I think "that scene" would've been even more moving if she had come back, but c'est la vive. She is not a great actress, but she does have that Dawson's Creek/girl next door sweetness down pat and it was a nice...

Or say Tim Burton circa July 1989. Honestly to this day Tim Burton can get anything he wants financed because of Batman.

An interesting little gambit -- if Rhas Al Ghul could've "stuck around" a little longer, I have no doubt he would've just killed the Joker straight up and spared Gotham a lot of grief. The morality and where the characters fall onto the scale is interesting. I think the third movie will...

Just got back from seeing it. This movie .... is dark. Dark. It's so dark it's almost depressing at times. But it's good. A little over plotted at times but very good. You can't really even compare it to other comic book movies, because it's completely divorced itself from the genre I...