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It's a good movie. But let's not go overboard.

I concur. I haven't seen it yet, but right now it's #1 on IMDB's top 250. Better than The Godfather? Really? Come on now...

I'm very much looking forward to seeing it, but I have a tough time believing it is the best movie of all time.

it's being overhyped. There will be the inevitable backlash in the next two weeks as people go to see it based on what their friends/the media tell them and unreal expectations are not met. It's a good movie, really good even, but it's not greatest of all time territory.

Ledger's Joker, though, will continue to be looked up as excellent.

Well, imdb's rating system has basically been [expletive] since the last few years. The site has gotten to be too big. So every new movie that comes out gets a bunch of people who went to see "Maid of Honor" and they rate it a 10.

In all honesty, the ending of Dark Knight is a bit of a cluster [expletive]. It could have easily been cut down to 2 hours and been a better movie as a result. I liked it. I give it probably 7.5 out of 10. But I've seen many, probably more than a dozen movies this year that I liked better.

There was a guy in front of the gas station I stopped at this morning offering to sell me The Dark Knight on DVD for $5 (he was soliciting every customer). He said, "I even keep a DVD player with me so I can show you the DVD works and is good quality."

When I said no thanks, he said he has all the newest movies...as well as CD's...and even triple X stuff. "And I'm out here just about every day if you change your mind."

Heh.

It's good (perhaps great) for a comic book movie.

But it's still a comic book movie.

My opinion:

There is no reason a comic book movie can't be as good or better than a samurai movie or a romance or a small foreign film. It's all about approach. I can't stand John Cassavettes movies. Not a big fan of Terence Malick's films. They're executed fine, but they annoy me.

If you have an inherent preference for a certain kind of movie, that's fine. But I don't think genre dictates quality any more than the budget (or lack thereof) does.

I'm really pissed I can't see this movie. I'll spare you all the very long angry rant, that clement and Thatguy had to sit through in flashchat.

Basically, my lady friend and I made plans a week in advance to see it Friday night, then ditched to go see it with all our other friends, now there's no one left I care to see it with, and I was really, really, really looking forward to seeing it on opening night. We aren't on speaking terms even though she insists on telling me that its my fault for not stopping her in time from her changing plans and she's not the least bit sorry and would rather try and insult me than reach an understanding. Its been three years, and after what she did and how shes reacted I no longer want anything to do with her.

I doubt I'll get around to see this movie at all now, and I don't know if I really want to...

I'm not sure if this rant is aimed at me, but I stand by everything I've said about it.

If we're doing the IMDB thing- out of 10 stars- I'd say the film itself is probably 7.5/10, but gets extra credit for Ledger and Eckhart.

It's aimed at everybody!