Ebert & Roeper review "The Dark Knight" opening week.

[2vintage68]

It sucks. I walked out on it.

[BANZITOMMY]

The Dark Knight is a very good film. Very well acted, solid dialogue, decent cinemotography, great visual effects. The whole part where he is capturing Lau could have probably been removed as it didn't add much to the film. The cinemotogaphy and editing was definately better then Batman Begins though it wasn't anything spectacular. Good movie though can't wait to see how the Dark Knight Rises is.

[mikeb1655]

this is the best batman of all time! this is heath ledger's best performance of his career, one of the best villians of all time

[johnnyrainbow50]

Michael Phillips is a good film critic I think he should replace the ailed Roger Ebert

[qwuezalothus]

Director Christopher Nolan really outdone himself with this movie. Cinematic diamond.

[prkprkprk2]

@TheAnarchistWarrior7 Wow, nice comeback. You're a smart one, aren't you?

[Durwood71]

Surprised Roeper didn't say, "Dude, will shut the fuck up and let me get a word in?"

[PersonalJesus348]

Hey I actually like Batman Returns. And the reason was to put into life a grotesque world.

[TheFly212]

The Dark Knight and Grand Torino were the best movies of 2008.

[Regenmacher175]

The Dark Knight tops everything. That's not an opinion. It's a fact. It just had soo much influence on later movies, when everything got to be more serious and darker in tone and atmosphere.

[horsey05]

@Regenmacher175 It is an opinion.

[prkprkprk2]

@TheAnarchistWarrior7 You just lost all credibility.

[qwuezalothus]

@TheAnarchistWarrior7

No, what you mean is Revenge of the Shit.

[qwuezalothus]

@TheAnarchistWarrior7

Yes. Terrific film.

[qwuezalothus]

@TheAnarchistWarrior7

Yes.

[qwuezalothus]

@TheAnarchistWarrior7

Terrific film. It triumphs.

[TruthOnly142]

An incredible movie, period

[AnkHknA]

agreed, absolutely agreed with the Hopkins/Lecter comparison.

[LukeLovesRose]

Elevated to the highest level of Hollywood craftsmanship?? LOL. Oh, my God! That was funny.

[LukeLovesRose]

Stop kissing Nolan and Ledger's ass. PLEASE!

This film wasn't that wonderful. Please, folks, open your freakin' eyes.

[Johnlindsey289]

@LukeLovesRose

Come on Luke, he saved the Batman franchise after it went down the toilet no thanks to Schumacher's gay-parades disguised as Batman movies and you and i with everyone knows Schumacher's movies were complete turkies this side of a MST3K kind of movie. Nolan rebooted the series and made a unique vision of Batman like Burton or the animated series did.

[Christian28Star]

@LukeLovesRose Not kissing anybodies ass. We just appreciate a damn good movie and an amazing performance by a greatly missed actor.

[LukeLovesRose]

@Christian28Star

Yes. But, you people really like to elevate this film over anything from true masters like James Cameron. It's disgusting. You can't rank The Dark Knight, a movie where a rich man dresses up like a bat to scare his enemies over movies like T2. Yet, you do it. You have fits of fury, because James Cameron keeps punching out true classics and Nolan can barely scrape by with good scripts and bad action sequences.

I mean, people said this thing was better than The Godfather.

[Christian28Star]

@LukeLovesRose Love James Cameron much? Avatar is overrated, as is Titanic and T2 is probably the best movie he's made. Nolan is working from an origin story that is already there, so blame the comics and graphic novels if you feel the story is weak. Bad action sequences? Look at Marvel's movies if you want to see bad action scenes, because The Dark Knight didn't have any. Batman will always be there to make, and probably will 10 years down the line.

[LukeLovesRose]

@Christian28Star

Judging by the incredible success and popularity of Cameron's work, iconic images like the Terminator, Sigourney Weaver facing off against the Alien Queen, great lines that are still quoted today (I'll be back, Hasta la vista, baby), are you going to try and prove to me that I'm wrong for loving Cameron's work as much as I do?

[DAZing23]

@LukeLovesRose Your partially basing that negative opinion of TDK on the concept alone, yet you're not focusing on what Nolan actually did with the concept: modernizing an iconic hero while remaing true to his origins, and doing this with the aid of a tightly constructed script and a top notch cast. With that said, T2 is an awesome blockbuster as well (though it's story doesnt match TDK).

What strikes me about your post is that you seem genuinely upset about TDK's popularity. Why is that?

[LukeLovesRose]

@DAZing23

I don't know. It bothers me that people hate on a film like Avatar simply due to its popularity\y. And trust me, they are. A few complainers have slipped up and admitted as much to me. So, why would they worry so much about BO success if the box office success is "no measure of quality" as people say (Transformers).

I'm tired of this kind of hypocrisy. That's all.

[ThaSubzstance]

@LukeLovesRose i actually somewhat agree with you. although i wouldnt rank avatar up there with camerons best, sicne the story is half rip off, and im sorry, but the acting was awful, but it was still a good movie, not great. TDK sure has some memorable scenes, and nolan deserves some credit man, but its way overhyped.

[LukeLovesRose]

@ThaSubzstance

I'm not saying that Avatar is Cameron's best film. IMO, it is the equivalent of 2001 for Cameron, where the characters and story kind of take a seat in the back for Cameron's art to shine more than ever. So, Avatar is the only film, from 2000 to 2010 that really made a profound impression on me. And I saw a lot of movies in that decade.

[ThaSubzstance]

@LukeLovesRose Very true with the 2001 and avatar comparison, although 2001 had a pretty complex plot, but then again, nobody touches kubrick. Cameron and kubrick are very simliar, they take their time and make masterpeices. I feel like people just hate on cameron cuz hes mainstream, but who said mainstream cant have great movies too. LOTR for example.

[rivmikant]

@LukeLovesRose , K T2 is only slightly better than TKD. Slightly. James Cameron is not god and Nolan is the most underrated director in Hollywood, bar none. I don't see Nolan doing another Pocahontas story.

[Emapten]

@LukeLovesRose I don't think its the greatest film but the past decade when has a movie really stuck with you like the dark knight viewing it for the first time

[ScrubmanLowell]

I wish The Dark Knight won for Best Picture!

[qwuezalothus]

To Hell with children: we want the maximum in brain and style!!! Adult movie from best kind!!!!

[4thlord51]

2:30 Coming up... Space Chimps?

[tubenachos]

Hollywood should bend over for Nolan.

[dangkoen]

Somehow I still find Batman Begins more compelling.

[TacoJsFilmClub]

The Dark Knight should've been nominated for Best Picture and should've won. The Academy Awards is stupid.

[thecolorunknown]

@TacoJsFilmClub "The Academy Awards is stupid."

Oh the irony lol.

[0Mike0Banks0]

i still relate to the animated series from the nineties when i think of batman. this is a good movie but you have to admit, heath ledger dying helped it.

[mtlson]

The first two thirds were awesome, but they really screw up the end. Shame.

[DAZing23]

@mtlson disagree completely, the final act is the heart of the film and i think Nolan did a wonderful job depicting Gotham nearing the edge, the complex morality of the people on the ferries, as well as Batman's selfless act to help the city march forward. Just a great job.

[Falagar517]

Joker was really the best thing about the flick. The movie was so so I guess, and the fight scenes (i.e. Batman himself) were just gay. Get some better choreography for the next one, please - for the love of God.

[TheJoker27780]

Best Batman movie yet.

[Shoknifeman]

I hated this movie.....it was dulllllllllllllllll and this is NOT the Joker "I" know!...Give me BTAS anyday

[DAZing23]

@Shoknifeman you should e-mail Nolan and ask him to strip down the complex story telling and give you the cotten candy fluff that most-all other superheo movies indulge in.

[Shoknifeman]

@DAZing23 Batman Begins was a fantastic movie that "Got into Batman's head", whereas the Dork Knight was a booooooooooooooring violence-fest; you don't have to agree but, i have the right to my opinion.

[DAZing23]

@Shoknifeman yes, and I have a right to say your opinion is wrong. Dark Knight was very much Batman's story and very much pays tribute to the great Batman stories ever told like The Long Halloween and The Killing Joke, while also capturing the essence of the Batman character & those stories and what made them such great reads. To simplify what the Dark Knight did to "boring violence-fest" completely misses the point of the film, and that's my opinion on your opinion: you simply missed the point.

[Shoknifeman]

@DAZing23 I'll agree to disagree

[rachel14604]

i love the movie. heath ledger play the joker so real. i actually felt scared when i was watching him in the movie.

[rhatcher010]

I'm sorry about this but everyone complaining about Bale's voice have missed the point of the voice.

I admit in Begins to be taken aback when he first spoke as The Batman. But it works within the "reality" of the movie. He's a man torn away from himself. Wayne is crazy to do what he does regardless of the nobility of his actions.

[rejectofsoul24]

Batman is a different superhero, he's not really even a superhero because he has no superpowers, he's a vigilante. He's more of a detective than anything. Only complaint is the Batman himself in this film is just bad compared to Michael Keaton. Sorry Christian Bale, you make Batman sound like he has lung cancer.

[Nelson1002002]

Well he has to talk like that to hide his voice and prevent someone finding out he's Bruce Wayne

[MrCanabliss]

And where is ebert....? :S what

[captainkill1]

there actually used to be a field of 10 best picture nominees that they stopped in the mid 1940s.

[balianmachiavelli]

he used a Chicago accent?

[FatherTime89]

I didn't even know there was such a thing as a Chicago accent, I know of a New York accent there's a lot of people in my family that have Boston accents but I've never seen a Chicago one.

[ick13]

@FatherTime89 Think of the lady in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. THATS a Chicago accent.  LOL!

[NeroBlack2200]

I sincerely hope Nolan returns for a third outing, because then he can give us a fully formed Batman, complete with his arsenal, his behavior, and his cave.

[Nelson1002002]

They still have to rebuild Wayne Manor so yeah there's gotta be a third one

[gojaysgorush]

I think in 30 years people will still talk about Ledger's performance as The Joker like they talk about Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone today. Also I think it's absolute bullshit that this movie along with Gran Torino etc. got snubbed. Im glad there will be 10 nominations for Best Picture this year but I certainly wish it was like that since the beginning.

[wasteland70]

I'm with you. "Dark Night" was everything cimema should be. It was Shakespearian, it had loss, it had triumph, it had Legder, who "wants to watch the world burn." It is epic, it is masterful. In 20 years people will be watching Dark Knighht. Can we be so sure of "No Country for Old Men"?

[silvermoonredmoon]

it's not for kid!!!

[mr1mills]

An incredible superhero movie.

[arivera1986]

@mr1mills an incredible movie just in general

[TheTributeMedia]

@mr1mills an incredible MOVIE. the super part dosent make it different

[QuietGiantProduction]

and the dark knight was snubbed for best picture...AND I DONT LIKE IT

[wesia4lia]

u must have no life

[TheBouncyOtter]

Although everyone has a right to their own opinion, you seem to have completely missed the point of The Dark Knight. Have you actually seen the movie?

[mec567]

I AM ANARCHY!

[Hfutbol8]

also, for a movie where there is killings, and death, has anyone notice there is NO BLOOD in this movie? it doesn't even need to make it gory or show any type of blood. its amazing when you really think about it

[Slug99]

Well you could say that Dents face is kinda gory.

[SourBasket]

I don't think Nolan likes blood.

It takes away from the movie i think. It's intense enough without blood.

[Zahinn]

Nolan stated during Batman Begins that he would keep it clean. There are a few moments where there is blood in Batman Begins considering it wasn't as dark as TDK..I guess for TDK they didnt want to take the risk of getting a R rating with gore since the movie is pretty dark.

[Obelisk2290]

there is a little blood i thik on the deed batman wannabe hung from the building but yeah you dont need blood

[Hfutbol8]

Best Movie EVER. Period. normally Oscar Nominated movies SUCK because of how boring they tend to be. this is just right. not too much action. not too serious. Perfection is the word for this movie.

[october74]

You need to see more movies.

[ozwald8]

lmao sprtnmstrcheif117 "Fly out to LA and piss on their cats" Thats golden budd lol

[SprtnMstrChief117]

i seriously agree, why cant a superhero movie be taken seriously? i will be pissed if they diss the movie at the awards because its a hero movie. i will fly out to L.A and piss on their cats

[TallT500]

movie of the year in my book

[Pinokio131]

movie of my life in my book :p