Long Journey Into the Knight
Director Christopher Nolan has decreased the contrast of Dark Knight not only visually but morally as well. Batman is no longer good. He's just less bad than the Joker.
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This film wasn't Clooney's fault. He's one of Hollywood's best actors.
The film is one of the worst I've ever seen. Absolute zero. I saw it on the opening weekend (it was actually the #1 film that weekend, but dropped 60 percent the next week after word of mouth got out on how bad it was), and it was one of the most painful experiences of my life in a cinema.
Blame Schumacher, Warner Brothers, and bad writing for this one.
I think director Joel Schumacher's career peaked with "D.C. Cab."
And that may be the saddest sentence I've ever written.
I'm no Batman fan-boy, but this may well be the worst movie sequel ever. Kudos to Clooney for surviving it. In every regard, this is an awful, awful film.
How was the movie, anyway? I didn't watch it.
Clooney had no lines in the film. NObody did for that matter. Arnold acted like he was on acid. FAce it, the film was made for 12 yr old boys.
Please, no self-respecting 12-year-old would have enjoyed this ... It failed as an adventure story, it failed as a comedy, it was an insult to everyone that went to see it -- except maybe those that hated Batman from the start, 'cause it was pretty good at insulting everything the character ever stood for. How in hell did Clooney agree to be in this PoS?
hey hey hey...lets not drag george clooney into this.
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