Downey disses the Dark Knight
08-25-08 | 05:57 PM
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Downey disses the Dark Knight
Originally Posted by Robert Downey Jr.
"My whole thing is that I saw 'The Dark Knight'. I feel like I'm dumb because I feel like I don't get how many things that are so smart. It's like a Ferrari engine of storytelling and script writing and I'm like, 'That's not my idea of what I want to see in a movie.' I loved 'The Prestige' but didn't understand 'The Dark Knight'. Didn't get it, still can't tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character and in the end they need him to be a bad guy. I'm like, 'I get it. This is so high brow and so [expletive] smart, I clearly need a college education to understand this movie.' You know what? [Expletive] DC comics. That's all I have to say and that's where I'm really coming from."
08-25-08 | 06:05 PM
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Thought this was already discussed a week or so ago, can't find the thread though.
08-25-08 | 06:10 PM
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i don't get why he wears a mask and cape? 
08-25-08 | 06:28 PM
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this is old news. i read this weeks ago when The Dark Knight first came out.
08-25-08 | 06:36 PM
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It sounds like he's kidding. I'm sure that won't stop sweaty fanboys from burning him in effigy, but I honestly doubt he would get that worked up over the Dark Knight.
08-25-08 | 07:57 PM
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08-25-08 | 09:30 PM
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"My whole thing is that I saw 'The Dark Knight'. I feel like I'm dumb because I feel like I don't get how many things that are so smart. It's like a Ferrari engine of storytelling and script writing and I'm like, 'That's not my idea of what I want to see in a movie.' I loved 'The Prestige' but didn't understand 'The Dark Knight'. Didn't get it, still can't tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character and in the end they need him to be a bad guy. I'm like, 'I get it. This is so high brow and so [expletive] smart, I clearly need a college education to understand this movie.' You know what? [Expletive] DC comics. That's all I have to say and that's where I'm really coming from."
Last 15-20 minutes dragged the movie down with unnecesary complication for me as well.
08-25-08 | 09:32 PM
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He's just jealous that his movie wasn't number 1.
08-25-08 | 09:35 PM
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For me, Iron Man just has that whole Ozzy/Sabbath stigma to go with it. I can't even think of the words "Iron Man" without hearing Beavis and Butt-head going "Duuuuuuh duuuuuuh Duh-duh-duh!"
08-25-08 | 09:54 PM
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Well, I'm one of those people who found Iron Man to be much more entertaining than The Dark Knight.
I've gone over the issues I had with the script and the length of the movie ad nauseum, so I won't do it again (but add me in as one more person who didn't think the Batman/Badguy ending was necessary or smart).
I've gone over the issues I had with the script and the length of the movie ad nauseum, so I won't do it again (but add me in as one more person who didn't think the Batman/Badguy ending was necessary or smart).
08-25-08 | 09:57 PM
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Did people forget that
Considering Batman was already a questionable vigilante, any kind of frame-up would have been even more farfetched.
Regardless, as a film it blows IRON MAN outta the water. And I really, really liked IRON MAN.
Regarding Downey Jr:
Spoiler:
Regardless, as a film it blows IRON MAN outta the water. And I really, really liked IRON MAN.
Regarding Downey Jr:
08-25-08 | 10:10 PM
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K
08-26-08 | 05:36 AM
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why did batman take the blame? easy, it's because framing the joker to take the blame for harvey's kills would make gordon and batman just as corrupt as the villians they are trying to stop. however placing the blame on batman isn't nearly as bad because they will never be able to prove that batman did infact kill those people because he didn't actually do it and his true identity will probably never be revealed to the general public so he will never be caught.
08-26-08 | 05:55 AM
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08-26-08 | 07:20 AM
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I've seen this quote before, and I can't remember if someone here posted this in response, or if I said it to a friend, but I like it, so I'm repeating it:
He's just mad because The Dark Knight topped Iron Man's total gross in, what, a week and a half?
He's just mad because The Dark Knight topped Iron Man's total gross in, what, a week and a half?