how are you?

because nobody can see you doing the sigh/snarl thing.

doing down pop culture is so totally over. This chump read No Logo and watched Bill Hicks and thinks he grew a brain *snort* what a loser, anti-capitalism is like totally 2002.

It was alright actually. I mean, as a piece of that genre, it was the best one I've seen by far. Maybe that's why people clapped, because in a pond of shit it is the biggest, shiniest shit.

however, i think if you insist on breaking things down to 'just a series of setpieces interspersed with supposedly intense sections' you end up not enjoying anything. thats how a film like that works and it doesnt necessarily make it less interesting, and its not like more challenging things arent out there, i dont know though, were the supposedly intense sections not interesting? do you know think its a good thing that something like game theory is introduced to 'the masses' through stuff like this? or indeed is it not interesting that something like that gets introduced to a generic format like the comic book movie. i watched the postman with kevin costner the other week and was surprised it was actually relatively interesting and enjoyable because of similar things.

i dunno though, i mean, i have this friend who is really into these comics, batman and such like, and he's spent much time explaining to me in great detail the morality and structure of the worlds in these comics, and to be fair it all sounds relatively complex and interesting in its own way. one element of how this becomes interesting in relation to the dark knight is how the film reimagines the comic world, what it does to the conventions of that. i guess thats just for people who know about that stuff though

i guess im mainly saying im a believer that there is generally something interesting about films like this and that its not the vacuous shell you describe, i cant really argue with you about it till i see it though so huh.

i dunno, i dont disagree that there is a lot of vacuous rubbish out there and that itd be cool if more people took the interest in politics that they take in strictly come dancing, i think relatively speaking film is probably in better health with regard to that sorta thing than it has been for a while though...

Remember this is BATMAN. Based on a comic strip. Based on THIS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E134bWCZ6A4
I wish so much they would go back to this.

I didn't call you a cunt, but I probably should have.

This isn't about you not liking Batman though, is it? This is about you living in a world of make believe where people's investment in popular culture is some new and horrifying experience. Prior to the invention of cinema, everyone went to see Russian ballets and no-one cared for gossip.

Maybe I don't understand the point you're making, and you definitely don't seem to understand mine. And as far as the manners advice goes, read into "glass houses". I've seen you make some pretty odious posts for no apparent reason in the past.

stuff like the dark knight is good for the film industry as a whole, imagine the money and interest its generating and its not like youre saying you dont like films at all you just seem to be objecting to this particular type of film, as an aside id say having seen it now id say your criticisms are fairly wide of the mark

if you dont like it so much you shouldnt go youre contributing by being there

>:D