"The Dark Knight" Review Form for Film Critics

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Comment by Henriksen on July 16, 2008 at 4:58pm

What a waste of time that list was. The movie was kinda... "meh". Id give it 4 out of 10.

Comment by Scizhouse on July 16, 2008 at 4:58pm

hahahaahaha

Comment by Mr. J on July 16, 2008 at 3:01pm

Comment by Jared on July 16, 2008 at 2:25pm

@akumi-

It's the obsessive insistence that grittiness is a requirement for a good thriller that I find pretentious, not the particular word choice.

But, I happen to agree. "Pretentious" is still a poor choice here and doesn't really get at what I mean.

Thanks for highlighting this. I've edited the original post to be a little more accurate (let me know if you'd like me to remove the note at the end).

Comment by akumi okuda on July 16, 2008 at 1:48pm

How is it pretentious to call it the "Empire" of superhero movies? I could see comparing it to Shakespeare being seen as pretentious, but Star Wars? That seems more like a comparison which may simply be both appropriate and informative to the average reader, which is basically the opposite of what most people see as pretentious.

Also, repeating simple adjectives makes you pretentious? No, by pretty much any definition it's using a thesaurus too liberally that makes you pretentious.

Comment by MiCaH on July 16, 2008 at 1:28pm

Katie Holmes as nothing. Holy crap, I fell out of my chair laughing.

Comment by Kaleidoskull on July 16, 2008 at 1:27pm

lol. Very true.

Comment by Alex on July 16, 2008 at 12:59pm

True. So true.

Comment by Mr. Erreebus on July 16, 2008 at 12:29pm

Yup, that sums up most of the reviews so far, including the Audio one posted yesterday from Spill.

My midnight screening tickets are burning a hole in my pocket right now!!!!

Comment by Brad on July 16, 2008 at 12:15pm

This really sums up the views of the critics that have reviewed this film thus far.

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