Ha ha ha ha!! That's wonderful!!!

Reading some of the posts regarding this movie being over "hyped". I can only speak as a non Batman fan who ONLY saw the movie because I was fascinated by Ledger's performance. The only other Ledger film I've ever seen was "The Patriot" and that's it, so it wasn't him per se'that drew me to this movie but rather the character. The story itself wasn't bad, but the effects and action were great AND Yes,the joker absolutely blew me away. I think he "made" the film. I doubt whether I'll see anymore Batmans though. Yet, I do think that Leger does deserve some kind of recognition. If not an Oscar, then I don't know what? He was excellent though.

Off topic kind of but regarding Christian Bale's arrest. I know nothing about him either, BUT I heard last week that he was not very close to his family, but his mother/sister got mad at him because he wouldn't loan them 200,000 for a business venture. I also heard that in England you can get arrested for "verbal abuse" and he claims that's what this was.... yelling & screaming.
Man, how'd you like to have your personal fights made public? The price they pay.

TIS

"Business venture" = drugs (but lets define the term called dope and you think it mean funky now, no...)

Bring on Batman 3

by Mike Krumboltz

"The Dark Knight" is still on the tip of everyone's tongue. But now, instead of folks breathlessly asking each other if they'd seen it, talk has turned to speculation over Batman's next foe. Who's it gonna be?

iVillage is reporting that the Caped Crusader may take on the Riddler in "Batman 3." According to the rumor mill, Johnny Depp might sign on to play the nefarious super-criminal. But caveat emptor—this could be just as false as the one about Crispin Glover playing the Joker.

Slashfilm notes that there are additional possibilities floating around. For instance, Phillip Seymour Hoffman may play the Penguin or Angelina Jolie could don Catwoman's skin-tight suit. Truth or fiction, fanboys around the world must be having a heart attack at the mere possibility.

Still, the "official" rumor mill is just one of the ways superfans are checking in on the next Batman flick. Many seek the scoop themselves. We've noticed impressive searches on "batman 3 rumors," "dark knight sequel casting rumors," and "batman's next villain."

That last query is very telling. People clearly want to know the answer, but we doubt even the filmmakers have decided. To that end, may we offer the studio execs this humble piece of Search-informed advice: Go with Catwoman. She's far-and-away the most popular baddie and there are already a slew of searches on possible cast members including Jessica Biel, Amy Adams, and, wait for it, Maggie Gyllenhaal. Do fans think Rachel Dawes, Bruce Wayne's one-and-only, was really the Catwoman all along?

Maybe they should quit while they are ahead lest we end up with Sofia Coppola playing Catwoman and George Hamilton playing Lt. Gordon after a Gary Oldman contract dispute.

Funny you say that. I could definitely see George Hamilton on the old Batman series as a cheesy, sun tanned villain.

Knock Sofia's acting ability all you want (I won't argue), but she has become one of the most bankable directors in Hollywood.

No question about Sofia's directorial skills. What is she working on now?

Biel can't act her way out of a paper bag after thrown into the river.

And that fanboy casting of Depp for Riddler? Aint gonna happen. I'm betting $50 invisible bucks on it.

Then again, Catwoman is a good idea. I mean why not for THE CAPED CRUSADER?*

*=$100 says that will be the title for #3.

Maggie isn't the cat woman type.. Maybe Dog Woman. She can act but she's not the looker Cat Woman is.

I still think they should not make another one.

Yeah, Maggie did get hit with the ugly stick.

No love for Maggie? I think she's cute or would you guys rather have seen Mrs. Tom Cruise?

While Maggie is probably the better actress, Katie Holmes is much prettier.

I'll give you that but I don't think Maggie's unattractive. Between her and Katie, Katie's got her beat, but Maggie's no dog either (at least IMO)

But Maggie is a better actress by leaps and bounds.

MAGGIE for the win.

Well, THE DARK KNIGHT is #1 for the fourth straight weekend here in America, edging out the expected new champ in the latest Judd Apatow production in PINEAPPLE EXPRESS.

You all realize that by sometime next weekend, TDK will have made more money than the original STAR WARS did, to become the #2 biggest hit in American theatrical history?

which is the first? Titanic?

What else?

I Still need to see this

IRON MAN star Robert Downey Jr. on THE DARK KNIGHT:

"My whole thing is that 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 f--king smart, I clearly need a college education to understand this movie.' You know what? F-ck DC comics. That's all I have to say and that's where I'm really coming from."

http://www.moviehole.net/200814729-interview-robert-downey-jr-2

My problem with another Batman is replacing the Joker. Ledger did better than I expected even with all the hype.

I don't think they'd replace him. They'd move on to another villain(s): The Riddler, Catwoman, The Penguin, etc.

How can a villain just disappear without any resolution? Batman left him alive and he wasn't captured...

Easy, they could simply write him off with a line of dialogue or just make no reference to him at all. I feel moviegoers would expect their to be no Joker since Ledger's death so I think a lot of people would understand if they wasn't any mention of him or if they simply wrote him off

FWIW

I heard today from my favorite L.A. radio station that per Michael Caine, there will be another Batman. I am not up on Batman nor do I know many of the characters, but Michael Caine said that they were seriously considering Johnny Depp to play the Riddler (one character I kind of know). He's so versatile, I think he'd be perfect. :)They also mentioned another star to be added to the cast, and I can't think of who it was. Nobody I was real familiar with but you guys probably would be. I don't have a link or I'd provide one.

Oh, they aso said it wouldn't be til 2010, so I suppose anything can change by that time.


TIS

I read that too TIS. He basically confirmed the Johnny Depp/Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman/Penguin rumor

If It's got Depp I'm going to see it. Depp doesn't do too many bad movies.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman, that was the other guy. What other films was he in? I don't know who that is.



TIS

Not a problem. IMDB is a great tool for answering these types of questions. It's basically an encyclopedia for movies.

DARK KNIGHT Returning To Theaters In January

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I've been meaning to see it again so this will give me another chance to see it in theaters since it's coming to DVD in December