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Today the little movie that could, The Dark Knight, opens on the wings of a cosmic hype that could make it the third biggest box office earner this year.
The first screenings began at midnight, continuing through the night, and many moviegoers were declaring it the best movie ever while still waiting on line to get in. The Observer talked to some fanboys (and girls) waiting for the IMAX screening at Lincoln Center last night; before it started Brandeis University student Andrew Litwin declared The Dark Knight "probably one of the most amazing movies I've ever seen."
Others, like funnyman Aziz Ansari, are already leading the backlash. Despite publicly announcing that “if it were physically possible, I would fu*k this movie,” Ansari is now whistling a different tune in this Funny or Die video. Elsewhere, Vermont senator Pat Leahy dishes about his one-line cameo in The Dark Knight, in which he tells the Joker “We’re not intimidated by thugs.” (Unlike Dick Cheney, the Joker’s reply is more elegant than “Go fu*k yourself.” – watch the clip here.) And Animal NY has photos of other movie posters artfully "defaced in a Jokerly fashion."
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Terrfic! I saw this movie at midnight last night with a few friends. We were absolutely blown away! Bravo!
Where's the love for Space Chimps that Gothamist has been shamelessly plugging all month?
Wtf is Batman doing in Hong Kong?
This movie is fucking disgusting. Why the hell did the Joker get down on his knees and start blowing batman? Oh wait, that was the porn Batman and Throbbin'.
i'm going to wear some kind of bat-outfit when i go tomorrow. (yes, i'm that kind of geek!)
Amazing how people get so worked up over a movie. Soon you know it this movie will be on DVD. Does it really matter if someone saw it at 3am or two weeks from now?
"Does it really matter if someone saw it at 3am or two weeks from now?"
the entire experience is different on opening night.
i saw sweeney todd opening night at the ziegfeld & saw it again 2 weeks later. opening night the theater was filled with people like me who saw it on broadway with patti lupone & there was an energy that was totally lacking when i saw it 2 weeks later with people who had no idea that songs were cut. there was applause after every song & strangers talked to each other on opening night. this weekend the theaters will be filled with geeks who will laugh at the easter eggs & discuss "no man's land" & "knightfall" at the concession stand. that won't happen 2 weeks later.