Posted on August 9, 2008 by tdksucks
If you haven’t already figured out, this site is focused on explaining why the movie “The Dark Knight” (2008) sucks. Part of the reason for putting this site together was to counter the seemingly unquestionable hype surrounding the movie. The viral marketing campaigns, the massive buildup, the fanboys… all leading so many movie-goers to pause critical reasoning and tout the movie as some kind of masterpiece. Further, whenever a dissenting voice is heard to even question such blind praise, it’s as if a blasphemy has been uttered.
Each article posted here will point out a specific problem with the movie. Suggestions for additional articles can be submitted to the suggestions page.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: batman, batman begins, Chris Nolan, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Heath Ledger, sucks, TDK, the dark knight, warner bros | Comments Off
Posted on August 9, 2008 by tdksucks
Being away from writing articles for this blog site for a few days, I mostly just perused comments and had the system alert me to approve comments containing swears. That’s how I’ve had it for a while and what I noticed is pretty consistent.
Although some fans of the movie who disagree with this site have enough intelligence to write complete sentences, make sense, and carry a reasonable debate, the majority seems to maintain a maximum capacity to: fling poo, swear, insult, and contribute nothing of value.
Truly a good chunk of these fans are headed for some prime Darwin awards. I don’t have to put any effort into proving this, they are doing it all on their own.
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Posted on August 7, 2008 by tdksucks
Got too busy to add fresh articles past couple days. Will add new stuff soon!
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Posted on August 4, 2008 by tdksucks
How awesome would it be to see Superman and Batman in the same movie together?
Well guess what? Unless the franchise is taken out of Chris Nolan’s hands, it will never happen.
You see, that’s because in the “trying to be super-real” Nolan world of Batman, everything has to be believable as being possible within reality. Now, if he had pulled that off as well as he did in “Batman Begins”, there would be little to complain about - but the reality is broken constantly in “The Dark Knight” while simultaneously trying to reinforce “this can be real”. “This can be real… ignore the man behind the curtain…”
Either one has to let go of the whole “super-real comic adaptation” or make it a given that there are many fantastic things which can only exist within the world of comics - one of the greatest reasons comics have such great appeal. You can’t ride the fence. BB didn’t ride the fence, and it worked. TDK rode the fence in ridiculous ways, and none of them because fantastic scenarios were presented, but because it was presented as realistic yet completely unrealistic things were utilized to move the story along.
Just step back and observe the tone of “Batman Begins” and compare it to “The Dark Knight” and given the background of how Gotham was presented in either one, how the story was played out, how the theme was established, think about which version of the Batman “reality” one could possibly see Superman showing up in. Only in the world of “Batman Begins”, but now that possibility is gone.
So, if you ever hoped for such a team-up in a movie, and realize that will not be possible, you can only blame yourself for having gone to see TDK 2, 3, 4 or more times, shooting the box office for it up, and reaffirming to Warner Bros to keep Nolan on the ticket for the next one. Pat yourself on the back.
Filed under: Writing/Direction | Tagged: batman, batman begins, Chris Nolan, christopher nolam, Nolan, superman, the dark knight | 29 Comments »
Posted on August 4, 2008 by tdksucks
On Yahoo’s homepage today, there is a news article from the Associated Press titled “Biggest ‘Dark Knight’ Gripe” with a subtitle of “Batman’s Flaw” which leads to the article titled “Monday Movie Buzz: Bale’s Batman voice too much?“ All it talks about is Bale’s voice.
There’s no contact information for the article, unclear who wrote it, so could someone out there somewhere PLEASE find a way to contact that writer or the AP or even Yahoo’s Entertainment News & Gossip section and point them here? If not successful with Yahoo, possibly the Associated Press at www.ap.org.
Filed under: entertainment | Tagged: associated press, batman, Christian Bale, complaint, gossip, gripe, news, TDK, the dark knight, yahoo | 7 Comments »
Posted on August 3, 2008 by tdksucks
I wanted to do a little something different in this article. Rather than my writing about why something couldn’t have possibly worked in the storyline, or how ridiculous something was in the storyline, I’m swinging the door open for people to submit HOW they believe it could be plausible in the storyline. I will present an idiotic repeating aspect of the storyline, and the challenge is to share the MOST PLAUSIBLE explanation. That means, no responses like “Who cares? It’s a comic book.” (since the goal of Nolan’s vision was full realism).
In the storyline (which seems to have taken place within the estimated span of 2-4 weeks), The Joker seems to be able to get mass volumes of explosives seemingly wherever he wanted them. Literally hundreds of metal barrels filled with a liquid explosive of some kind and who knows what else (enough to blow up large buildings) in:
2 buildings (seemed like warehouses)
2 large boats
A major metropolitan hospital
- Where could he BUY such large amounts of explosives from, considering Homeland Security?
- How does he get such mass volumes of explosives into the buildings without anyone noticing? Especially the hospital? Considering he would need large trucks, dollies, drivers, and various henchmen to move it all in, and even more people and time to hook the explosives up to detonate in sync?
- How could he replenish his henchmen so easily and regularly considering that he killed so many of them? How does he generate and maintain loyalty, and how does he reward that loyalty?
- If he burned mountains of money and didn’t care about having very much, how did he pay his henchmen? Did they just work for free?
- How did he do all this and still be able to be multiple steps ahead of his opponents?
Responses have to be PLAUSIBLE, believable, and reality-based.
Filed under: Story/Plot Problems, Writing/Direction | Tagged: explosives, henchmen, Joker, money, The Joker | 101 Comments »
Posted on August 2, 2008 by tdksucks
The Harvey Dent transportation scene was ridiculous. How does an 18-wheeler NOT jack knife or have its tires ripped to shreds while changing lanes, crashing into cars, and hitting walls at high speeds? How does The Joker manage to fire an RPG at a police vehicle and not manage to demolish it on the first hit? It took TWO shots to take out the police car. Yet it took ONE RPG shot to completely wreck the Tumbler (”Bat Tank”, er “Bat Mobile”).
Maybe the problem with the Tumbler was the same problem with the bat suit? Maybe in Batman 3 (or 6?), there will be a scene of Bruce asking Lucious if he can have a Tumbler that can withstand missiles and Lucious will say “Yes, I have just the thing, except it will not be able to withstand a kick from a small child or cat claws.”
Secondly, it was known that transporting Harvey would lure out The Joker and it was known (Harvey even alliterated to this knowledge) that Batman would show up to save his ass. They seemed awfully unprepared when things went ACCORDING TO PLAN. The Joker shows up and it’s like chaos. Not to mention the horrible “comic relief” from the 2nd driver of the van.
Now that I think of it, and all of Nolan’s films, he may have a good eye for visual impact or weaving complex stories (I actually do love “The Prestige” and “Batman Begins”), he clearly doesn’t understand humor or timing of humor in a movie. Poorly timed, poorly executed.
Filed under: Writing/Direction | Tagged: bat mobile, bat tank, cops, goofy, keystone, keystone cops, missile, missles, police, rpg, tank, tumbler | 13 Comments »
Posted on August 1, 2008 by tdksucks
I found this commentary on the IMDB.com TDK board. I can’t seem to find the details of the original post, but it matches my own assessment pretty well, so I share it here as-is and unedited:
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If I understand it correctly, Gordon faked his own death (even though it’s edited to make it look like he got shot for real) to protect his family. Batman then decides to announce who he is but Dent takes his place. The Joker intercepts the Dent convoy but is himself intercepted by Batman. Carnage ensues including the destruction of large parts of the Gotham road system and various buildings and, seemingly by fortune, Batman, the Joker and, the driver of the convoy who is, of course, Gordon, reach a point at which the Joker is captured. Unfortunately for them that’s what he wanted all along.
So: doesn’t make very little sense when you try and add it up from characters’ POV. Why would Gordon legitimise such a ridiculous plan: there’s no guarantee it would work and he’s placing the lives of his men and Dent in very real jeopardy because he knows the Joker is coming for them. Batman may suffer from incredible pride but there’s no way he could have planned, forseen or even imagained such a successful scenario as him flipping the Joker’s truck, faking his defeat and Gordon’s reappearance because it all happened just metres away from his vehicle. The Joker needs Dent for phase 2 of this particular plan os his attempt at killing him is self serving. He needs to be caught AND he needs the guy with the phone in his stomach to make it with him otherwise he’s got no way to get Lao or the money. He surely should have walked into the station with his men a la Se7en!
I put this to a friend and he suggested the whole ‘agent of chaos’ angle which doesn’t work for me because Dent, Gordon and Batman ren’t agents of chaos and that’s the force they’re fighting against. If the Joker had initiated this then, yes, I could agree. But this is their party which the Joker crashes.
(I also have another one which is a little smaller and more of a quibble. But all of the Joker’s plans are well prepared, well researched and devoted entirely to a double aim in which everyone looks one way while he goes the other. The only case that’s not true for is the boats. There’s nothing the Gotham PD can do OTHER THAN look for him. That does seem a) out of character (this is supposedly the beginning of ‘the game’… he doesn’t seem to have prepared particularly well) amd b) a writer’s convenience. The end of the Joker Batman story comes again through circumstance. Not sure on this one but thought I’d mention it while I’m writing).span>
But am I wrong? Maybe I missed something? Thoghts comments and flames wanted and expected…!
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Lots of salient points in there.
Filed under: Story/Plot Problems, Writing/Direction | Tagged: chaos, confusion, convoluted, imdb, no sense, the dark knight | 31 Comments »
Posted on August 1, 2008 by tdksucks
What was with the lovey-dove eyes Bruce Wayne was giving Harvey Dent when running into him and Rachel Dawes having dinner? Clearly Bruce had determined where Harvey would be so he could casually bump into them while on a date with the Russian Ballerina, and then coordinated to join their table. The purpose of that scene was to connect the characters and set up the rest of the scenes in the movie between Bruce and Harvey. It was supposed to display Bruce subtly evaluating Harvey, who was coincidentally dating Rachel Dawes, his love interest from “Batman Begins”. The problem with this scene is that instead of subtle observation, instead of evaluation of his character, the impression the scene gives is that of Bruce giving lovey-dovey eyes to Harvey. If the sound was completely turned down, most observers would think Bruce had a schoolboy crush on Harvey.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
But in the context of the scene, it was awkward and a display of mediocre acting, questionable direction, or poor editing (if the editor had multiple takes to cut from, I doubt that was the best possible versions he could have picked).
Are we being warmed up for the appearance of Robin in the next installment of the series? A return to nipples on the rubber suits?
Filed under: Editing/Sound, Subpar Acting, Writing/Direction | Tagged: Bruce Wayne, crush, gay, Harvey Dent, homosexual, nipples, Rachel Dawes, robin | 29 Comments »
Posted on July 31, 2008 by tdksucks
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In the world of super-realistic Batman, if you get half your face melted off, you are endowed with the following amazing super powers: |
- A magic eyeball that is impervious to harm, even if every piece of flesh around it is burned beyond recognition. You will no longer need to fear death because your eyeball will live on.
- Immunity to infection that would kill any normal human being.
- Be able to speak with your normal voice even though half your mouth and lips are scorched off.
- The power of instant teleportation and being able to get to any part of a city in the blink of an impervious eye.
- The ability to kill someone in a car crash while riding in the same car and, even though you enter the car with half an exposed face, and the other person just has (almost) broken legs, you will be the one who survives UNHARMED.
- Be endowed with the ability to be the only one of a few people on Earth who not only shoots AT batman with an actual gun (versus using fists, sticks, pipes, and dogs), but actually hitting him with a bullet.
- Be able to find anyone you’re looking for, anywhere, at any time, when you need to find them.
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Filed under: Story/Plot Problems, Visuals/Effects, Writing/Direction | Tagged: car crash, entertainment, eye, eyeball, Two-Face | 31 Comments »
If you haven’t already figured out, this site is focused on explaining why the movie “The Dark Knight” (2008) sucks. Part of the reason for putting this site together was to counter the seemingly unquestionable hype surrounding the movie. The viral marketing campaigns, the massive buildup, the fanboys… all leading so many movie-goers to pause critical reasoning and tout the movie as some kind of masterpiece. Further, whenever a dissenting voice is heard to even question such blind praise, it’s as if a blasphemy has been uttered.
