Comments on: Gotham is a District of Chicago

By: Neolithicman

Neolithicman — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:58:08 +0000

Naven, go chill and rob an armored car or something.

By: Naven Granger

Naven Granger — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:07:05 +0000

JESUS CHRIST, HOW FUCKIN DUMB ARE YOU PEOPLE, IT TAKES PLACE IN NEW YORK, NOT CHICAGO. DID YOU NOTICE HOW THERE WERE BRIDGES IN THE MOVIE, WHICH DO NOT EXIST IN CHICAGO, AND HOW WHEN YOU SAW THE FERRIES, THERE WAS LAND ON BOTH SIDES WHICH IF YOU WERE IN CHICAGO IN THE GREAT LAKES YOU CANNOT SEE ACROSS TO MICHIGAN. HOW FUCKING STUPID!

By: bhamcha

bhamcha — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:04:18 +0000

Yes, i will agree with that, Gotham looked better in Begins and Tim Burton’s Batman. I would regard Gotham’s look in Begins the best. But then again, I last saw Batman(Burton’s version) about 8 years ago so I don’t quite remember it picture perfect.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:40:56 +0000

The alternative is to shoot on the backlot and soundstages, like the 80’s and 90’s films but then you end up with a “city” that consists of just a couple of blocks and one main street. Frankly I think you’re nit-picking for the sake of it; films have always used real locations as fictional ones (the fact that the “Russian” railway sequences in Goldeneye were shot less than an hour from where I live in the UK don’t effect my enjoyment of that film) – in this instance it’s only a problem to anally fixated Batman fans who know Chicago well – the millions who’ve seen the film worldwide simply won’t care. Personally I thought the city looked stunning on screen and were I a resident, I’d be proud to see it presented in such a way.

By: vd

vd — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:17:13 +0000

Worst movie i have seen in years, the only redeeming seconds were when heath ledger had speaking parts. Sorry to say but Mr and Mrs Smith was more intriguing. Please tell me what these critics and fans are being paid to defend this huge waste of 3 hours and budget.

By: hafabat

hafabat — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:54:48 +0000

I agree with a lot of what you said, but if you say you liked it being realistic, which is what i liked about the movie, (except for some aspects) you can’t say the city was too dull, because it’s just supposed to be a city. In the animated series it was just a city, so why change that? Burton wanted to make it look gothic and scary, which resulted in it morphing into what you saw in Batman and Robin, and I’ll be very upset if that happens again.

By: A

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:34:28 +0000

The Dark Knight…

was a very BRIGHT movie.

VERY bright.

Heath didn’t scare me at all cause I was so happy from the sun.

And the pretty music.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:05:40 +0000

This reboot of the series aims to inject some much needed gritty realism into Batman, and what better way to do so than making the setting more realistic?

By: batfan

batfan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:59 +0000

So, I guess all “shiny and clean” cities have psychos wearing clown masks robbing their banks, enough mob leaders to fill a room, judges being blown up in cars in broad daylight. and a huge gunfight involving ALL of Gotham’s finest?

First of all, this is quite possibly the dumbest nitpicking (untrue) reason I’ve seen listed — the reason Gotham looks grittier at night than in the day is because ALL cities look like that. Have you ever walked home alone at night in Philadelphia? New York? Camden? Detroit? Chicago? Sure, there’s crime in those cities — but there’s still normal people living there who have to walk around and do business during the day.

Also, why wouldn’t it look cleaner what with Harvey Dent locking up most of its criminals? Haven’t you been paying attention? Did you see the amount of orange clad men on the second boat? Yeah — those guys were prisoners.

By: RandomGuy

RandomGuy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:07:50 +0000

It looks cleaner because a certain vigilante has been doing some cleaning. Why wouldn’t it look cleaner? It was perfect in Begins and it was perfect here. Like everything else in Batman’s universe, it’s open to interpretation on looks so it’s not a flaw in the film, you just keep comparing it to the Gotham that was in Burton’s film. That’s your fault not the movies.