2008 July 28 | The Dark Knight Sucks

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Honest Reviews:
- » ^new! Geezers Rip Knight by Jeffrey Wells (Blog: Hollywood Elsewhere, July 30, 2008)
- » ^new! 'The Dark Knight' gets shock therapy by Patrick Goldstein (Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2008)
- » ^new! Ten Reasons Why the new Batman Movie is Overhyped (and won’t stand the test of time) by brightviolet (Blog: Reveries of a Solitary Walker, July 29, 2008)
- » ^new! The Dark Knight = A Negative Batman Review? WTF?! by Dylon Whyte (Blog: Dylon Whyte's Current Thoughts, July 27, 2008)
- » ^recent Cluttered Dark Knight Irony by Sonny Wilkins (Blog: The Sonny Wilkins Chronicle, July 27, 2008)
- » ^recent The Dark Knight Deserves a Jousting Lance to the Throat by Tom Houseman (Blog: Tom Houseman Hates Movies, July 25, 2008)
- » ^recent Is The Dark Knight really the best film ever made? by Steve Rose (The Guardian UK, July 24, 2008)
- » This Knight is too Dark (and long) for me by Chris Tookey (Mail Online, July 24, 2008)
- » Batman - The Dark Knight, revealed by Derek Gendron (Blog: The Derek Gendron weblog, July 24, 2008)
- » The Dark Knight Sucks? (Blog: Absolutely Ridiculous, July 23, 2008)
- » The Dark Knight Was Somewhat Underwhelming (Blog: ToxicVirus, July 22, 2008)
- » The Dark Knight is the Worst Movie of the Year: An Honest Critique by Nathan Fisher (Blog: collected bloggings., July 21, 2008)
- » Past Shock: "The Dark Knight and "WALL-E" by David Denby (The New Yorker, July 21, 2008)
- » Trickster Heaven, Two-Faced Hell: The Dark Knight by Keith Uhlich (Blog: The House Next Door, July 19, 2008)
- » The Dark Knight Movie Sucks by Lila (Forum: Alberta Stars, July 19, 2008)
- » Dark Knight overload (Blog: Behind My Byline, July 18, 2008)
- » The Dark Knight by Mark Savlov (The Austin Chronicle, July 18, 2008)
- » No joke: Batman's latest plods toward predictability by Michael Sragow (Baltimore Sun, July 17, 2008)
- » Movie review: "The Dark Knight" by Stephanie Zacharek (Salon.com, July 17, 2008)
- » This Batman’s weighed down by gravitas by Robert McKay (The Times, July 15, 2008)
- » The Dark Knight by David Fear (TimeOut New York, July 15, 2008)
- » Bat Out of Hell - They don’t make superhero franchises much darker than this. by David Edelstein (New York Magazine, July 12, 2008)
- » The Devin'S Advocate: Holy Hyperbole, Batman by Devin Faraci (Chud.com, June 27, 2008)
- » Christopher Nolan panders to hip, nihilistic tendencies, forgetting that superheroes are also meant to inspire hope by Armond White (New York Press)
- » The Dark Knight by Marshall Fine (Star Magazine)
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Special Effects for Two-Face

Posted on July 28th, 2008 by tdksucks

OK, this was visually well-crafted. Executed perfectly. Visually well-blended. Impressive.
So how come he ended up looking like half an alien from “Mars Attacks”?
It was “too perfect”. I used to do 3D rendering and animation. I pay attention. The problem with a lot of 3D animation (many times referred to as CGI, or Computer Graphics Imaging) [...]

Filed under: Visuals/Effects Tags: burns, cgi, effects, graphics, Harvey Dent, mars attacks, Two-Face | 5 Comments »

Is it in the Cards for Heath? (with Poll)

Posted on July 28th, 2008 by tdksucks

When many people think of Heath Ledger, I would gather the following words come to mind: sympathy, sadness, good actor, gay cowboy. He’s played: a patriot, a drug addict, Casanova, a surfer, a knight, and most recently a deranged psychotic. Regardless of how mediocre “The Dark Knight” was overall, he did succeed in out-shining all [...]

Filed under: Subpar Acting Tags: acting, Borat, dead, gay cowboy, Goodfellas, Hannibal Lecter, Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, knight, Oscar, poll, psychotic, The Joker | 51 Comments »