Why "The Dark Knight" Sucks…

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 [...]

Only ONE Gripe?

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, [...]

Alfred's Role in Mystic River

Believe it or not, Alfred, played by Michael Caine, had a role in “Mystic River”: in the end, he’s in drag (or was that Laura Linney?) and gives the same sort of speech to Sean Penn that he gave to Bruce Wayne, played by Christian Bale, repeatedly throughout his brief cameo walk-ins for “The Dark Knight”.  His repeated [...]

Release The Hounds

In “Batman Begins”, Christian Bale is shown to be skillful and powerful enough to hold his own against multiple dangerous opponents, including skilled ninja-types.  Although the fight scenes could have been more clear in BB, they were still engaging and entertaining.  So how come in “The Dark Knight” all it takes to bring Batman down [...]

Apparently Batman Gargles Rocks

I loved “Batman Begins”, it was an excellent reboot of a series that seriously needed it.  I remember when I was a teenager and went to see the first Tim Burton Batman movie, I was floored at how good it was, and it didn’t get unseated until “Batman Begins”.
When Christian Bale roughed his voice a [...]