I got a New Year for my birthday
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sff_corgi_ljNot in the sense that it's a new year for me, although I suppose it is - but it's Rosh Hashana.
Anyway, Debbie took me to see The Dark Knight (out December 9th, widescreen and special edition, please?) and OMG I am so glad I got to see it in the cinema first, because I have not had a movie buzz like that in a LONG time. Skyhook! Joker mayhem! They actually made me flinch! (I also knew what sort of twists were coming often well before Debbie did - I'm not sure it's because of what Blade said, that I've got an internalised feel for movie pacing, or because I've been in that universe for so long, I have an uncomfortable grasp of the Joker's modus operandi.)
Harvey Dent's makeup wasnot half brilliant (it's a reflex, I swear). I have never seen such extraordinary digital work before, and I am in awe. Curious realisation, though - one shot made me remember that when the boat blew up when I was almost-7, just the one side of my face was burned, right up to the midline, because of the way I was angled to the blast. I had a lot more bandaging, though. And oddly, right this moment, I can't remember if it was the left or the right side. However, nobody was lost, it didn't explode on purpose, and most seven-year-olds have an underdeveloped sense of long-term vengeance, so I never identified with Harvey.
You can see I'm trying to avoid blatant spoilage here. I have likely failed. But it's your fault if you haven't been reading the comics. ;)
Skyhook!! WOOT!
Oh, what else - oh yes, I found I have what may be an uncanny ability to recognise an Armani suit when I see one. Or are they really that obvious? There is something utterly cool about a print ad that reads:
...with this quote in the press releases:
I think they're being sneaky with Barbara Gordon (Jr). They were playing her like a purloined letter - never quite showing her to us, but teasing. The Gordon kids are awfully young still, so if they are going to work Barbara into the Nolan Batmans, I can't imagine how they're going to fiddle with ages and time-passage.
Did anybody else notice Keith Szarabajka?
Did anybody else realise that the mayor of Gotham was Batmanuel? (Sometimes my joke fuse is very, very long or slowburning. I may have to giggle for an hour straight now.) (And yes, the eyes are naturally like that without makeup. Depp, eat your heart out.) ...did they do that on purpose?
Anyway, it's a fantastic movie, and I haven't got that wound up, that tense, that stomach-tingling for so long... heh. I thought the first one was great. Let's see if this one actually manages to pull an Oscar for a genre movie (for Heath Ledger).
Then we went back to Debbie's house and she stuffed me full of some very good roast chicken, and let me read chunks of the internet to her while she cleaned up. ;)
Monday I got to try to play catch-up on some bloggish stuff, wash dogs because after all that's been done here so far, I STILL have fleas around; and schlep my laundry over to Mrs Cummings's house because my dryer is broken and my washing machine only runs one temperature of water at a time. I had too much backlogged laundry for various reasons. It was there that I had serendipitous birthday cake. :) In-between, I got to talk to Rhiannon, who has just ventured into the blogosphere... so be nice to her. ;)
Thank you, those who expressed early birthday wishes. I don't expect much today except rain, but that keeps the house cool, so I do not object.
Anyway, Debbie took me to see The Dark Knight (out December 9th, widescreen and special edition, please?) and OMG I am so glad I got to see it in the cinema first, because I have not had a movie buzz like that in a LONG time. Skyhook! Joker mayhem! They actually made me flinch! (I also knew what sort of twists were coming often well before Debbie did - I'm not sure it's because of what Blade said, that I've got an internalised feel for movie pacing, or because I've been in that universe for so long, I have an uncomfortable grasp of the Joker's modus operandi.)
Harvey Dent's makeup was
You can see I'm trying to avoid blatant spoilage here. I have likely failed. But it's your fault if you haven't been reading the comics. ;)
Skyhook!! WOOT!
Oh, what else - oh yes, I found I have what may be an uncanny ability to recognise an Armani suit when I see one. Or are they really that obvious? There is something utterly cool about a print ad that reads:
...with this quote in the press releases:
"As a Giorgio Armani Hand Made-to-Measure client, Bruce Wayne is demonstrating his status as a discriminating and sophisticated connoisseur of fine fashion, while also showing he has individual taste," said Armani.[Joss] I LOVE me some immersion. [/Joss] Mind you, sticking the logo and the movie title on it kinda spoils the overall effect, but that's promotions for you. They still haven't quite learned from Blair Witch.
I think they're being sneaky with Barbara Gordon (Jr). They were playing her like a purloined letter - never quite showing her to us, but teasing. The Gordon kids are awfully young still, so if they are going to work Barbara into the Nolan Batmans, I can't imagine how they're going to fiddle with ages and time-passage.
Did anybody else notice Keith Szarabajka?
Did anybody else realise that the mayor of Gotham was Batmanuel? (Sometimes my joke fuse is very, very long or slowburning. I may have to giggle for an hour straight now.) (And yes, the eyes are naturally like that without makeup. Depp, eat your heart out.) ...did they do that on purpose?
Anyway, it's a fantastic movie, and I haven't got that wound up, that tense, that stomach-tingling for so long... heh. I thought the first one was great. Let's see if this one actually manages to pull an Oscar for a genre movie (for Heath Ledger).
Then we went back to Debbie's house and she stuffed me full of some very good roast chicken, and let me read chunks of the internet to her while she cleaned up. ;)
Monday I got to try to play catch-up on some bloggish stuff, wash dogs because after all that's been done here so far, I STILL have fleas around; and schlep my laundry over to Mrs Cummings's house because my dryer is broken and my washing machine only runs one temperature of water at a time. I had too much backlogged laundry for various reasons. It was there that I had serendipitous birthday cake. :) In-between, I got to talk to Rhiannon, who has just ventured into the blogosphere... so be nice to her. ;)
Thank you, those who expressed early birthday wishes. I don't expect much today except rain, but that keeps the house cool, so I do not object.
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Date: 2008-09-30 10:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-30 10:56 am (UTC)I commented on that, too. Did you notice that they only listed her as "Gordon's daughter" in the credits? Her name is never used.
Did anybody else realise that the mayor of Gotham was Batmanuel?
Yep. I also wonder if that was done on purpose. Right now Adam West is probably still pissed that none of the new Batman movies will give him a cameo.
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Date: 2008-09-30 02:48 pm (UTC)I give it until the movie-after-next for Batgirl to appear, maybe age about 16.
I didn't notice Batmanuel until Corgi mentioned it just now. I make a BWAH!!! noise of surprise and delight.
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Date: 2008-09-30 05:53 pm (UTC)Very coy. :)
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Date: 2008-09-30 06:00 pm (UTC)Then it took... what, 24 hours for the funny to finally hit the conscious part of my brain....
[breaks out untuned violin section for Adam West] It's called 'respect for the material in retroaction', Mister West.
And that is a truly ill icon.
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Date: 2008-09-30 12:50 pm (UTC)Catherine
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Date: 2008-09-30 03:55 pm (UTC)Sorry about the fleas. I'm fighting them too. Oi. Not fun.
Glad you got to see Dark Knight. I was a little unsure going in, since there was so much hype, but it really was fantastic. And this is the first Joker to really make me laugh in a couple of parts ("Ta da!" and the bit with the remote). I felt really bad about laughing, but I did anyway. I felt like this was finally a version of the Joker that made some kind of internal sense.
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Date: 2008-09-30 06:04 pm (UTC)It was the ticks (not Patrick Warburton or anybody either) that really worried me the most.
Especially after reading some production-notes articles, I really trust Christopher Nolan. I mean... they really blew up a building for this. WOO!
A Joker that makes sense?!
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Date: 2008-09-30 04:36 pm (UTC)(I'd pen-y-hapus you, but my keyboard would tangle itself irreparably)
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Date: 2008-09-30 06:05 pm (UTC)[passes him a cupcake anyway]
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