[Perdogg]

“Momma Mia” came in second with $28 Million.

[econjack]

I went to the movies last week for the first time in several years. It was a shock! We went to the matinee, which provides the cheapest tickets, bought one medium box of popcorn, and one medium drink. Total cost: $28!

Now...let's see. Spend $28 and see the movie this weekend, or wait three months and rent it for $4. Use the remaining $24 to buy a couple of steaks and a decent bottle of wine. Hmmm...don't think I'll be going to the movies again any time soon.

[CSM]

Lets see if I have this straight. The new iPhone, a $200 item, broke a sales record by selling 1 million units in 3 days. Now, a movie breaks opening weekend records.

Yep, the economy is in dire straights and Americans have no disposable income. Yep, I’ll continue to buy that line......

[chickadee]

People should read THIS ARTICLE before they think of attending or taking their children to see the latest nihilistic dreck from H-wood.

[Ditter]

We took our granddaughter to see this last night. I got to feeling bad and left after about 20 minutes, my husband said I was the lucky one. The granddaughter loved it but you've got to be very young to feel that way about it. Husband said it was about the worst most disjointed impossible to understand movie he ever saw.

[BibChr]

I think HP6 could topple this.

[wbill]

Great movie. Can't recommend it enough.

However - It was very dark, and very heavy. Don't go expecting to see Cesar Romero or Jack Nicholsen wisecracking and prancing around in a funny suit. Heath Ledger finally played the Joker as portrayed in the comics - a psychopathic murderer. Just a really, really bad guy.

Well written, well acted, good effects. Easily the best movie that I've seen in the past couple of years.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

My wife and I saw "The Dark Knight" Friday night, and if you're a hardcore Batman fan (like me) then you're going to really enjoy it. However, it is NOT a kids movie and should have been rated R and not PG-13.

Heath Ledger nailed the Joker, portraying him as a psychopathic, anarchic, terrorist just as he is in the comics. Deinitely not Cesar Romero or Jack Nicholson.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Saw "Dark Knight" on Saturday, and enjoyed it. But, I wasn't enamored of Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker. Psychopathic, yes, murderous, yes, but not manic enough for me. I was impressed with the portrayal of Harvey Dent, though, I think they got that one just right.

What really blew me away was the trailer for "Watchmen" that played before the movie. WOW! Almost every image in the trailer is taken directly from the comic. If Zack Snyder (the director) can do as well keeping the story line intact, then that will be a movie I will go and see again and again.

[SnakeDoctor]

The Dark Knight was a truly great movie. If Ledger doesn’t get an Oscar, it will be a travesty of justice. Ledger’s “Joker” should go down as the best superhero villain in movie history — possibly matched only by Terrence Stamp’s “General Zod” of Superman II. Kevin Spacey’s “Lex Luthor”, Alfred Molina’s “Doc Ock”, and Nicholson’s “Joker” would probably round out the top 5, but lag far behind those two.

Not only that, but I’d place Ledger’s Joker among some of the greatest characters in ALL movies, not just the superhero genre. Ledger managed to pull off truly sadistic and somewhat amusing simultaneously. A great character. I cannot recommend this movie highly enough.

The movie was dark — Ledger was quite creepy — but, other than Harvey Dent’s fire-damaged face, is was not particularly graphic. Not for kids, but pre-teens and teens should be fine.

I am thrilled that someone has finally gotten Batman right.

A+

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[dalereed]

Without those government stimulus checks those people wouldn't have wasted all that money.