Heath Ledger didn’t just play The Joker, he was The Joker.
Apart from The Dark Knight being in my opinion the overall best comic book movie to come out in probably the last forever there’s lots more reasons to be happy that it’s so successful. There is nothing in that movie for kids, it’s darker than any 12A movie ever released. After seeing that film I don’t think a typical 12 year old would take too much away from the experience other than confusion and horrible nightmares of some guy in clown makeup trying to cut their face off. But the main reason why it’s good that TDK has grossed the GDP of a small country is that it paves the way for more darker comic book movies in the future. Which leads me to the next bit of cool…
Darren Aronofsky is apparently making a new Robocop - It’s such a strange combination but I quite like most of his films so this should be interesting if nothing else… What’s also weird is that Aronofsky was in line to do Batman Begins before the Nolan’s got it but was also making cool art/cult films before now seemingly trying to reboot a major comic book (in this case heavily inspired) adaptation. They should continue with the contemporary social satire of the original….but less of the, admittedly hilarious “Robocop is basically the story of Jesus Christ” parallels that are mentioned in the audio commentary of the dvd.
Now Robocop movies were never triple A to begin with but it better be Robocop for adults and not any of this fun loving shite that they went with on the last few, when I think of Robocop I think of that scene in the original where the ED-209 goes apeshit in the board room and shoots some dude like 57 million times….and then in the directors cut he shoots him some more. Any sort of violence on that level is absolutely fine, it doesn’t really even have to be over the top Verhoeven-esque, just as long as it’s satisfying and makes you feel slightly uneasy for a while. It all bodes well though because Requiem For A Dream did make anyone who watched it feel uneasy for about an entire week after they saw it.
I’ve had no money to buy any new games recently due to my eternal post-graduation job hunt, but everyone should play/get Braid by any means possible. Just read some of the review quotes on that page to convince thyself.
Yeah…somebody forgot to tell the new Lara Croft model that in promotional shots for the new Tomb Raider game she should definitely NOT do this. Here’s a video of her talking about herself with unintentionally funny extreme closeup towards the end.
That’s about it, I need to go wash my eyes after seeing that Lara Croft photo again.
Chris