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Calvin871989
post Dec 10 2008, 06:27 PM


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The Dark Knight (2008) - Blu-ray Unboxing {Unpacking} [HD QUALITY]


the video above is not me however, me finally got me blu-ray!!! rclxm9.gif


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post Dec 10 2008, 06:56 PM


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awww man one limited edition DVD got the batpod but cost rm180, another limited edition got Batman Mask cover, the two 2-disc special edition are joker cover and batman cover...... damn so tempting donno which to get cry.gif i wan ALLLLL
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calvin where u got urs? I cant decide which edition to take LOL sweat.gif
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http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Note-To-Awa...eril-11216.html

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Note To Awards Givers: Ignore The Dark Knight At Your Peril

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The year isn’t over, but best of 2009 awards and nominations are already being handed out. If like everyone, you’re a Dark Knight fan, things aren’t looking good. So far, it’s been a near total shut-out (with far too few exceptions like the Critics Choice Awards) for Nolan’s record-breaking superhero masterpiece, as other movies and other actors were awarded by early honoring critics and given the top places on their top whatever lists. The shutting out of the year’s best film reached its zenith this morning, when the Golden Globe nominees were announced, and except for a single Heath Ledger nomination The Dark Knight was left off.

Instead of nominating the year’s best reviewed, most loved movie the Golden Globes honored movies which no one really cares about. Movies which have received solid, but not spectacular reviews and which are for the most part, good but not great. In another year ignoring a movie like The Dark Knight might be justifiable. In 1977 for instance, the Academy honored Annie Hall instead of Star Wars. They were wrong, but at least you could make a case for giving the award to one of the industry’s most talented directors at the very height of his powers. This year there is no Annie Hall, in fact this year’s collection of Oscar hopefuls, aside from The Dark Knight, are decidedly mediocre. Apologies to The Reader, but you’re no Annie Hall.

Call me and the other 99% of moviegoers who love this movie biased if you want, but this is more than just our opinion. It’s also the opinion of many of the people leaving it out of their awards. Shortly before its debut in theaters, critics were hailing it as one of the best movies ever made, a life changing experience. It is, for a fact, one of the very best reviewed movies of the year. According to RottenTomatoes it has received a higher percentage of positive reviews than literally any of the other movies nominated in the Best Picture category by the half-mad Golden Globes… and it’s done that in spite of being much more widely reviewed. It’s more than just the year’s best movie, it’s also almost unquestionably going to be the year’s most influential. Like Star Wars before it, The Dark Knight is fast becoming the new mold from which all future movies will be poured. Its impact, its influence on cinema will be felt for decades to come.

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The Golden Globes are the Golden Globes, a vague entity run by a strange and mysterious European shadow organization which no one seems to understand. It sucks that they’ve decided to ignore The Dark Knight but they can get away with it, they’re the Golden Globes and they never make sense anyway. They have that luxury. Film critics: You don’t. Ignore The Dark Knight at your peril.

Film critics can no longer afford to champion pet films which no one has ever seen, at the expense of what even they have to know is probably the better film. Here’s why: They’re all about to be out of a job. Most end of year critics awards are the product of voting almost exclusively by print film critics. Few awards committees recognize the opinions of online reviewers, so most of the time when you see these awards announcements they’re all the result of voting from newspaper writers. Newspaper film critics who, by the way, are increasingly becoming extremely unemployed. If American newspapers are in trouble then American newspaper reviewers are in double trouble. There are many theories as to why this is happening, Roger Ebert came up with some good ones here. But at least part of the problem is that increasingly, people are turning away from the old media film critic and turning to places like Cinema Blend for their film related discussion and opinion. Why? Because they feel those critics are out of touch.

For print critics, a vote against The Dark Knight is a vote for your own irrelevancy. It’s a vote for the unemployment line. It’s a conscious choice to ignore a cultural phenomenon in favor of pushing some undeserved indie-film agenda over a movie which people have already seen. I’m not saying some of these smaller films aren’t good. They are. Milk for instance, deserves every bit of the praise it’s getting and there’s still room to give it some love right alongside TDK. Right now though, Dark Knight isn’t even in the conversation. That’s a travesty, one which must be corrected before it’s time to start talking Oscars. In any year, but especially in this, a particularly weak year, there’s nothing out there which compares to The Dark Knight. It must transcend your petty big box office biases since it has already changed the way we think about movies forever. It’s more than the best movie of the year, it’s one of the best movies ever made. Snub it and there will be consequences.



lets see what LYN forumers has to say...

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"Its not about the Awards/nominations, Its about Sending the Messages....everything Burns" (Burns THOSE Awards statues!!!)

Hm...well its not the first time and its not just TDK has been shut off, other stars/movies have it too.

But Movies make out legend of their own, not the nominations or Awards....if they ever win any, its just a bonus for their long time Legendary in the future.
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post Dec 12 2008, 09:08 PM


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i kinda miss this movie...
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QUOTE(Travies @ Dec 12 2008, 09:08 PM)
i kinda miss this movie...
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i still remember how lyn forumers were going crazy over this movie when it was a couple weeks/days away before it got released in cinema's but you cant see that today as all the hype and fun was already over few months back... sigh sad.gif cry.gif

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Howard: 'Ledger Should Win Golden Globe'

Movie star Terrence Howard insists tragic actor Heath Ledger should win a Golden Globe Award, no matter what, in January.

Ledger was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor prize on Thursday for his portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight - and Howard is sure he'll win.

And if he doesn't, the Crash star feels the award should be donated to the dead star's family.

Howard, who was among the stars announcing the 2009 Golden Globe nominees, tells HollyScoop.com, "I'm sure he will (win). Even if someone else won in his category, if I had won in that category, I would give it to his family because he truly had the best performance.

"He gave more than I have seen any other actor give, he brought a new light. How do you step into Jack Nicholson's shoes? How do you do that and stretch that? He stretched Jack Nicholson's shoes."


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smile.gif <- you've put a smile on my face Terrence Howard notworthy.gif


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the hype is still here for me!!!! going to rent it tonight, and watch it with some friends over some pizza and booze...

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im still waiting for my copy of dvd to arrive approx at jan sad.gif

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I'm planning to purchase the dvd. Which version is better? biggrin.gif
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The Dark Knight sold a record 600,000 Blu-ray Discs in the U.S. on its first day of release on Dec. 9, or about 21% of its total units, according to Warner Home Video.

"We think we will hit 1 million this weekend," said WHV president Ron Sanders. "What's really encouraging about it is that the Blu-ray version did exceptionally well across the board. It wasn't just selling in Best Buy or Wal-Mart, but also it did well in grocery and game stores. It was surprising to us just how well it did."

Prior to The Dark Knight, the best Blu-ray Disc performer was Paramount Home Entertainment's Iron Man, which moved 260,000 high-def copies on its first day on sale Sept. 30, and 500,000 units in its first week.

This year's highest-grossing film, The Dark Knight, which generated $530 million in U.S. theatrical ticket sales, moved about 3 million copies in both standard and high-def in the U.S. on its first day of release.

The movie's 21% Blu-ray Disc share of sales easily tops the average 10% portion that was generated from releases in the format earlier this year.
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Clip from The Office :
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http://www.joblo.com/tdk-a-hit-on-blu-ray

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We kinda all knew this was going to happen but today Warner Bros. made it official - THE DARK KNIGHT is the best-selling Blu-ray disc of all time. After one week. The DARK KNIGHT Blu-ray sold over 1 million copies in the US in its first week of release and over 1.7 million worldwide. IRON MAN held the previous record of 400,000 in its first week. By contract, TDK sold 600,000 copies in its first day. So for all those who say that Blu-ray won't last, these numbers seem to disagree. While it's not on par with the 13 million standard DVDs of THE DARK KNIGHT that were sold, expect the number of Blu-ray discs moved in 2009 to increase with many picking up discounted Blu-ray players for the holidays this year. Warner Bros. also added that 300,000 people activated their digital copy of THE DARK KNIGHT that was included on the Special Editions. That copy is viewable on your PC (only in standard format, not HD) and allows you to watch THE DARK KNIGHT and surf for porn on the same screen. Nerd heaven.


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My first ever Blu-Ray title. And wat an awesome choice ! rclxms.gif

I got the Blu-Ray on Wednesday, watched it last night... and I can say this...

The Blu-Ray DARK KNIGHT kicks ass !!! rclxms.gif

Fantastic quality... but...

1. Sometimes, the dialouge is quite soft (music is clear)
2. IT IS noticable that IMAX scenes are pin-sharp clear as opposed to certain scenes. But the other scenes are crisp as well.
3. The dark scenes are rendered brilliantly, but there are times when it could be just a little bit better. But it is still stunning.


Overall :

1. It was an experience - from the bank robbery to the fight scenes to the Joker hanging upside-down
2. Stunning quality through and through.

Verdict :

A Must-buy Blu-Ray Title...




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post Dec 20 2008, 01:22 PM


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got myself a copy of dark knight DVD double disc, joker cover biggrin.gif

both limited edition dvd (the mask and motor) looks ugly la, with those plastic box, summore price is damn expensive, just another marketing gimmick tongue.gif
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blu-ray player too ex sad.gif
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QUOTE(blademaster @ Dec 20 2008, 08:44 PM)
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ya...sad.gif
have no choice but to get the dvd 1...
but then still waiting for amazon.....late jan man sad.gif
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I already have the Dark Knight Full HD 1080p with DTS 5.1, the movie is damn good.
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QUOTE(blademaster @ Dec 20 2008, 08:44 PM)
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Get a PS3 ! Grab a Spore version for RM1490 !


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Does anyone feel Batman's mask is a little ugly? Especially when looked face to face. Looks like some fat head.


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