$66.4 mil for TDK's opening day.

Another boo for the batgrowl. Otherwise, had a lot of fun. Ledger absolutely NAILED and KILLED. Oldman continues to be amazing, loved Eckhart.

TDK sets opening-weekend box office record of $155.34 mil. - Breaking News on CNN.com.
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Loved it!

The batgrowl was a bit much towards the end. Didn't bother me until then.

I don't follow the comic book at all, so I have no idea how close it is to it. It was a beautiful movie as well. Our IMAX screen wasn't "typical" but man it was gorgeous to watch.

Had a hard time sleeping last night too.

I think I was also tensed up during most of the movie, which made it hard to relax.

Really? People don't like Gyllenhaal? I think she was 100 times better than Holmes (and, actually 100 times more attractive.)

It's the end of the weekend... we're still using spoiler tags? I don't think any opinions need to go in them anymore - maybe plot twists still do, though.

I really enjoyed the film. I was riveted the whole time. Ledger made interesting and brave choices and further proved that he left us as he was really getting into his performance groove.

Yeah, ditto, Maggie over Katie. Though ...

I very much enjoyed it, but I think it fell short of the lofty heights of the first. It came together at the end, but lacked the cohesiveness that made Begins so brilliant. Plus, I fund myself thinking half way through, "Geez, this is reminding me of the Saw movies. Oh wait, that's right, Nolan's the Saw guy." While his brand of ever-more-complex clever traps certainly work for the character of the Joker, I felt Nolan put just a little too much of himself into it and it became more about how clever HE could be and less about the movies. Took me out of it and added tot he lack of cohesion as huge chunks of the movie felt like they weren't really serving any other purpose than to be clever. Contrasted with Begins where every moment of the movie served the purpose of the movie it was just weak.

But, as I said, it did come together in the end and overall it was great. Ledger ruled, Dent was great, better towards the end imo.

I never understood the Holmes hate in the first movie. It was a small role and she did a perfectly fine job with it. Gyllenhall bugged me quite a bit compared to Holmes.

Where Begins got 9.5 Girthies out of 10, this one comes in somewhere between 7 and 8.5, pending an eventual rewatch.

More than ever, I'm glad I never saw any of the Saw movies.


I had no idea Christopher Nolan had anything to do with those. Hmm.

The thing that bothered me most about the 89 Burton Batman was that the Joker died. If you grasp the 50 plus year history of the characters you know that when Joker dies, so does Batman because they are each other's direct opposite. So, I'm glad he didn't bite it in this film. For Batman to go on, the Joker needs too also in some way.

Two-Face was fairly accurate, though in the comic he was more of a playboy than what we saw in the film and his motivations didn't involve the death of his girlfriend. Originally, he was just another throwaway villian and he really didn't come into his own until the mid 80's, though he first appeared back in the 50's. In the comics he was scarred by acid. I think in Dark Knight they gave him alot more depth than the comics ever did.

:) Batman 101

I've seen the first 3 Saw movies, and didn't see a resemblance until GD mentioned it. I think it's a stretch, and the closest thing would be the .