Chicagoist: The Dark Knight Triumphs and Disturbs

matty

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:48:47 -0600

ap can stfu. I love seeing Chicago in movies. TO people do as well...so do new yorkers! Everyone loves seeing home on the big screen...just a fact.

Prescott Carlson

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:21:54 -0600

Wait, there's a new Batman movie?

Tankboy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:16:52 -0600

Yr all lucky I'm a TMBG fan who had Lincoln as one of their top new albums Junior year of high school.

mikely1

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:13:23 -0600

The yellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned The ardor of arboreality is an adventure we have spurned, we've spurned A new leaf overturned It's a new leaf overturned

ThisGuy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:43:50 -0600

Beneath the waves, the waves and that's where I will be I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea

Albanyparkour

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:43:40 -0600

Stephanie: Damen and Chicago. I'm sure that rings a bell. Fancy running into you online young lady. "What doesn't kill you only makes you...stranger"

Albanyparkour

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:36:42 -0600

Two stories, back to back, about 15 minutes of an hour show essentially devoted to actual local news. A movie shot here last year isn't news, it's bordering on a commercial. Look, I'm a civic booster. I love this city and I love seeing movies shot here. But come now, take the Chicagoist's own advice "act like you've been here before". The "Gee-whiz, they is makin' a Moo-Vee" makes me think cow-town. The 848 thing may have irked me more than anything else because of how AWFUL their movie critic on there is. They host sounded like she wanted to choke him for rambling about 70 year old movies and "morphological chicago".

StephanieSays

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:31:44 -0600

Albany: I know you? Who are you? Why so serious?

ThisGuy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:25:13 -0600

I'm goin' down to Cowtown, the cow's a friend to me lives beneath the ocean, and that's where i will be

matilda

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:18:37 -0600

Albany: That's because Chicago is a small Midwestern town at heart, and has all the insecurities one would expect. Have you not realized this yet? How long have you been in Chicago? I don't think that's bad or good, the small-town thing, but that is the reason.

Tankboy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:09:43 -0600

Albanyparkour, I can't really see how public media running stories acknowledging a movie being set in its own community is apoplectic.

Albanyparkour

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:02:00 -0600

There's one thing that bugs me a bit. It's how crazy people go for seeing Chicago...in...a...movie! 848 this morning had two segments of fawning about Chicago locations in films. We're a world class city with a huge variety of neighborhood with a government that's all but hung out a 'for sale' sign. What's not to love! Granted, I hate seeing another movie set in New York as much as anyone, but it makes me feel very cow-town to see all the apoplexy that goes on over Chicago-set films.

matty

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:50:30 -0600

ok...dunnuh dunnuh dunnuh BATMAAAAAN!

Tankboy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:39:26 -0600

O.K. folks, let's try to steer any discussion back the the movie, huh?

Albanyparkour

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:37:12 -0600

Oh Jenny, let's get together and make beautifully confused bi-racial children who self-hate and self-love forever and always!

jennyblur

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:34:20 -0600

Albany: Me too. I was joking (sort of). I pretty much think Stephy is too good for everyone. But seriously. Stay away from her.

Albanyparkour

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:27:10 -0600

Jennyblur: It's because I'm a racist isn't it? I already know Stephanie actually. It's a joke. I'd say lighten up, but I'm sure you'd find a way to racialize that comment with your perpetually offended mindset.

matilda

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:16:32 -0600

Are their creepy old men on blogs, too? I just thought they were on the Red Line. This actually sounds like an interesting movie, and I have a strong dislike of anything that comes from comic books.

jennyblur

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:11:14 -0600

Albany: She is waaay to good for you.

Albanyparkour

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:06:33 -0600

Stephanie: Is it ok if I say that I'm developing something of a crush on you?

groggy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:59:22 -0600

from nytimes: "With his eyes dimmed and voice technologically obscured, Mr. Bale, who’s suited up from the start, doesn’t have access to an actor’s most expressive tools."

StephanieSays

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:57:59 -0600

Tankboy, let me tell you how I got this scar.

Tankboy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:47:09 -0600

Oh, here it is: Q. What's the deal with Christian Bale's ultra-deep Batvoice? Does he use a special machine? A: Bale: "I don't have the sound decoder on me right now. In fact, I haven't heard myself speak in my own voice for two years. Whenever I'm working on a project I maintain the accent of that character. Now I'm doing a character that has a South Carolina accent. But I'd love to take a break. I just need to sound like me." [S-T]

Tankboy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:42:23 -0600

You know, I saw an interview that asked that question and he didn't really answer it, I don't think.

jennyblur

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:38:29 -0600

DOes anyone else suspect that there is some voice modulation going on post-production with Christian Bale's "Batman" voice? I just re-watched Batman Begins and I too found the bark distracting...I don't think it is his actual voice without effects.

Tankboy

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:19:43 -0600

StephanieSays, fucking SUPER creepy, huh?

mich

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:19:10 -0600

Heath Ledger - fantastic. Creepiest thing Ive ever seen. Bravo.

StephanieSays

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:18:35 -0600

Anyone want to watch me make this pencil disappear?