Critic Review - About.com

Plodding, puffed-up kitsch mistaking itself for profound psycho noir that the source material won't support.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: About.com | Comments (168)
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deltar

johnny moon

HA! This guy thinks Burton's Batman was better. He thinks Nicholson portrated the Joker better than Ledger! This review is a joke.

Jul 16 - 07:13 AM

BuddyGroove

Robert Stottlemyer

Is this guy from New York too?

Jul 16 - 07:15 AM

MovieSamurai

j _

This guy is from New York! Checked the Facebook posted by "Dawn" (mad props)

Jul 16 - 07:27 AM

dawn is coming

lydia picknell

that's what i'm here for. :)

Jul 16 - 07:31 AM

deltar

johnny moon

So what if he's from NY? Do New Yorkers not like Batman? Is it because Gotham was based off of NYC, and both places are dumps?

Jul 16 - 07:32 AM

MovieSamurai

j _

This is coming from the fact that most of the negative reviews here have been from New York Based critics: New York Magazine, Time Out New York etc.

Jul 16 - 07:40 AM

Superman4ever

Omar El

Yup. This idiot is based in NY!

http://jurgenfauth.com/about-me/

WTF is with NY?

Jul 16 - 10:56 AM

dawn is coming

lydia picknell

i have returned

have fun, boys....

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Jul 16 - 07:18 AM

B-Rock 19

Brian Hendrich

"Heath Ledger%u2019s Joker, a sadistic freak with curious facial ticks, is the most compelling person on screen, but tragedy or not, he can%u2019t beat Jack Nicholson dancing in the pale moonlight to a Prince track."

And that's how I know that you don't have a clue what you are talking about. I felt like the hate directed at the other bad reviewers was completely over the top and out of line, but saying something that idiotic proves you simply do not understand Batman or the Joker at all. This should not even count as a review, just the ramblings of an idiot.

Jul 16 - 07:21 AM

alliebean

Allison Roepsch

This guy's a jurk.

Jul 16 - 07:22 AM

bingcrosbyb

Dan Van

Why does he look like he's in a wind tunnel in his picture?

Jul 16 - 07:22 AM

Elyk988

Kyle Hogan

Wow, uh no fkin way was Nicholson better than Ledger! I have seen the movie, there is no comparison! Get a different job you hack critic.

Jul 16 - 07:23 AM

jhawkin1

Jim Hawkins

This guy is a terd, let him rot. Lets burn him at the stake!

Jul 16 - 07:23 AM

Rio14

Jimmy Rio

Burton, don't get me wrong did a good job, but he copied the hippie Batman series from the 60's to be a little more modern. So it was the Sweeney Todd version without singing, in other words too theatrical. The Dark Knight is realistic and the real approach to the original comics. While the Adam West version was made for kids,the Dark Knight is the true Batman put on screen. So critics shouldn't say that they don't like it because it's too serious because Batman is supposed to be serious from the very beginning.

Jul 16 - 07:23 AM

toombzie

Say My Name

haha another one from the new york film critics group. it's a conspiracy!!! and he gave it a 1 star out of 5. it must be one of the worst movies of the year! i'm selling my IMAX tickets this group has convinced me.

Jul 16 - 07:24 AM

dbask25

David Not Telling

He didn't like Begins either. If you liked Begins (which I did a lot), don't worry about this guy's complaints. With that said, he is entitled to his opinions.

Jul 16 - 07:25 AM

Spirit Bear

Martin Tam

agreed. I think he just did not like the darkness of this movie. He should stick to other more light-hearted fun movies

Jul 16 - 08:24 AM

illmatic84

Amol Bhusari

Please don't post spoilers in your review!

***!

Jul 16 - 07:25 AM

arendr

Arend Anton

This review is obviously satirical. At least it seems that way to me.

Jul 16 - 07:26 AM

Xihix

Xihix Poops

Kill yourself, ******.

Jul 16 - 07:26 AM

Varun K R

Varun K R

This site deserves a better class of critics... and we hoped u'd give it to them. Now that u've made such a pathetic review, why don't we cut you into pieces and feed you to the pooches, will that be fun, eh?
No offence, anyone! Just reproduced what Ledger might have said if he'd have read this review!!

Jul 16 - 07:29 AM

manugon

Manuel Gonzalez

%u201CThis site deserves a better class of critic%u201D hahaha classic.

Jul 16 - 07:34 AM

manugon

Manuel Gonzalez

This review contains a huge unmarked spoiler. I think everybody knows it by now, but it's still another proof the guy's an idiot.

Jul 16 - 07:29 AM

TheJ0k3r

Rod Benson

Wow that was a really bad review... you don't understand that Nolan isn't trying to be a schmuck and continuing the crap that Burton made. He's taking a different path, going back to the original comics that were dark.

Jul 16 - 07:29 AM

TheJ0k3r

Rod Benson

Turd-face only has 153 friends

Jul 16 - 07:31 AM

PennsylvaniaJames

Tory Pinto

Burton's Batman was better?? What are you smoking? Burton's movies have aged horribly. You might be the only person on the planet to give this movie a dismal rating Fauth. How are you a professional?

Jul 16 - 07:33 AM

jawarnerbro3131

joe warner

wow you prefer campy s###! people suck

Jul 16 - 07:35 AM

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