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That Heath ledger dude.

He ... erm .... died last night.

I feel very guilty for being relieved that the movie was complete

bomberesque wrote:I feel very guilty for being relieved that the movie was complete

I thought that too, but it's a shame because I thought he was an ace actor.

So we're not likely to see the Joker again then? Does that mean the next film might have rocket launching penguins like in Tim Burton's version?

They'll probably just get someone else to play the Joker if he crops up again.

IMDb on Heath Ledger wrote:He is by no means one of the greatest actors out of Australia, but in his brief career to date has suggested he could become one, if only he accepts the right role.

Is it wrong to

at the irony? If he pulled off his role in the new Batman film they could post posthumously declare him a top actor, bit like freddie mercury but with less mustache.

Killavodka wrote:
Is it wrong to at the irony? If he pulled off his role in the new Batman film they could post posthumously declare him a top actor, bit like freddie mercury but with less mustache.

Except Mercury was good anyway when he was alive.

k...reviews are pourin in...seems like everyone likes it...alot

I'm going to see it in the IMAX at Waterloo on release weekend, go me! Gonna be awesome.

Bastard, that would be ace. Never seen a normal film at an IMAX cinema, only those weird ones that are purpose-made. I too shall be seeing it at the earliest opportunity, and am very excited.

I saw the opening scene of Star Wars at the one in Bradford. It's what started my interest in the films. Incredible.

Batman…IMAX…Oh Yeah.
July 14th, 2008 by .:|richard|:. · 18 Comments
How The Dark Knight Went IMAX

Reuters

I’ve said it before, and ’ll say it again - You haven’t seen The Dark Knight, unless you’ve seen it in IMAX. OVer 20 minutes of the film was shot with 70mm IMAX cameras, and the result is a cinematic experience like you’ve never seen before. But how did this all come together?

“It was always Chris [Nolan]’s idea, he’s wanted to shoot on IMAX for years,” producer Emma Thomas told us at The Dark Knight junket. “I mean a long long time, has been talking about doing this and then this, when we were talking about where to go with the sequel to Batman Begins and he really wanted to expand the world and make the film feel really huge and it just seemed like the right, finally we had the right project.”

Part of the preparation included a couple test shots on The Prestige, explained Emma Thomas: “We actually, on The Prestige shot, did a couple of shots with the IMAX camera just so that we could get a sense of what the issues were going to be

Nolan originally planned to shoot five of the scenes in IMAX but he kept increasing the use of the cameras through out the production.

“He liked what he was seeing,” says producer Charles Rovan. Thomas adding: “As we went along there was just some shots that just he felt like would be great in IMAX and so we just sort of peppered those, so we definitely an added some, because it just turned out to be much much easier than we thought it would be.

Not that filming using IMAX cameras is necessarily easy. They are big and clunky, and a short load time of two and a half minutes.

“Yes, two and a half minutes. Well, they actually have two cameras, one is even shorter like, one is 30 seconds. And there’s one that’s two and a half minutes,” said Rovan. “We had to modify the arms that we put on the equipment that we attached those IMAX cameras to in order to carry the weight.” MORE

I've booked Imax tickets for this too. I can't fucking wait - I've been waiting for this film to come out for fucking ages now.

Anyone know where IMAX screens showing this in the UK are? I'm not aware of any in the North East, which sucks.

I know we've got an Imax in Birmingham

/unhelpful

Some bloke on another forum I googled wrote:BFI London IMAX Cinema (http://www.bfi.org.uk/imax)
1 Charlie Chaplin Walk
London, SE1 8XR

IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science Centre (http://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/imax.aspx)
50 Pacific Quay
Glasgow, G51 1EA

IMAX Theatre at the National Media Museum (http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/)
Bradford
West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ

Odeon Manchester (http://www.manchesterimax.co.uk/)
6-8 Dantzic St.
Manchester, M4 2AD

Thinktank IMAX (http://www.imax.ac/)
Curzon Street
Birmingham, B4 7XG

Only 5 in the UK, none of which are near me, unless I trek to Bradford (which I might).

I feared that might be the case.

Fairly sure I can't justify a trip that far to see it, although it could make a good 5punky outing. Something for future reference perhaps.

Bradford is shit, but only 30-40 minutes away from you doggers. I know that's a bit excessive for a film but I think I'd travel that.

Mind you sprog pants would benefit from the superior technological setting, it may well be worth it for educational purposes.

Well Anery's from Bradford and I reckon he'd want to see it too, so I might try to arrange an outing.

5punk

The Dark Knight - Batman Begins sequel