Well, the Dark knight is just around the corner and I feel the Buzz in the air. I really believe the Knight will take the box office by storm and will hold the record for some time, atleast untill Spidey makes his appearence in 2010. Iron Man being my Favorite so far of the year and possible the best Superhero movie ever made to date, really stands no chance to the Bat, already advance ticket sales have surpassed Iron Man. There is still a week left and all of the midnight showings are selling out at over 1,500 theaters. Some theaters are adding 3am shows to meet these demands, some with even a 6am pre-opening show.
This is all not that hard to believe with all the intrenet viral ads, having fans scrambling for hours to decoded messages that only tell you that the movie is coming and watch for certain charaters in the film. Mind you I thought it was pretty cool with all the time and money spent.
An online version of the fictional newspaper "The Gotham Times" arrived and was followed by numerous websites, including a defaced Joker version of the paper called "HA HA HA Times". After the bevy of new websites came online and messages started appearing where the result was to wait a number of days, most of us lost the ability to keep track of everything going on.Well a few hardcore fans have been keeping track and they've got one hell of reward - they're now members of Joker's army.
On December 3rd a new page appeared at whysoserious.com/steprightup with a hammer game and some teddy bear toys. Each toy had an address on it located in a number of cities around the US. The note on the game told people to go to that address and say their name was "Robin Banks" (get it, "Robbing Banks") and they'd get something there. It was first come, first serve, and each location was a bakery. What they were given was a cake with a phone number written on it. Now here's the best part: inside the cake was an evidence bag (complete with Gotham City Police printing) that contained a cell phone, a charger, a Joker playing card and a note with instructions.
The note read the following:"Wow. You really took the cake! Now put the icing on it. Call [number] immediately from this phone and this phone only. Do not give this phone number to anyone else.Let's hope your fellow goons come through as well as you. Once all the layers are in place, you'll all get your just desserts. I'm a man of my word."
When the person called the number, a lady answered from Rent-a-Clown to thank the caller. Apparently she said she knew who the caller was and then after hanging up, they received a text message. It read:"Good work, clown! Keep this phone charged and with you at all times. Don't call me. I will call you … eventually."If you can believe it, the Joker now has real, live people recruited to his army sitting with a phone awaiting his call.
With the passing of Heath Ledger this movie will definately be set in history. Past writers, director and actors have all said that Ledger really brought the Joker to life, the way he brought him to the screen is how they always invisioned the Joker to be, PSYCOTIC. Ledger himself once said during an interview after shooting a full day that it was draining on him playing this roll but wouldnt give it up for anything. When he was first casted to do the job I really didnt think he would pull it off but after the 6 minute trailer before the opening for I Am Legend I was absolutely blown away. There was dead silence when the trailer finished and a 2 second appearence of the Batman symbol...all I herd was my girlfriend say "holy shit, I want to see that" and the theater exploded in cheers.
Honestly not a big DC fan and I thought the other Batmen from the 90's and early 2000 were really corny and the way they would always change who would play him was stupid, I think the charater has been done justice and will bring a good name back to the Justice League.
I will update this blog or even start a new one after actually seeing the movie.
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