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Locke e Alpert: scene dal set

Francesca — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:10:05 +0000

Arrivano le prime notizie riguardanti alcune scene, che potrebbero riguardare l'episodio 5.03 di Lost. Darkufo afferma, infatti, che nel set erano presenti Terry O’quinn (Locke) e Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert).

Di seguito riportiamo la descrizione della scena...

Terry O’quinn e Nestor Carbonell erano in fuga da uomini armati. Si trattava di una sparatoria che coinvolgeva Locke e Alpert mentre correvano attraverso l’isola con l’intenzione di raggiungere una roccia con "un'incavatura" di forma quadrata.

Alpert recupera durante la corsa, un "aggeggio" che utilizzerà in quella roccia e in quel "buco" per scoprire in che anno è.

Inoltre un'utente di Darkufo racconta le seguenze di un'altra scena che riguarda questa volta Locke, dopo il continua vi trascriviamo la scena...

Una mia amica che lavora a Waimea Falls Park mi ha raccontato di queste riprese di qualche giorno fa.

Ha visto Locke su un albero di banano. Era legato a un'imbracatura per stunt, era appeso all'albero con la faccia contro il tronco. Sembrava che stesse cercando di scalare l'albero.

All'improvviso, qui la parte più bella, qualcuno gli spara ad una coscia.

Sulla scena era impegnata anche la controfigura di Locke. Nestor Carbonal era presente nel set, ma non posso dire con sicurezza la sua partecipazione alle riprese.

Poco lontano dal set dove stavano girando, c'era un piccolo aereo Cessna precipitato.

Review: The Dark Knight (Haris)

Exodiac — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:08:16 +0000

	BATMAN : THE DARK KNIGHT (http://www.exodiac.com/movies/reviewdetail.php?id=EMR0000571)
	Pemain :	Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts, Anthony Michael Hall, Nestor Carbonell, Melinda McGraw, Nathan Gamble, Michael Jai White
	Reviewer :	Haris
	Kategori :	Action, Crime, Drama
Review :
Saya pada awalnya ingin mengklaim jika 'The Dark Knight' adalah film tentang superhero terbaik yang pernah saya tonton. Tapi saya menimbang ulang perspektif tersebut, karena setelah saya fikir-fikir tidak ada yang super tentang Batman. Dia hanya seorang manusia tangkas yang cerdas, ulet dan dibantu dengan kekayaan yang luar biasa untuk menciptakan gadget yang mampu mengakomodir kebutuhan kegiatan 'malam'-nya. Lantas kalau bukan film tentang superhero, ini film tentang apa ya? Yang saya dengar 'The Dark Knight' memicu provokasi akan subgenre yang bernama comic-book-movie. Saya sebenarnya kurang paham tentang istilah itu. Mungkin nanti saya periksa di Wikipedia, itu juga kalau sudah ada. Menurut saya 'The Dark Knight' terlalu kompleks untuk dikotakkan pada satu titik saja, sebagian drama, sebagian aksi dan mengandung unsur-unsur psikologis yang kental. Cerita merupakan sambungan langsung dari 'Batman Begins'. Bruce Wayne mulai menekuni dengan serius kegiatan malamnya, sementera masyarakat terbelah antara mendukung dan menentang. Begitu juga dengan pihak kepolisian. meski telah benyak membantu, sekutu yang ia bisa andalkan cuma (bakal) Komisaris Gordon (Gary Oldman). Sementara itu seorang Jaksa Wilayah bernama Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart)-yang bagi siapa saja yang pernah membaca komiknya bakal tahu itu siapa-tengah memgusut dunia hitam di Gotham, sisa-sisa yang ditinggalkan oleh Falcone sebelumnya. Harvey sendiri bekerjasama dengan Rachel Dewes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, menggantikan Katie Holmes) asisten sekaligus kekasihnya. Sementara itu, seorang kriminal kecil bernama Joker memasuki Gotham dan memulai eksperimennya dengan kekacauan terhadap komunitas Gotham. Intrik Joker inilah yang akan mepertemukan mereka dalam nasib yang akan menentukan masa depan mereka. Saya mengagumi kerangka struktur dunia yang direka Christoper Nolan sebagai sutradara, membawa Batman kedalam multi-dimensi yang dapat direlasikan dengan mudah kepada penonton, sekaligus menghilangkan jarak dengan penontonnya, karena film terasa lebih membumi. Bahkan, dibandingkan 'Batman Begins' film ini mengandung unsur realisme yang lebih kental. Filmnya sendiri berjalan dengan suspensi yang terjaga, dengan kejutan-demi-kejutan yang membuat kita terhenyak di kursi kita. Skrip, yang ditangani secara duet Christoper dengan sudara laki-lakinya Jonathan, menghadrikan ritme yang dinamis, plot yang cerdas dan menghindarkan penyederhanaan konflik dan solusi yang biasa di film-film sejenis dan uniknya juga menyelipkan alegori puitis sarat makna. Gotham adalah seting bagi pertikaian abadi antara kejahatan melawan kebaikan, yang dalam hal ini dipersonifikasi melalui simbol-simbol yang diusung oleh Batman dan his archenemy Joker! Kemunculan Joker sudah diindikasikan melalui akhir 'Batman Begins' sehingga memang sudah dapat diantisipasi kehadirannya. Yang tidak diharapkan, ternyata Heath Ledger, pemeran Joker mutakhir, meniupkan ruh yang luar biasa untuk menghidupkan karakter Joker; cerdas, sadis, sekaligus menggelikan namun loveable. Lho, apakah karakter villain seperti Joker bisa dikatakan loveable? Bisa, Ledger membuktikannya. Dia memang kejam, namun Joker bukanlah karakter psikopat yang gampang dibenci, karena kita menyadari jika Joker sendiri dihadirkan Nolan dengan dimensi yang lebih luas, menghindari tipikal warna hitam dalam karakternya dan elaborasi latar belakang yang lebih subtil sekaligus humanis. Gestur, mimik, intonasi, dan attitude Joker dimanifestasikan dengan sangat sempurna oleh Ledger, sehingga kita teryakinkan jika ia adalah Joker dan Joker itu adalah Ledger. Sayangnya ini menyebabkan jika karakter Joker terasa sangat mendominasi, menyebabkan Christian Bale dan Batmannya terasa termarginalkan, meskipun dia meneruskan dengan persistensi yang kuat sebagai Bruce Wayne yang flamboyan dan Batman yang kelam dan misterius. Aaron Eckhart sendiri tak kalah gemilangnya dalam mencuri perhatian. Dan tentu saja, dengan nama-nama seperti Maggie Gyllenhaal, juga Michael Caine dan Morgan Freeman yang meneruskan peran merekan sebagai Alfred dan Lucios Fox adalah aktor-aktor kuat yang memberi nuasa kuat pula dalam membentuk narasi film ini menjadi lebih solid. 'The Dark Knight' adalah film Batman yang paling kelam sekaligus paling luar biasa. Ia menghadirkan pahlawan dan villain dengan trauma emosionil yang mendalam. Dengan kerangka "superhero" justru Christoper Nolan membawa konflik psikologis ini menjadi sarana dengan elemen fantastis untuk sebuah kontemplasi sederhana; kita hidup dipilihan yang mana?

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Review: The Dark Knight

samunsted — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:52:34 +0000

(Picture from here)

The Dark Knight - *****

Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Nestor Carbonell, Eric Roberts
Director: Christopher Nolan
Screenplay: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan and David Goyer.

So the hype train rolls into town, replete with enormous expectation and a final central performance from a young actor lost in his prime. It comes with the hopes of millions of Batman comic fans and those who have longed hoped to see the full vision of those graphic novels brought to full fruition. It comes with the broken dreams of some who were disappointed by Batman Begins and felt cheated that Darren Aronofsky and Frank Miller never saw their work reach the screen. It comes to these shores with a bandwagon of supporters from across the pond. It comes with ringing endorsements from fans of and haters of the first Nolan instalment and even comes with the true test of quality filmmaking, a negative review from The Daily Mail's Christopher Tookey. So after all is said and done, does Nolan's Dark Knight and Ledger's Joker deliver the goods? In short, damn straight.

I won't spend much time on the plot but essentially you have Batman being joined in his fight against crime by new DA Harvey Dent. The two then take on the crime families of Gotham but fail to realise the threat of a new criminal, The Joker. Meanwhile, Dent is dating and proposing to Rachel Dawes, the love of Batman/Bruce Wayne's life, creating a love triangle to parallel the wider crime story.

That is about as perfunctory a plot summary as I could give you but its important to go into this film not knowing much about what happens. If you alien or at least unfamiliar with the comics, you need to see this without reading much about the film, going along for the ride and being swept up in the epic saga it weaves. If you are a comic reader, the essence of those characters is very satisfyingly captured without being slaveringly holy about the source material. They seem to have struck balances between it being a film to please comic book kids and film fans alike.

Balances is a key element of Nolan's storytelling here. Much of the criticism of the movie, of which there has been reassuringly little, centres on its length. At 152 minutes, its certainly a chunky proposition for the average movie fan but while I would argue that it is slightly overlong, the length serves a specific purpose that makes it hard to criticise. Nolan seems intent to make sure that no character gets short shrift, giving great moments to all the key and peripheral characters in the story, including a couple of touching scenes with Michael Caine's Alfred which finally give his character the hardened yet soft depth we needed. Nolan makes sure that all the character are fully fleshed out and given their time to expand. If that makes the story overlong, its not a problem because he's simply trying to make sure no-one gets left on the sidelines, a problem with so many superhero and comic books movies that become overoccupied with exploring the central hero.

It helps Nolan in achieving a balance between characters that his cast are impeccable. Christian Bale almost ends up playing second fiddle for much of the movie to Ledger's Joker, Aaron Eckhart's Dent and Gary Oldman's Gordon. It becomes an ensemble superhero movie and buys its right to do this by making sure that everyone is as interesting, if not more so, than Batman.

Heath Ledger is taking up much of the acting praise for the film and his work here is pretty spectacular. He twitches and snarls and is plays the Joker much more physically than Jack Nicholson ever attempted. He makes the Joker into a tangible threat on his own, rather than simply a Kingpin of crime syndicate. There are moments where his psychotic nature just pours off the screen and his villainy is never overdone. His plans and schemes all make sense and his coldness towards humanity is portrayed through his brutal treatment of human life. He's a beautifully realised acting creation from Ledger.

Much of the reality that comes from his schemes is facilitated by Nolan and the script from Nolan's brother Jonathan and the story from David Goyer. The script takes its time to make the audience understand that many people, either within the DA or the Gotham police force, are on the payroll of criminals and therefore that plans which require a certain amount of cooperation to be pulled off by the Joker are easily doable. The script is pretty wonderful in itself. The Nolans and Goyers have created a whole new Gotham world, surely party based on the New York of the 1970s, and shoot the city in an entirely different way which recalls most pertinently Michael Mann's Heat. The latter was Los Angeles but its sweeping shots of imposing chrome and glass buildings are strongly recalled by the cinematography here (shooting Chicago incidentally) from long-time Nolan collaborator Wally Pfister. The script makes time for us to understand the system of Gotham, for us to be brought into this real world, a distance from the gothic wonderland of Burton and the cyberpunk crapness of Schumacher. It also deliberately provides an ending which is both bleak and hopeful, a fitting way to close out a Batman film in which the hero is never the clear cut good guy in the way Superman is. Batman, as is said in the film, makes the choices others will not and sometimes this involves him becoming outcast from society in ways he may not deserve but that he accepts as needed for the greater good. Ledger's Oscar nod is almost assured but a script nomination should also follow.

The film is even thematically quite different from Batman Begins in placing Batman within a real context but never losing sight that this is a comic-book movie. This is the other key balance the movie gets so right. Although a crime saga of epic proportions, the film doesn't forget to deliver fantastic action sequences and beautifully- judged moments of humour. For while this delivers a great crime story, it still has a legacy of character and films to live up to or to at least nod to. Of all the previous incarnations, the film most closely resembles the brilliant Animated Series from the early 1990s, most particularly through creating the emotional backdrop of the story and through Ledger's portrayal of The Joker, specifically the maniacal and chilling laugh the young man perfected.

Although Ledger deserves all the praise he's getting for his Joker, the rest of the cast is absolutely great. Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman bring both the requisite air of gravitas and grounding as well as little touches of knowing humour, making their characters far less one-note than many were for me in Batman Begins. Gary Oldman is wonderful in this one, moving on from the horrible Keystone cop idiocy of the aforementioned first and becoming the Gordon that's needed in the story - heroic and noble but unable to quite fulfil all the requirements of a hero, therefore needing Batman only to facilitate the final parts of his crimefighting. The best we get though are Maggie Gyllenhaal and Aaron Eckhart as Rachel and Harvey Dent respectively. Comic fans will know the partial denouement of Dent and for them I will say that the transformation is incredible, gory and brutal, completely eviscerating anything Tommy Lee Jones achieved. Eckhart plays Dent perfectly, a mixture of explosive anger and heroism, willing to do anything he can to make his city a better place, even placing himself in direct danger a number of times to try and achieve his goal. He also avoids any kind of mugging and the script avoids any horrible overdone references to who he will become in the future. He plays those moments with great subtlety and puts in a superlative performance which should push him further into the A-list. Gyllenhaal gets maybe even more praise for solving a key problem with Batman Begins, Katie Holmes. Holmes never had any kind of presence or playfulness that suggested Bruce Wayne could have any interest in her. Gyllenhaal provides a beautifully realised character portrait of a young woman helping to fight the corrupted system of Gotham while remaining sparky, attractive and human. Her acting alongside Bale and Dent shows why the choice between the two is so difficult avoiding painting the love story as any kind of easy choice for her or the audience. All the depth of the choices she has to make come through in her performance.

The other problem with Batman Begins was the action sequences. To put is bluntly, they simply weren't exciting enough. Problem solved. Not only are the action scenes in this film exciting, they are visually incredible. Through sticking with doing mostly live stunts and only using CGI to facilitate certain moments, the action scenes take on a certain authenticity and manage to make sure you don't lose what's going on as so many terrible CGI-action sequences (Transformers, Hancock) do. The moment hyped in the trailers, the lorry flipping, is far more exciting than you would imagine it would be having already seen it and there is so much more beyond that. Even the quick moments of smaller violence are done with panache and again, that sense of reality, which make them so much more effective than previous Batman incarnations.

Before all this praise becomes too much, there are minor issues to be found here. Eric Roberts as Morrone is woefully miscast. Although the lack of threat he provides works in further pushing the Joker's danger level, his accent is a little wobbly and he just provides too little interest. It's hard to see the largest crime family in Gotham handing the reins to him.

That's about it. There really aren't any problems that could even vaguely spoil your enjoyment of his film unless you have a prejudice against long movies or are a die-hard Schumacher fan. Finally we have a comic book film to stand alongside Superman as not just a great actioner, not just a great comic adaptation, but as a genuinely great film. My faith is restored. Long live the Bat.

P.S Minor note but for fans of The Tick, tell me you got a kick out of the Mayor being played by Batmanuel.

The Dark Knight (2008)

Heather — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:17:17 +0000

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.

152 Minutes

Written and Directed By: Christopher Nolan

You crossed the line first, sir. You hammered them. And in their desperation they turned to a man they didn't fully understand. Some men aren't looking for anything logical. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. -Alfred

Synopsis

Christopher Nolan returns with The Dark Knight to follow what was left off from Batman Begins. Commencing with Gotham at it's most hopeful it's new villain, the evil incarnate: The Joker, begins to tear the city and all it's inhabitants apart. Suddenly with no rules and nearly everyone a suspect of wrong doing, Bruce and Batman face choices they never had to make before.

Review

The Dark Knight certainly lived up to it's hype with an action packed story, enigmatic and perplexing characters, and undertones that leave chills twisting down your spine. The brilliant script and direction of Christopher Nolan shines through with a film that balances action, crime, the very nature of good and evil while still maintaining it's comic book genre. It blows what other comic movies have tried to do out of the water, they aren't even in the same category. The internal struggles of the character's and desperation of the choices each makes is the catalyst for the story.

To put the entirety of The Dark Knight in a nutshell was the scene with the Joker in the hospital with Harvey Dent. The verbal exchange between the two, and the exploration of the fine line between good and evil, right from wrong, and who's good and who's bad really sums up the entire feel for the story. Also, a scene in the interrogation room between Batman and The Joker really draws the line that separates who and what they are by simultaneously blurring it again.

Harvey Dent's character actually seems to be the nucleus of the story, even though it's not really about him, our hero and foe pawn him about the board for their own personal goals, be they good or evil. His inevitable metamorphosis becomes clear early on, and eventually leaves the dynasty open for another sequel.

The dangerous mix of real life terrorism and the fine line between who's good and bad, and the basic wonder of interpretation in situations and basic perception was a much more in depth plot than one would surmise to get from a movie titled: Batman, but it's there, vibrant and alive. I saw it 24 hours ago and everything about it is still lingering in a very realistic way with me. Plain and simple, this movie blows away anything that has been made in 2008 thus far.

Cast

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Heath Ledger as The Joker
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/ Two-Face
Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Gary Oldman as Lt. James Gordon
Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes
Monique Curnen as Dec. Ramirez
Cillian Murphy as Dr. Jonathon Crane/ The Scarecrow
Eric Roberts as Salvatore Maroni
Nestor Carbonell as The Mayor

I will declare it here and now: Heath Ledger should be nominated for an Oscar for his performance. It is the best male performance of 2008 hands down. His maniacal depiction of The Joker as a twisted sociopath with no real intention or motivation behind his actions makes him a viscious foe who craves nothing more than chaos, danger, and destruction. The most interesting aspect of the performance was the layers behind the Joker's seemingly mindless behavior. Even as gruesome as the Joker was, there was something sadistically charming about him. It was Ledger's truly owning and living the character that made the Joker something so much more profound than a silly comic villain. I found myself breathless during each scene he was in, and unable to move. I can't speak more highly of what he achieved, and to rise above the expectations I had, I literally find myself dumbfounded. His demonic portrayal of the classic villain is staggering.

Not to diminish anyone elses performances, Ledger's was just that phenomenal. Christian Bale again proves that a popcorn action hero can have more complexity and interest than a tough guy kicking butt. the internal struggles that Bruce Wayne vs. Batman have with one another between one another becomes a delectable trial of pain, sorrow, and regret. The supporting actors played by Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, and especially the ever talented Aaron Eckhart bring even more legitimacy to the story taking each of their roles to the mattresses.

Ratings And Suggestions

If you are a Batman junkie, this movie is for you. If you are an action hero or superhero junkie this movie is for you. If you are a chick flick junkie this movie is for you. It doesn't matter who you are, this movie is for you. Don't bother to wait for it to hit DVD's, go to your theatre this second, stand in line for an hour, buy a ticket and prepare to be blown away. Three years seemed a long wait after Batman Begins, but now I can't seem to muster the patience to wait five months till I can own it on DVD. Best movie this year. Heath Ledger's performance as the harbinger of death and chaos is alone worth every penny and every second devoted to this film. Four out of Four Serious Stars.

Batman - Cavaleiro das Trevas ( The Dark Knight, 2008 )

Georgina Spiggott — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:02:05 +0000

Agora é fato consumado: Heath Ledger é a melhor enfermeira psicopata de todos os tempos.

Recomendo que se vá lá no Viver e Morrer no Cinema, onde o Caraça falou tudo e um pouco mais do que era necessário ser dito sobre o filme. Com ênfase na recomendação, porque acho pouco provável que você leia algo melhor e mais verdadeiro sobre o filme em qualquer outro lugar.

Nota 1: O que um elenco perfeito não faz por um blockbuster, hein?

Nota 2: Dêem prazo de validade eterno para o Christian Bale, por favor. Em todos os sentidos.

Nota 3: Nunca é tarde para recordar que antes de ser prefeito de Gotham, Nestor Carbonell já fora o primeiro e único BATMANUEL.

Batman - O Cavaleiro das Trevas

Lucas — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:38:38 +0000

The Dark Knight - 2008

Direção: Christopher Nolan

Roteiro: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan

Elenco: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cillian Murphy, Eric Roberts, Nestor Carbonell

Vamos começar chovendo no molhado e dizendo o que quase todo mundo disse: Heath Ledger rouba a cena e consegue fazer um personagem insano e engraçado ao mesmo tempo, com um ar sombrio e muito, mas muito estranho. Agora vamos falar uma novidade: taí um filme para o pessoal da Marvel olhar e morrer de raiva, porque ele consegue ser explicativo, ter ação e inovar ao mesmo tempo e não a coisa insossa dos últimos filmes da Marvel.

O elenco recheado de bons atores ajuda muito o filme ser bom, mas o roteiro de Jonathan e Christopher Nolan e a direção deste último são a chave de todo o sucesso do filme. Que Heath Ledger era um bom ator, isso ninguém duvida, mas que tanto a direção como o roteiro souberam explorar o personagem e dar um tom extremamente bizarro, isso ninguém pode negar. Repito uma coisa que já disse por aqui: filmes são coisas diferentes de quadrinhos ou livros, por isso que se chama adaptação casos como Batman, então é ovbio que vão existir diferenças nas histórias e no desenrolar dos personagens.

A história de "Batman - O Cavaleiro das Trevas" começa cerca de dois anos depois de "Batman - O Início" e retrata a ascenção do Coringa (Heath Ledger) e do promotor Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) e a queda de Batman (Christian Bale). Mesmo com toda ajuda dada a Gotham City, Bruce Wayne começa a enfrentar a baixa popularidade do Batman e de suas ações e percebe que já não é mais tão útil assim. Paralelo a isso, o promotor Harvey Dent vai conseguindo através da justiça prender os mafiosos da cidade e se torna praticamente um herói, ganhando a simpátia de todos, até mesmo de Bruce Wayne.

A justiça vai levando a melhor até que uma nova ameaça surge em Gotham City, com a cara cheia de cicatrizes (sempre com uma explicação diferente para elas) e o rosto com maquiagem de palhaço, o Coringa começa roubando até mesmo dos mafiosos, mas faz uma proposta a eles, metade de toda a fortuna deles pela morte de Batman. A aliança parece uma boa para os mafiosos, mas Coringa é insano o bastante para agir ao seu modoe causar um caos em Gotham.

Com o prestigio lá em baixo, Batman tem que suportar uma ameaça feita pelo Coringa, ou ele se entrega, revelando a sua verdadeira identidade ou a cada dia mais pessoas irão morrer. Para mostrar o quão pirado é, Coringa mata uma juíza, o comissário de polícia e mais uma cacetada de policiais e mesmo com a união do Tenete Gordon (Gary Oldman), Harvey Dent e Batman, o Coringa segue com seus atos, que cada vem causam mais vitimas.

A personagem do Coringa foi tão bem trabalhado e construído que tudo gira em torno dele e todas as suas ações são um misto de crueldade mórbida com humor negro. Em uma das cenas, quando ele explode um hospital, o detonador falha e em um gesto extremamente engraçado ele aperta os botões e tudo volta a funcionar e mesmo com a destruição total do prédio, a cena arrancou gargalhadas de todos na sessão do cinema.

Uma personagem que não foi bem trabalhada é a do Duas-Caras, que depois de deixar de ser Harvey Dent fica apenas como um fantoche do Coringa.

Se tivermos uma continuação, será uma tarefa difícil para o ator que encarar o papel do Coringa, pois com certeza as comparações com Heath Ledger vão aparecer.

"Batman - O Cavaleiro das Trevas" é um excelente filme e uma boa recordação do talento de Heath Ledger.

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Crítica: The Dark Knight

Mr. Anderson — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:38:05 +0000

Han pasado un poco más de 7 horas desde que vi The Dark Knight y creo que recién puedo sentarme a hablar de esa increíble experiencia. Como fan de Batman, y habiendo visto el trabajo de Christopher Nolan en Batman Begins y degustado recientemente la genial Batman: Gotham Knight (cuya crítica pueden leer AQUÍ), no me esperaba nada menos que una excelente película... ¡como me equivoqué! Nolan no reinventa el cine, eso ténganlo claro, pero nos entrega a los fans un regalo enorme, ya que no sólo supera las enormes expectativas que se tenían, sino que además se supera a si mismo y deja a Begins en un segundo plano. The Dark Knight no es excelente, es magistral y más que una digna secuela, permite que el espectador se sumerga profundamente en el extraordinario e hiper realista imaginario creado por Chris Nolan, su sobrino Jonathan, David S. Goyer, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger y el resto del equipo. Estamos frente al mejor comic llevado a la pantalla grande y ante un thriller policial sórdido y brutal que nos transporta no a las oscuras calles de Ciudad Caótica Gótica, sino que a los rincones más oscuros del alma humana. Sean bienvenidos a un mundo sin reglas.

ARGUMENTO

Ha pasado el tiempo y Ciudad Gótica lucha contra el caos heredado desde antes de la aparición de Batman. Las calles, ahora protegidas por un cuerpo de policia cada vez más honesto, son los campos de batalla para las distintas mafias que tratan de hacerse con el control de los negocios ilegales. En este contexto, el recientemente elegido fiscal de distrito Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) se unirá al Teniente Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), flamante líder de la unidad de grandes crímenes, para lograr apresar a los jefes mafiosos y limpiar de una vez y para siempre las calles de la ciudad. Aunque con dudas al principio Dent, conocido popularmente como "el caballero blanco", aceptará la ayuda de Batman (Christian Bale) a medida que ve los buenos resultados logrados. Sin embargo, la aparición de un misterioso criminal, sin registros previos y que aparentemente controla a los jefes de la mafia, a través del miedo (misma arma usada por Batman), llevará el caos a niveles insospechados. El Guasón/The Joker (Heath Ledger) pondrá a Batman, a Dent, a la policia y a la ciudad completa en jaque, mientras que sus cada vez más osadas apariciones convertirán a Ciudad Gótica en una ciudad en guerra, provocando pánico entre sus habitantes. Con el paso de los días y ante la amenaza latente de un gran baño de sangre, Batman, Dent y Gordon tendrán que poner todo su intelecto en la búsqueda de una solución de cómo detener al psicópata llamado Joker antes que sea demasiado tarde... aunque, tal vez, ya lo sea.

CRÍTICA

Es dificil ser parcial cuando estas criticando algo que te lleva a ser poco objetivo. Soy un fan, no lo puedo ocultar y como tal creo que puedo decir que para los fans como yo, esta es sin duda una película magnífica en todo sentido, imperdible y necesaria de volver a ver... y volver a ver. The Dark Knight, es una película épica, que trasciende el mundo de los superhéroes y se transforma en un fantástico thriller policial. Resulta que Christopher Nolan nos presenta una vez más una cosmovisión hiper realista del mundo de Batman, lo cual se agradece. En Begins pudimos ver los orígenes del personaje, mientras que en esta película conocemos más de su entorno, de esa fascinante y peligrosa Gotham City, que brilla más que nunca. Siempre me pregunté por qué todas las películas hacían de esta ciudad, supuestamente hermana de Nueva York, tan inhospita, oscura y descuidada, cuando, siendo una ciudad grande, debería ser todo lo contrario. Pues bien, Nolan nos transporta a una ciudad que es Gótica, pero no por eso marginal, al contrario, sus luces brillan, sus rascacielos son altísimos, su esplendor es digno de cualquier metropolis moderna. El problema de Gotham no son sus edificios, sino que su gente, que lleva años atemorizada debido a la endémica corrupción policiaca y a las poderosas organizaciones criminales que desangran la ciudad. En este sentido, Nolan nos hace volver a Chicago de los años 20's (interesante, ya que la Gotham de The Dark Knight fue principalmente filmada en esa ciudad), donde los policias honestos escaseaban y debían enfrentarse a monstruos del crimen, difíciles de vencer. En este sentido, todo funciona como relojito suizo, Nolan lo hace genial... en esta ciudad todo tiene su razón de ser y cada pequeño detalle que nos va mostrando el director, se suma a la gran pieza de ingenieria visual que está montando frente a nuestros propios ojos.

La historia es sencillamente magnífica y aunque no era condicionante ver la campaña de marketing previa al estreno, muchas cosas aprendidas ahí y personajes conocidos, tienen cabida en la cinta. Los buenos, Dent y Gordon, quieren acabar con el crimen organizado de una buena vez y ayudados por el Caballero Oscuro, logran idear un atrevido plan que finalmente se convierte en la razón por la cual surge el psicópata que finalmente pone a la ciudad de pies a cabeza. En este sentido, Nolan no se da muchas vueltas, la historia es simple y se entiende muy bien... las motivaciones de cada uno están más que claras y a ratos impresiona la frialdad, locura o audacia con la que actúan.

Respecto a las actuaciones, el director logró reunir nuevamente a un muy talentoso grupo de actores, partiendo por aquellos a quienes ya habíamos visto en la primera entrega. Maggie Gyllenhaal como Rachel Dawes es muy convincente y es la imagen viva de la Rachel interpretada por Katie Holmes en Begins, a quien no se echa de menos. Aaron Eckhart está notable, el mejor papel de su vida. Como Harvey Dent logra mostrar su transformación, de honorable fiscal de distrito a desesperado, perdido y peligroso individuo como Dos Caras. El resto del reparto, Nestor Carbonell, Chin Han, Anthony Michael Hall, Ron Dean, Monique Curnen y en especial Eric Roberts como el jefe mafioso Salvatore Maroni, están de lujo y aportan todos en el genial desarrollo de la cinta. Sin embargo, quien se roba la película es quien todos esperabamos... Heath Ledger, o mejor dicho The Joker, ya que durante las 2 horas y media de metraje, en ningun momento vi a Ledger, sólo al psicópata deforme. No sé si Ledger se merece un Oscar o no, pero por lo menos se merece una nominación, ya que sobre sus hombros carga con todo el caos non-stop que se ve en pantalla. Hace un tiempo dije en la crítica de No Country for Old Men que el personaje de Javier Bardem había superado al Doctor Lecter de Anthony Hopkins, pues bien, en locura el Joker de Ledger supera al Anton de Bardem... si esta fuera una película para mayores de 18 (y no para mayores de 13) habríamos visto espantosas escenas explícitas de los crímenes del payaso asesino. Ledger logra brillar con luz propia y, aunque no opaca al Caballero Oscuro (sin duda más de alguno opinará lo contrario), se apropia de esta película, casi como si fuera The Joker Begins. No podía ser de otra forma, estamos ante una de las películas más oscuras del año y como tal, el mal necesita un gran protagonista.

Nolan y su equipo de producción nos presentan una joyita. Sin fallas, donde todo funciona a la perfección. Los efectos especiales no son excesivos y están muy bien hechos, prolijidad al máximo... ese Dos Caras... ¡Dios mio! Por otra parte, los efectos de sonido y la música, de los geniales Hans Zimmer y James Newton Howard, son los grandes acompañamientos de la cinta, logrando momentos en que harán que más de alguno salte del asiento. No le doy 5 estrellas a esta película, le doy 5 batrangs, porque está muy por encima las demás... y si no me creen, pasen a ver el Top 250 películas de todos los tiempos de IMDb, ya que en este momento The Dark Knight, con nota 9,7 de 10, está en el 4to lugar. Viendo el cine como un todo, tal vez eso sea demasiado, sin embargo para quienes somos fans, les aseguro que esta película llegará fácilmente al primer lugar y no se extrañen de emocionarse casi hasta las lágrimas. Quienes no son fans la disfrutarán en otro nivel y, aunque no lleguen al climax de la emotividad, quedarán gratamente sorprendidos por este excelente thriller policial, por su muy bien contada historia, por su guión de ricos diálogos y por sus actuaciones difíciles de olvidar. Felicitaciones a todos los que participaron en esta producción, they put a smile on my face ;)

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TRAILER: THE DARK KNIGHT

FICHA TÉCNICA:
Nombre: The Dark Knight
Año: 2008
Duración: 152 minutos
Dirigida por: Christopher Nolan
Escrita por: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan y David S. Goyer
Basada en los personajes de: Bob Kane
Protagonizada por: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Chin Han, Eric Roberts, Anthony Michael Hall, Nestor Carbonell, Cillian Murphy, Colin McFarlane, Ron Dean y Monique Curnen
Producida por: Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, DC Comics, Syncopy

¡Sitios de The Dark Knight hackeados!

Mr. Anderson — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:33:22 +0000

A muy pocas horas del estreno oficial de The Dark Knight en Chile (hace algunas ya fue el pre estreno en 3 salas de Santiago y 2 de Viña del Mar), se ha producido la que debe ser la última parte de la fabulosa campaña de marketing viral que ha acompañado la película de Christopher Nolan. Al igual que la imagen que encabeza esta entrada, los muchos sitios de internet creados especialmente para promocionar las nuevas aventuras del Caballero Oscuro, fueron vandalizados por el Joker (o mejor dicho "jokerizados"). A saber, los sitios de The Gotham Times, The Gotham Election Board (La Junta de Elecciones de Ciudad Gótica), I Believe in Harvey Dent (sitio de campaña de Harvey Dent), Trust Garcetti (sitio de campaña de Roger Garcetti), Dana Worthington (sitio de campaña de Dana Worthington), Gotham City Rail (sistema de transportes de Ciudad Gótica), The Gotham Cab Company (empresa de taxis), Gotham Police Department, Gotham Police Internal Affairs (asuntos internos de la policia), We Are The Answer (sitio de denuncias de corrupción policiaca) y Gotham Cable News, han sido víctimas del hackeo. En dichas páginas se repiten las risas en rojo de la banda encabezada por el Joker (Heath Ledger) y algunos textos sobrepuestos como burla bastante buenos. Estos hackeos vienen a ser el broche de oro de la campaña, la cual dio cátedra para futuras acciones de marketing viral a la hora de promocionar una película. The Dark Knight con Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, Cillian Murphy, Anthony Michael Hall, Monique Curnen y Nestor Carbonell se estrena hoy jueves 17 en Chile y algunos otros países de América. En España tendrán aún que esperar 24 horas más.

Starstruck

hydenckl6 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:59:11 +0000

it's no secret that i love seeing celebrities. i love it! keyword, however, being "seeing." i would never voluntarily want to spend time with them, let alone speak to them. then again, never say never.

went to the premiere of The Dark Knight yesterday after work -- Ryan went with me - he left early - Jo stayed with me, or rather, behind me, as i stood alert, waiting on my tippy-toes until my calves started quivering.

all in all, i'd say i enjoyed my first premiere extravaganza!

The Batmobile. Obvs.

Michael Caine

Nestor Carbonell

Aaron Eckhart

Christian Bale

we left before Maggie Gyllenhaal and Morgan Freeman arrived.

edit: ugh, apparently, blake lively and penn badgley were there!!!!!

Poof! Magic!

WITA — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:43:59 +0000

If I can momentarily direct your attention to the top of the blog ... New banner! Yup, another one. And plenty more where that came from!

I FINALLY got the Domino's Dark Knight Vault to work for me, w00t! So ... (semi-crappy) screen shots, hooray! Screen shots all around!

I really liked this trailer---and not just because it was extended and thus had even more TDK goodness packed into it. Each trailer has had a somewhat different feel, as have some of the tv spots (yeah, I know). This trailer has a more somber touch to it, I think, as it delves more into Batman's psychology and his relationship with the Joker. The last trailer had a very anarchic feel about it and was just BAM! On another note, I think the music flows really well in this one (the soundtrack is going to kick major ass).

There's a new interview with Gary Oldman over at Batman-On-Film. I love that man, he's awesome. In the interview he says that he's willing to do a third one and he's pretty sure there will indeed be one. Yes! Not only am I excited for this movie, but I'm excited to see how it ends---how it's left open for the third (and final) Nolan-Batman film.

Oldman also says something really sweet about Heath.

... But you know, in between takes, he'd sit on the curb, smoke a cigarette, laugh, and talk about his daughter. I just thought he was a beautiful, beautiful kid. I had the real affection for him. Charismatic -- you need a whole new word for Heath.

I received an email from MovieTickets.com today with some more exciting Dark Knight data.

"Dark Knight" Hits 100

MovieTickets.com is reporting that, 16 days prior to its release, over 100 "Dark Knight" performances are already sold out for opening weekend.

Next Up: "Dark Knight"

According to MovieTickets.com, 1 in 4 Under-25 moviegoers polled June 24-29 tab "Dark Knight" as the next movie they expect to see in theaters.

"Knight" Falls on IMAX

Interestingly, almost half of total tickets sold for "Dark Knight" are for IMAX performances, according to MovieTickets.com.

Batman-On-Film has yet another TDK giveaway in which you can win some awesome swag! I don't feel like posting the answers or anything at the moment, so you can just get your own lazy butt over to the site to check out the details. ;) The entry questions aren't hard, either---just hop over to IMDB.com if you don't know the answers.

IESB.net also has a very similar contest, and they both end July 21. So go check it out!

And speaking of IESB.net, the site has a bunch of video interviews with director Christopher Nolan and stars of The Dark Knight like Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Nestor Carbonell (who portrays the Mayor of Gotham in the movie), and Anthony Michael Hall (who plays Gotham Cable News reporter Mike Engel). Watch at your own risk, of course.

There's an article by Variety that discusses the balance of the movie. Not really anything new, though. And there's an interesting blog post over here about the possibility of Robin in the third Nolan film that I kind of agree with. I've said in a prior post or two that I'd like to see Nolan play around with the idea of bringing in Robin or Batgirl, or at least doing something that would build up to Batman having either one as a partner.

Also, /Film has an article called "10 Reasons Why I Loved The Dark Knight." Really? Only ten? The article is completely spoiler-free, my friends, but it gets you even more psyched up for this film. Like this part:

You will believe that a hero becomes the villain. And you might also be shocked at how long the two-face character appears on screen. It's not just a tease - you will get everything! His computer generated make-up is so gruesome and realistic looking, that I'm shocked the film was able to get a PG-13 rating.

Awesome! The article also mentions the sequences shot with Imax cameras, saying they work brilliantly in this movie. And now I REALLY want to see it in Imax. I won't be the first time I go (aww), but hopefully a second time I will. What can I say? It's not like there's one just down the road. Yeesh, give me a break. ;D

And hey, you know how I said I was wondering about how the ending would leave things open for the next film? Things are lookin' good.

There is more than one casualty, and it doesn't exactly end on a high note. Fans will eat the ending up. After sitting in the theater for two and a half hours, it will leave you wanting more.

CNN.com has a good article on Ledger's performance---which many are saying may not only get him a posthumous Oscar nomination, but as Oldman put it with perfect, blatant simplicity, "he may even win the damn thing."

As we've come closer to the release date, a lot of reviews for The Dark Knight have been popping up. I've been trying to stay away from them, but glimpses of them around the internet all tell me they agree on at least two things: The Dark Knight is mind-blowing and so is Heath Ledger.

"He was better than I thought he was going to be," said Bill Ramey, founder of the fan Web site Batman-on-Film.com, who caught an advance press screening. "I think he legitimately would deserve an Oscar nomination, not just out of sympathy to his passing, but because he was just fantastic in the movie. ... It's right up there with Hannibal Lecter," which earned Anthony Hopkins an Oscar for "The Silence of the Lambs."

Some---like Gary Oldman---are hopeful that he will nail the Oscar win; others are facing a harsher reality despite their own feelings of praise:

"The fact that only one actor has ever won an Oscar from the grave tells us that in general at the Oscars, the feeling is when you're dead, you're dead," said Tom O'Neil, a columnist for TheEnvelope.com, an awards Web site. "Maybe the point is that the Oscars are all about hugs. Nobody wants to hug a dead guy."

I guess we'll just have to find out (and see) for ourselves when the time comes.

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Review - Lost - There's No Place Like Home, pt. 2 & 3 (13-14/14)

Pedro Andrade — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:51:51 +0000

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• Episódio: There's no Place Like Home, partes 2 & 3
• Temporada: 4
• Canal: FOX
• Primeira transmissão Portugal: 1 Julho 2008
• Primeira transmissão EUA: 29 Maio 2008

Como este foi um episódio duplo e, geralmente, os textos relativos a esta série costumam ser um pouco longos de mais, decidi fazer algo diferente do normal e tentei ser o mais abreviado possível. Aqui vai (sem qualquer ordem em especial):

CONTEM SPOILERS (obviamente)

A mentira: Há pessoas que se deram ao trabalho de colocar um falso avião no fundo do oceano. Que enviaram à ilha mercenários com ordens para matar. Faz todo o sentido que os «Oceanic Six» decidam mentir para preservar a ilha em segredo e, acima de tudo, as suas próprias vidas. Só e apenas isso é suficiente. Mas esta conclusão era fácil de se alcançar com poucos episódios decorridos na temporada. Porquê tanto suspense em torno da questão? Terá o mistério sido adensado pelos próprios argumentistas inadvertidamente ou propositadamente? Ou terá sido a ânsia dos próprios fãs em conceber tão grandioso mistério em torno de algo tão simples?

Deslocar a ilha: Já tinha afirmado que não me tinham convencido com a conversa de deslocar a ilha. Mas, mudei de opinião neste episódio. A cena em que o Ben (Michael Emerson) desloca a ilha é um bocado estranha, mas acabou por resultar bem. E, apesar de não estar à espera de uma resposta científica, quero saber como funciona o mecanismo!

Charlotte, Daniel e Miles: Estes três personagens regressaram da paragem forçada pela greve algo apagados, sobretudo, a antropóloga e o misterioso psíquico. Talvez tivesse sido em relação a eles que algumas linhas de argumento tiveram de ser abandonadas e deixadas para a próxima temporada. Pelo menos, sabemos que vão regressar. E com um mistério interessante. Parece que a Charlotte (Rebecca Mader) tem a ideia de que nasceu na ilha! E será que o Daniel (Jeremy Davies), que estava no mar quando a ilha desapareceu, foi também transportado para o mesmo sítio desta?

Sawyer: Assim que o Lapidus (participação de Jeff Fahey) disse que o helicóptero tinha peso a mais e o facto de a bordo irem, além do piloto, cinco dos «Oceanic Six» e o Sawyer (Josh Holloway), não foi difícil de perceber que desfecho a cena iria ter.

Michael e Jin: Algo me diz que Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) ainda está vivo. Quanto ao Michael, Harold Perrineau confirmou numa entrevista que ele morreu, e pela conversa dele, não me pareceu lá muito contente.

Claire: Mais um pouco e nem sequer aparecia no episódio! Gostava de ter ficado a saber um pouco mais (alguma coisa!) sobre o que lhe aconteceu, mas deve ser um daqueles mistérios que eles gostam de fazer durar. Contudo, ela anda com atitudes de personagens que já morreram, não!? Aparecer em sonhos e tal… [Confirma-se que a Emilie de Ravin vai deixar de ser regular na quinta temporada e que o seu contrato fica suspenso até à sexta].

Desmond: Por instantes pensei que ainda tinha passado qualquer coisa pela cabeça dos produtores da série e que tinham decidido matar o personagem. Mas não podiam. Tinham de terminar a história (pelo menos a parte romântica) do Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) e da Penny (participação de Sonya Walger). E foi o que fizeram. Com sentimento. E até aqueles brasileiros manhosos do final da segunda temporada voltaram a dar um ar da sua graça. Agora adivinha-se um confronto Desmond/ Ben. Veremos o que aí vem. Se a ilha só os aceita de volta se regressarem todos, então alguém vai ter de convencer o Desmond, o que deve ser bastante difícil.

Sun: Foi impressão minha ou ela está a mudar-se para o lado negro da Força!? Talvez não e esteja apenas a planear vingança contra o Widmore (participação de Alan Dale; Betty Feia; The O.C.). Ele bem disse que responsabilizava duas pessoas pela morte(?) do Jin: o pai e alguém desconhecido. Resta saber se esse alguém será o Widmore ou o Jack (Matthew Fox). Agora, que ela está diferente, isso está. E eu estou a gostar da volta que a personagem levou.

Waaaaaalt!: Passaram 3 anos desde que os «Oceanic Six» saíram da ilha e o Walt (participação de Malcolm David Kelley) decide ir visitar o Hurley (Jorge Garcia), já que ninguém se lembrou de o visitar e ele não percebe porque estão todos a mentir. Será que iremos ter o Walt à procura do pai na próxima temporada? Por acaso, era bem interessante. Pelo menos, tinham uma oportunidade de desenvolver a história dos seus poderes psíquicos, que tem estado em banho-maria há bastante tempo.

Ben: O Ben é um sacana, o que não é, de forma alguma, uma novidade. Decidiu sacrificar as pessoas a bordo do cargueiro para concretizar a sua vingança no Keamy (participação de Kevin Durand). Porém, de seguida redimiu-se sacrificando a sua estadia na ilha para salvaguardar a mesma.

Juliet: Grande azar. Uma das minhas personagens favoritas, não só perdeu bastante protagonismo e tempo de ecrã nesta temporada (e ainda teve direito ao pior episódio da mesma), como foi deixada para trás porque queria esperar pelo Jack. Ainda por cima, ela deve ter sido a última coisa que passou pela cabeça dele quando este estava no helicóptero a gritar para o Lapidus não voltar de forma alguma para a ilha.

Jeremy Bentham: Mas quem é que ia cair na armadilha e pensar que o Jeremy BENtham era o Ben!? OK, eu admito que caí… A desculpa é da hora avançada aquando vi o episódio.

O caixão: Foi a grande revelação guardada para o último minuto do episódio e a cena escolhida para cliffhanger. Apesar de me ter passado pela cabeça que o seu ocupante poderia ser o Locke (Terry O'Quinn), a verdade é que não era uma das minhas escolhas principais. Claro que daqui resultam inúmeras questões, cujas respostas ainda teremos de aguardar por muito, muito tempo. Para mim, a mais pertinente, além da óbvia, será o que aconteceu de tão terrível na ilha durante aqueles três anos?

Algumas questões para a próxima temporada: Além das evidentes, relacionadas com a história em si (Para onde foi deslocada a ilha? O Jin e o Michael morreram? Etc.), aquilo em que tenho maior curiosidade em saber é que estrutura terão os episódios. Será que vamos continuar a seguir os «Oceanic Six» e teremos flashforwards do seu regresso à ilha? Será que temos acção simultânea na ilha e fora dela? E se na segunda temporada foram introduzidos os Talies, na terceira conhecemos melhor os Outros e na quarta tivemos o pessoal do cargueiro, quem serão os novos personagens que irão ser introduzidos na quinta?

Bem, acho que não me esqueci de nada… Quer dizer, houve várias cenas que poderia ainda discutir, mas ficam para os comentários se alguém tiver interesse em fazê-lo. E agora, lá vamos ter de esperar até 2009. Porra! Se de pensar nisso…

escrito por: Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse

realizado por: Jack Bender

ainda com: Naveen Andrews, Evangeline Lilly, Yunjin Kim, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ken Leung

participação de: Malcolm David Kelley, L. Scott Caldwell, Sonya Walger, Nestor Carbonell, Jeff Fahey, Kevin Durand, François Chau, Starletta DuPois, Anthony Azizi, Alex Petrovitch com Alan Dale e John Terry

Texto de Pedro Andrade e Carlos Couceiro

Editado por Carlos Couceiro

Imagens: FOX Portugal e ABC

(originalmente publicado no blog TVDependente)

Dark Knight overload

WITA — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:43:07 +0000

SPOILER ALERT!

"Come out, come out, little Crane ..."

IESB.net has twelve---yeah, I said twelve---exclusive clips from The Dark Knight! And none of the ten-second "clip" shit. Man, these are juicy, wholesome clips ... that are also pretty highly spoilerish. Granted TDK's run-time is clocking in at over two and a half hours---but still, you've been warned, so watch at your own risk.

Thanks, John, for the tip!

For some reason to get the clips to load and play for me I had to either press the full back or full forward buttons, or whatever they're called ( |< or >| on the player).

Anyway, those clips definitely helped calm the extreme Dark Knight craving that I've been experiencing for a long time now ... although I'm still foaming at the mouth over this movie.

Also, scroll down on that main page to see a bunch of pics from the movie, like those in this post! :D Or check out the same gallery here along with an awesome interview. (IESB.net is so blogrolled.)

The Joker gives Batman a Bat-ultimatum.

And check THIS out. Eight minutes of actual behind-the-scenes footage---as in them actually filming. Damn cool. Here's a rundown:

In Part One you get to see Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/Batman) and Michael Caine (Alfred Pennyworth) acting, Christopher Nolan directing, and the Tumbler/Batmobile up-close and in-action.

In Part Two ... I swear that was just the Tumbler going in the water (and if it was, if you factor in the search helicopters then it might just have something to do with the arrest warrant for Batman). Plus, more action sequences, Nolan talking with Bale and Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox), a funny scene/blooper with Freeman, a scene between Jim Gordon (actor Gary Oldman) and Police Commissioner Loeb (Colin McFarlane), a clip of Nolan and Aaron Eckhart (Harvey Dent) watching a camera guy film some kind of parade with bagpipes (wtf?), footage of what I'm assuming is Bruce driving his expensive car, the taxi scene with Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes (actress Maggie Gyllenhaal), and more explosions.

This new international trailer for the film combines the greatness of the last trailer and all the cool moments from the recent tv spots. Check it out!

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You know, watching this stuff really makes how close we are to July 18 sink in. Squee!

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Review - Lost - There's No Place Like Home, pt. 1 (12/14)

Pedro Andrade — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:30:34 +0000

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• Episódio: There's no Place Like Home
• Temporada: 4
• Canal: FOX
• Primeira transmissão Portugal: 24 Junho 2008
• Primeira transmissão EUA: 15 Maio 2008

A primeira parte (de três) do season finale de “Lost” é isso mesmo: uma parte. No final do episódio, durante uma pequena, mas excelente, montagem musical, nota-se claramente que este serve basicamente como um colocar de várias peças em pontos estratégicos e prepará-las para o jogo, o confronto final.

A maioria dos personagens converge para um destino comum: uma misteriosa estação Dharma chamada “The Orchid”, que, supostamente, será um posto cientifico dedicado à botânica. Os mercenários dirigiram-se para lá com um intuito desconhecido. O Ben (Michael Emerson), o Locke (Terry O'Quinn) e o Hurley (Jorge Garcia), que pretendem deslocar a ilha a mando do Jacob. O Jack (Matthew Fox) e o Sawyer (Josh Holloway) que pretendem resgatar o Hurley. A Kate (Evangeline Lilly) e o Sayid (Naveen Andrews) que vão atrás do Jack e do Sawyer. E ainda um grupo de “Outros”, liderado pelo Richard Alpert (participação de Nestor Carbonell), que vão atrás do Ben. Não há qualquer dúvida: “The Orchid” será o principal cenário de tudo o que está para vir.

Em segundo plano, mas não menos importante, temos o pessoal da praia que tenta escapar para o cargueiro, levando no bote seis pessoas de cada vez, numa missão deixada a cargo do Daniel Faraday (Jeremy Davies). Assim que vi a primeira remessa de gente a subir para o bote, pensei de imediato: “olha, carne para canhão…”.

Mas depois vi que o Jin (Daniel Dae Kim), a Sun (Yunjin Kim) e o Aaron também faziam parte do grupo, e não mudei de opinião em relação a que os outros são carne para canhão, mas imagino que irão desenrolar-se acontecimentos bem dramáticos a bordo do cargueiro, ainda para mais com a descoberta de todo o C-4 (explosivos) do mundo num dos seus compartimentos. Humm… Seria aquele dispositivo, aquele o Keamy (participação de Kevin Durand) amarrou ao braço num episódio anterior, um detonador!?

Se os acontecimentos na ilha foram uma preparação para o que esperar, o flashforward foi uma viagem emocional. Ver os personagens no avião, a saírem do mesmo e a reencontrarem os familiares (tenho de admitir que me deu bastante pena ver a Kate e o Sayid a olharem para os outros a abraçarem as respectivas famílias), para mim, foi um momento ao nível daquele em que eles entram no avião e estão a procurar os respectivos lugares do final da primeira temporada, instantes poderosos em que não é necessário nada mais do que imagens e a música certa.

Os “Oceanic Six” tiveram direito a uma interessante conferência de imprensa (gostei particularmente da questão de eles não terem emagrecido e do subsequente comentário do Hurley), onde ficámos a conhecer com mais detalhe a história arranjada para explicar o desastre e justificar os meses em que estiveram desaparecidos. Confirmámos que a Kate assumiu mesmo o Aaron como seu filho e que a Sun, relutantemente, assumiu que o Jin morreu quando o avião se despenhou no mar.

Posteriormente, o Sayid reencontrou a Nadia (participação de Andrea Gabriel), o que já sabíamos que iria acontecer apesar de não termos ideia de como. O Hurley teve um reencontro inesperado com os números! Muito porreiro! A Sun utilizou toda a força que adquiriu na ilha, e que não tinha anteriormente, enfrentou o seu pai (participação de Byron Chung) e até comprou parte da empresa deste de forma a vingar-se. Além disso, ainda revelou que culpava duas pessoas pela morte do Jin: o pai dela, pois a necessidade de fugir dele fê-los embarcar no voo 815 da Oceanic, e uma outra que não identificou. Mas, será que o Jin estará mesmo morto ou algo aconteceu que tenha levado a Sun a pensar que ele esteja morto, tipo o cargueiro explodir com ele a bordo, e ainda exista a possibilidade dele estar vivo?

Por fim, ainda vimos o Jack a descobrir que a Claire (Emilie de Ravin) é sua irmã, e logo de quem menos esperaríamos.

Muito bom episódio, uma primeira parte daquele que se espera ser um fantástico final.

escrito por: Damon Lindelof & Carlton Cuse

realizado por: Stephen Williams

ainda com: Harold Perrineau, Elizabeth Mitchell, Henry Ian Cusick, Rebecca Mader, Ken Leung

Participação de: L. Scott Caldwell, Jeff Fahey, Kevin Durand, Michelle Forbes, Lillian Hurst, Cheech Marin, Byron Chung, Andrea Gabriel, Susan Duerden, Veronica Hamel, Anthony Azizi, June Kyoto Lu e Nestor Carbonell

No próximo episódio:

Texto de Pedro Andrade e Carlos Couceiro

Editado por Carlos Couceiro

Imagens: FOX Portugal e ABC

(originalmente publicado no blog TVDependente)

LOST Recap: Season 4, Episode 11: "Cabin Fever"

hablodepablo — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:03:25 +0000

Uh, wow. Just wow. Just when you think that Season 4 can't possibly get any better, an episode like Cabin Fever comes along and takes things to a whole new level. Really, this season has simply been one home run after the other, and the show just hit a grand slam with this episode. In all honesty, I'm still trying to dissect some of what we saw on-screen, so I'm not sure this recap will make complete sense, or be able to explain every scene. But here we go with my best guesses:

"Cabin Fever"

When I first saw this title, I thought more about Captain Gault and his reference to the "sickness" that the freighter folk were coming down with. Kind of strange, because I think the main intention all along was more in line with re-discovering Jacob's Cabin. But there's even a third possibility: Locke's mindset. Throughout this episode, we're treated to situations in which Locke is "boxed in": as a baby when he's born prematurely and placed in an incubator, in high school as he's stuffed in a locker, and after his paralysis when he's wheelchaired into an elevator. Of course, we already know that he used to work for a box company before he came to the island. We're definitely being told a story of a man who is repeatedly confined to a specific space, but then breaks out and expands his horizons. Could this overarching theme be related to the "real-time" events of this episode as well? Is Locke now about to break out of another form of confinement he's been experiencing on the island into another level of consciousness? I'm sure we'll get an idea of that beginning with next week's episode.

"He's twice your age, Emily."

OK, call me a conspiracy theorist, but this line, and the scene surrounding it, leaves me with some doubt as to whether or not the late Anthony Cooper (Sawyer's namesake) is really Locke's dad. Yeah, it's a reach, but follow the logic with me for a minute. We can reasonably assume that Emily is in her mid to late teens in this episode, putting her lover in or near his 30's. Couple that with the song on the record player, and what we already know about Locke...that he was born in the late 50's...and we've got Anthony Cooper coming in at nearly 80 years old when he came to the island to meet with Sawyer and his chains last season. Something just doesn't add up there. It could be that I have the math wrong, it could be something the writers overlooked, or it could be that there is more to the story of Locke's father. Let me put it this way...I wouldn't be surprised at all if a) Cooper's claim to be Locke's dad was his original con with Locke (he did need a kidney, right?), or b) that Cooper travelled through both space and time to get to the island last season. Just a little something to think about.

Sayid is no one's bitch

Just a quick aside here that could easily be lost with everything else that happened in this episode. Despite giving up a few inches of height to Keamy, and a whole lot of firepower, Sayid has no intention of giving up his friends on the island. Awesome to see someone stand up to Keamy, even if it was only for a fleeting moment.

The island still has plans for Michael

Although we already knew that it wasn't yet Michael's time to die, it was still a powerful scene to see him stare down the barrel of Keamy's gun with eyes wide open. At this point, it's hard not to feel sorry for the character, depsite his actions in Season 2. It would certainly be nice to see him get a chance at redemption before the island decides that his time is up.

"I used to have dreams."

It's absolutely amazing how thoroughly downtrodden Ben is in this episode. This guy is the man with the plan (and a backup plan) for every situation, but in this episode, he is thoroughly lost. From the opening scene (just look at his face), to his inability to figure out where Jacob's cabin is, to his awesome one-liner, "Destiny is a fickle bitch", to his reluctance to even approach Jacob's cabin after they find it...Ben has simply lost the will to try. As the episode progressed, especially after Ben's line to Locke about tricking Hurley, I kept expecting to see something that would lead me to believe that Ben was somehow still in control...that he was manipulating from behind the scenes...that he was one quick move away from taking over...but nothing. We've seen the flashforwards, so we know he regains his mojo at some point. But right now, it's gone.

Hello again, Mr. Alpert

I love the character of Richard Alpert. I'm so glad that Cane got cancelled so that Nestor Carbonell could reprise his role. And again, his appearance raises all kinds of questions. First, what's up with this guy's age? Seriously, does he ever get old? OK, I've got 2 theories about this: one of which I thought of back in "The Man Behind The Curtain", and a new one I just thought of after this episode. So, the seemingly most obvious answer to Richard's appearances, all at about the same age, is that he simply doesn't age at all. The island showed him the fountain of youth, and now he can go on for years and years at the same age. Sounds simple, right? Well, I don't subscribe to that theory any longer. Now I believe in this one: Richard is a time traveller. He seems the same age everywhere (or everywhen) he goes, because he's only in places for short periods of time before he time travels somewhere else...past, future, whatever. I'm not sure how yet, but that's my new theory.

But before we leave the topic of Mr. Alpert, why don't we ask another question: How the heck did he know where John Locke was as a baby? There are a couple of answers, only 2 of which really make sense to me. One, is that he knew Locke's real father somehow. He knew of Locke's birth, and Emily's impending decision, and went to the hospital to try to get a leg up on tracking him down later. Not buying that one? Me neither, really. What I really think, is that Mr. Alpert is actually from the future. He's doing all of these travels back in time to steer the course of actual events that have already occured, from his perspective. How does he know about Locke's birth? Well, from Locke himself, in the future! How's that for a thought? More on that in a bit.

John Locke, the next Dalai Lama?

As if it's not enough that Richard is stalking Locke throughout his life, but now he wants to run the reincarnation test on him. Of course, John fails miserably, stopping him from coming to the island at a much earlier age than he did. Or does he? Part of me thinks that the reason Richard is so thoroughly upset with young Locke is not that he's "not ready" (he must know that he will be at some point, right?), but that he IS ready. He grabbed the knife, and that knife is Mr. Locke through and through. Maybe, instead, Mr. Alpert is himself not ready for Locke to be ready. Maybe Mr. Alpert is the leader of the Others at that point in time, and like Ben last season, is simply not yet ready to give up the reins. Can't imagine any other reason why Richard would show that much disdain for a child. I certainly am having a hard time believing that it's only due to him not yet being "ready".

"You need to go on a walkabout"

First, a couple of visits from Richard Alpert, then a visit from Matthew Abbadon, who just so happens to recommend a trip to Australia. So, if Charles Widmore hired Abbadon, and Abbadon inspired Locke to go on his walkabout, then Widmore must believe that Locke will help him usurp Ben's power on the island at some point, right? Honestly, I'm not sure, but what intrigues me even more is the idea of Locke's destiny. All of John's "chance" meetings in this episode lead to the idea that there was actually no chance in it at all. Yeah, Locke was "chosen" alright, but not in the random, happenstance way in which that phrase is generally used. John was hand-picked early in life, and was guided to do the things he was "meant" to do. Everything has been carefully orchestrated to give John the impression that he was acting on his own free will, when he was in fact, doing what others suggested or pushed him to do. It makes the whole idea of "fate vs. free will" come into play even more. Michael's inability to die until he meets his destiny is nothing compared to the life-long manipulation that Locke has had to endure.

The doc goes overboard, but...

...he doesn't have stitches. He does have an interesting scar in the same place, but definitely no stitches. How in the heck is this possible? Does his body move back in time temporally as it travels backwards in time to the island? Honestly, I have no real grasp of what's happening here, other than the fact that it seems as though the way in which time moves for you as you approach or leave the island is nearly completely random, and is (as we know) determined solely by the vector you take when you travel.

Claire has turned into one spooky character

It certainly seems as though the rumor about her being dead is true, but more than that, she is one darn spooky girl now. That look and tone in Jacob's cabin was chilling. Odd that Christian didn't want Locke to tell anyone about her either. The strangness in the cabin continues...

Ben and Hurley share some chocolate

No amazing insights here, I just wanted to take a minute to nod in appreciation of this moment. It killed a few seconds of time, but it was absolutely hilarious! Awesome scene!

"He wants us to move the island."

What a setup we have for the 3-part finale! Just a quick note, and maybe it's obvious to everyone at this point: I think they're not only supposed to move the island through space, but through time as well.

POST-EPISODE QUESTIONS

What the heck is Christian Shepard's role in all of this?

He's dead, yet he's showing up everywhere on the island, off thr island, in Jacob's cabin, and is speaking on behalf of the big man himself. How the heck did he get into that position?

Is there a difference between fate and free will on this island?

How much of your life is yours if you're being guided by something else? Charlie, Michael, and now Locke all appear to have their fate already decided for them. The Oceanic 6 also appear headed back to the island after they escaped it, whether they want to or not. Can any of the survivors break the cycle?

Where (and to when) are they going to move the island?

I have no clue obviously, but it's fun to think about. Somewhere really, really cold perhaps?

I hope you enjoyed this episode as much as I did!

Ausiello: un "evento storico"

Alice — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:10:14 +0000

La scorsa settimana Ausiello aveva detto nella sua rubrica, che nell'episodio del 1 maggio avremmo rivisto Richard Alpert nel flashback di Locke.

Chiaramente si è sbagliato: intendeva infatti l'episodio successivo, in onda precisamente l'8 maggio.

Riguardo l'evento storico: si riferisce forse a questo?

Domanda: La scorsa settimana in Ask Ausiello, hai detto che Nestor Carbonell sarebbe tornato nel flashback di Locke nell'episodio di Lost in onda il 1 maggio. Intendevi 8 maggio? — Craig
Ausiello: Si certo! Scusate per i dubbi che ho creato. Fatemi perdonare con uno scoop: nello stesso episodio - in una scena di un flashback che forse rappresenta il momento più lontano nella narrazione temporale di tutto lo show, saremo testimoni di un evento storico che ancora ha ripercussioni significanti negli avvenimenti in tempo reale sull'isola.

Il ritorno di Richard Alpert

Desmond — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:11:45 +0000

I fan di Carbonella (come amiamo chiamarlo nel nostro forum) possono finalmente gioire: dopo mesi e mesi di spoiler vaghi e generici, abbiamo ora una data per l'attesissimo ritorno del pluricentenario personaggio interpretato da Nestor Carbonell.

Richard Alpert tornerà infatti a calcare le scene nel decimo episodio, "Something Nice Back Home" (dedicato a Locke), che andrà in onda il 1 maggio.

Episodio 11: Locke al liceo?

Alice — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:45:37 +0000

Un utente di Darkufo, per la precisione Athena, ci informa che il 4 marzo la troupe di Lost stava filmando alcune scene presso il liceo Leilehua. Per la precisione si parlava di un ragazzo che usciva fuori da un armadietto nel quale era stato rinchiuso... vi ricorda niente? Sembrerebbe, visti gli abiti indossati sul set, che l'ambientazione possa risalire agli anni '60. In particolare l'attenzione era incentrata su un giovane ragazzo dai capelli castani che parlava con un' insegnante. Visto che il giorno prima le riprese erano tornate nel luogo dove le scene della nascita di Locke erano state girate, possiamo quasi affermare che l'episodio 11 ci porterà nel periodo adolescenziale del nostro uomo di fede.

Ma Ryan ci rivela che c'è di più... altre riprese, ambientate presso la zona chiamata Manoa Falls Trail hanno rivelato una misteriosa porta Dharma nascosta nell'erba. Sulla scena erano presenti Josh Holloway e Emilie DeRavin in mattinata, e poco dopo è stato il turno di Daniel Dae Kim, Yunjin Kim, Rebecca Mader e Jeremy Davies.

Alpert presente alla nascita di Locke?!

Francesca — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:38:22 +0000

Ryan di Hawaii Blog ci aggiorna dando alcune notizie sull'episodio 4.11.

Le scene in questione sono state girate alla Waimano Home, dove è stato ricreato un ospedale, in particolare un reparto di maternità;
Le scene sembrerebbero essere ambientate negli anni 50, sia per via dei vestiti indossati dal personale ospedaliero sia per l'abbigliamento degli uomini e delle donne presenti sul set;
Ryan ha confermato che nella scena compare una ragazza di circa 20 anni, il cui nome è Emily, ed un bambino;

Nestor Carbonell (Richard Alpert) è stato visto presso il set, vestito elegantemente, e anche se non è stato confermato, la sua presenza sul set potrebbe non essere solo una visita di cortesia;
In quest'episodio dovrebbe lavorare pure Terry O'Quinn (John Locke).

Si può dedurre che quest'episodio sia incentrato su Locke, e le scene girate alla Waimano Home potrebbero quindi essere un flashback del giorno della sua nascita.

Lasciandoci un po' andare sulle vie della speculazione, possiamo iniziare anche a chiederci:

Ammesso che Carbonell fosse lì per quella ragione, perché Richard Alpert dovrebbe trovarsi in un flashback ambientato negli anni '50 e dedicato a Locke?
Richard potrebbe aver propositamente fatto visita a Locke il giorno della sua nascita?
Se sì, Richard è tornato indietro nel tempo dopo averlo conosciuto sull'isola?

Nestor Carbonell è tornato?

Freex — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:10:53 +0000

Ecco la notizia che tutti aspettavamo. A quanto pare Nestor Carbonell sarebbe tornato alle Hawaii, ovvero sul set di Lost.

Secondo DarkUfo la notizia è attendibile al 100%. Come consuetudine tuttavia, rimane rumor finchè non ci sarà una conferma.

"Chi pensate potesse esserci sull'areo che ho preso ieri per le Hawaii? Non me ne sarei mai accorta se gli attendenti di volo non lo avessero spifferato in giro. Eravamo entrambi in prima classe, ma lui era nella primissima fila con tutto lo spazio per le gambe e la sua privacy. Ovviamente sto parlando di Nestor carbonell, alias Richard Alpert. Mentre stava lasciando l'aeroplano gli ho chiesto se stava girando nuovamente Lost. Lui e sua moglie (compagna?) hanno sorriso, e mi hanno spiegato che lui non può dire nulla. Poi ha detto che non era alle Hawaii per turismo, e di "tenere un occhio aperto per lui il Giovedì sera". Mi ha detto esattamente questo, senza aggiungere nulla. Dopodiché è salito su un'auto a noleggio che lo ha portato al suo Hotel."

Fonte:[Kristin@DarkUfo]

Nestor Carbonell ritorna?

Francesca — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:41:56 +0000

Ausiello afferma che l'attore Nestor Carbonell, che in Lost ha interpretato Richard Alpert, potrebbe riprendere ad interpretare il suo ruolo: "un personaggio senza età".

Conferma la notizia il produttore Carlton Cuse descrivendo Nestor come "un grande attore, il cui ritorno porterà ad alcune rivelazioni molto interessanti".

The Mayor Has Eyeliner

tdksucks — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:12:09 +0000

I know I wasn't the only one. When the Mayor of Chicago (I mean Gotham) was introduced, my first thought was "Hm, seems like a bit of a youngish looking actor to play the Mayor, but OK." Then as a close-up shot focuses onto his face, my next thought was "...wait... is that... eyeliner?" It was one of those moments where you see the silhouettes of others in the theater turning to each other to make a comment to the person next to them, and you know what they're saying. "Is he... wait... is that?..."

Now, it could be that Nestor Carbonell, the actor who played the Mayor, just has some VERY thick lower eyelashes, possibly due to his heritage (I believe hispanic), but I've never met anyone whose heritage affected their lower eyelashes so much that it would give off the appearance of thick mascara. It totally threw off every scene he was in.

Let's put a smm-iiile on that camera!

WITA — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:40:40 +0000

Lots of Batman news, whoo!

Along with some information about the Gotham Knight panel at Wizard World Chicago on June 28 (next Saturday) there's a few new pictures from the movie, which comes out straight to dvd and blu-ray on July 8, over at Batman-On-Film.

First off regarding The Dark Knight, here's an interview with Nestor Carbonell, who plays the mayor of Gotham in the movie. Yeah, that seemingly immortal guy from Lost? That's him. Anyway, it's a cool read and you get to see repeated typos (it's Dark Knight, not Night---as in reference to the chivalrous guys in armor, not the period of time after the sun sets). And who isn't a fan of Batman (or Gary Oldman)?

LatinoReview: When the movie started filming it was based around the Joker, which is Heath Ledger's character. Did you have any scenes with him at all?
Carbonell: I am in a couple of scenes with Heath but I really didn't have much interaction with him in the film. There was one particular moment that comes to mind that I did take note. I announce to a group of police officers and there is a big cheer in the room. Heath Ledger is behind bars, and it's in the trailer actually, and it wasn't scripted. He improvised this where he started clapping along in a very mocking sardonic way. Immediately I knew 'Whoa, this guy's got this role right in his veins. He knows this guy really well.' That was one observation I had, but I didn't have much interaction with him. I wish I would have had more. From what I understand the work he does in this film is just outstanding and unbelievable. I haven't had a chance to see it but others have seen it. They said it was incredible.

Aweeesommeee! I wish I could have been there to see that, man.

Part Five of BOF's TDK Set Visit is up! It features interviews with costumer Lindy Hemming, production designer Nathan Crowly, and producers Emma Thomas and Charles Roven. Hemming talks about Heath Ledger's outfit as his character, the Joker. Crowly discusses the Batpod (kick ass!)--and, as expected from the comics, his gadgets sound freaking awesome.

There's only a little section with Chris Corbould:

Chris Corbould is the special effect supervisor for THE DARK KNIGHT. We had the chance to chat briefly with him during the TDK set visit.

Chris explained a lot of the details behind the Batpod and gave high praise to its stunt driver, Jean-Pierre Goy.

Mr. Corbould also discussed the fact that CGI is used only when absolutely necessary in TDK (as well as in BATMAN BEGINS).

This is going to be good. But yeah, and I know Nolan wanted to film through any weather (like hard rain or wind) to make it more realistic---which is also going to be very cool.

And finally, Thomas and Roven talk about the film itself.

In other news, there's been some neat viral stuff going on ... Like this. Have fun!

Yeah, I suck and can't beat it, hehe, but it leads here evidently, where if you watch for the 03:02:13:22 mark you'll see this ...

Which goes back to the first released Joker photo from the movie.

Ohhh viral? (That's probably not new, but I haven't seen it before.)

Another cool tv spot for The Dark Knight, yay!

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Richard Alpert presente nella prossima stagione

mikelehume — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:58:35 +0000

In un intervista rilasciata a Latino Review, Nestor Carbonell, l'attore che interpreta Richard Alpert in Lost, ha confermato che sarà presente nella prossima stagione e che già in Agosto si recherà alle Hawaii per l'inizio delle riprese.

Alcuni rumors non confermati, parlano di un ruolo di regular per Carbonell per la prossima stagione.

Nestor Carbonell conferma il suo ritorno

ziobob — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:35:37 +0000

Nestor Carbonell, che interpreta Richard Alpert, ha confermato che tornerà a girare per Lost in Agosto, quando inizieranno le riprese per la quinta stagione.

Questa notizia tende a confermare un recente rumor secondo il quale Carbonell avrebbe un contratto regolare per tutta la prossima stagione, divenendo quindi attore fisso e non più una "Guest Star"

Fan del Carbonella, gioite!

[Fonte: DarkUFO]

Nestor Carbonell nella Quinta Stagione

Freex — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:11:07 +0000

Odi ha pubblicato su Darkufo questo interessante rumor riguardante Nestor Carbonell. La notizia proviene da un blog nato recentemente, ed è quindi tutta da confermare.

Secondo la fonte, l'attore sarebbe stato recentemente contattato dalla ABC per stipulare il contratto per la prossima stagione.

Fino ad ora Carbonell era apparso in diversi episodi di Lost come guest, mentre sembra che per la prossima stagione il suo contratto sarà "full season".

Rumor o no, è un dato di fatto che Richard Alpert (il personaggio da lui interpretato) ha assunto via via sempre più importanza in Lost, ed è quindi verosimile che la ABC voglia legare l'attore allo show in maniera più forte che in passato.

Fonte:[Darkufo]