<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post3334398373771318338..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5131839185182807831</id><published>2008-07-31T14:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T14:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ha!  Caught in the Ernesto/neverneutral trap! S&#39;wh...</title><summary type='text'>Ha!  Caught in the Ernesto/neverneutral trap! S&#39;what I get fer shootin&#39; off my mout&#39;.  I&#39;ve seen TDK a few times, as well, and it holds up for me.  I&#39;ll put a stop on my comments by saying that it&#39;s, if nothing else, a surprise to find a comic-based film that polarizes intelligent opinion.  Ron has problems with it, so have you. Roger Ebert thinks its a masterpiece, so do I.  I don&#39;t know anyone </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/5131839185182807831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/5131839185182807831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217530440000#c5131839185182807831' title=''/><author><name>Rick Wiggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523692547207125395</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589923559"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8419086172835007896</id><published>2008-07-31T06:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-31T06:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>He he, Thanks, Rick. It seems appropriate that you...</title><summary type='text'>He he, Thanks, Rick. It seems appropriate that you did  not realize that Ernesto is the secret identity of neverneutral! ;) It&#39;s just this Blogger/Google comments box, that does not let me sign as &quot;Ernesto&quot; while linking to my Never Neutral blog at wordpress. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have to say that both Ernesto and neverneutral agree more and more with Ron&#39;s review every time he reads it again, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8419086172835007896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8419086172835007896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217498700000#c8419086172835007896' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7053272696260122553</id><published>2008-07-28T15:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T15:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey neverneutral -  I think you got caught in the ...</title><summary type='text'>Hey neverneutral -  &lt;BR/&gt;I think you got caught in the crossfire (blanks, or paintballs at worst) with Ernesto!  I&#39;d responded to your initial raising of the whole attribution and acknowledegment issue, didn&#39;t mean to seem like I was coming around for another broadside to belabor the points!  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I agree with pretty much everything you&#39;ve said here, from foreign films v. Hollywood to the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/7053272696260122553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/7053272696260122553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217274180000#c7053272696260122553' title=''/><author><name>Rick Wiggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523692547207125395</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589923559"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8315363141802649891</id><published>2008-07-28T08:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T08:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Rick, I was not criticizing negatively Ron&#39;s r...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Rick, I was not criticizing negatively Ron&#39;s review. It goes without saying that this is an intelligent review.  As a comic book reader, what I noticed is that the term was not mentioned at all. By &quot;telling&quot;, I meant it is telling about &quot;pop culture in general&quot;, not about Ron&#39;s thought or writing.  I think it&#39;s a sign of a general movement in contemporary culture, in which plot and treatment </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8315363141802649891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8315363141802649891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217246760000#c8315363141802649891' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8627654195804362148</id><published>2008-07-28T01:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T01:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ernesto - I think you just made my point for me.  ...</title><summary type='text'>Ernesto - I think you just made my point for me.  This blog is frequented by people who don&#39;t need a lesson on comic history. Nobody is avoiding a disclaimer by simply not bothering with a roll call of past Batman comic book contributors, it just isn&#39;t necessary to an intelligent exchange about a movie. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m pretty sure Ron would feel safe in posting a review of a new edition of Plath </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8627654195804362148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8627654195804362148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217222220000#c8627654195804362148' title=''/><author><name>Rick Wiggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523692547207125395</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589923559"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7927240014301860969</id><published>2008-07-28T00:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T00:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Whillikers! Mention a talking rabbit and the world...</title><summary type='text'>Whillikers! &lt;BR/&gt;Mention a talking rabbit and the world thinks a guy&#39;s naive.&lt;BR/&gt;OK. Broderick Crawford. &lt;BR/&gt;There&#39;s a fine blend of both postwar excess AND disillusionment &lt;BR/&gt;- the act of disenchanting, especially to disappoint or embitter by leaving without illusion. &lt;BR/&gt;Ouch, my achin&#39; noir.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just the facts, ma&#39;am.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yet another war once more, a dream that was of course a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/7927240014301860969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/7927240014301860969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217217720000#c7927240014301860969' title=''/><author><name>giveitaname</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14218614927360980192</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-912166607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3644809008659525693</id><published>2008-07-27T19:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T19:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A billionaire with the latest military technology ...</title><summary type='text'>A billionaire with the latest military technology is our hero. He fights a man who is the personification of the &quot;irrational&quot;.  The hero must tap everyone&#39;s phone in order to save the day.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;???&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And then there&#39;s a blonde haired blue eyed guy that fights the criminal element, consisting of blacks, russians, chinese...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What&#39;s there to love or even like about this film, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3644809008659525693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3644809008659525693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217202360000#c3644809008659525693' title=''/><author><name>Tim</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00107808731723317264</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-431789097"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2941226039446555776</id><published>2008-07-27T19:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T19:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Great point, Curtis.  Contrast Capra&#39;s stammering ...</title><summary type='text'>Great point, Curtis.  Contrast Capra&#39;s stammering everyman with the later Stewart of Anthony Mann and Hitchcock.  Bitter, driven, obsessive. A not so wonderful life after all.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/2941226039446555776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/2941226039446555776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217202120000#c2941226039446555776' title=''/><author><name>Rick Wiggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523692547207125395</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589923559"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4000339889841804972</id><published>2008-07-27T16:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T16:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m not sure how &quot;firmly entrenched&quot; the &quot;legend&quot; ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m not sure how &quot;firmly entrenched&quot; the &quot;legend&quot; would have been (considering we are willing to accept it is) without the comic books. &quot;Comic&quot; (meaning here &quot;comic book&quot; or &quot;graphic narrative&quot;) should not be a &quot;disclaimer&quot; to be avoided. It&#39;s not about comic book &quot;geekness&quot;, it&#39;s about acknowledging where texts come from. It&#39;s sad that &quot;the average moviegoer&quot; indeed does not care, but I thought </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/4000339889841804972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/4000339889841804972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217188860000#c4000339889841804972' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03953877785664466289</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1208458607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7915168820736262725</id><published>2008-07-27T09:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T09:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In my unconscious mind I always get Harvey mixed u...</title><summary type='text'>In my unconscious mind I always get Harvey mixed up with Clarence.  Jimmy Stewart is wandering across a bridge contemplating suicide and a mild-mannered avuncular man appears in a big rabbit suit offering solace.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Capra&#39;s loony vision of a Depression America &quot;saved&quot; through divine intervention is a sick joke on &#39;Thirties social consciousness.  The war economy started us down a path </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/7915168820736262725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/7915168820736262725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217164680000#c7915168820736262725' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3414677056935655642</id><published>2008-07-26T14:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T14:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Not sure what&#39;s &quot;telling&quot; about the omission of Ka...</title><summary type='text'>Not sure what&#39;s &quot;telling&quot; about the omission of Kane, Miller and Mazzuchelli, or &quot;comic&quot; for that matter.  It&#39;s a review of a contemporary film based on a now firmly entrenched legend.  Does the average comic geek need to be reminded who created or contributed most significantly to the comics, or that it was a comic first?  And does the average movie viewer care?  The fact that we&#39;ve all been </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3414677056935655642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3414677056935655642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217097960000#c3414677056935655642' title=''/><author><name>Rick Wiggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523692547207125395</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589923559"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-467303975131623142</id><published>2008-07-26T07:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T07:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s amazing that this is a review that manages no...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s amazing that this is a review that manages not to mention the words &quot;Bob Kane&quot; (or &quot;Frank Miller&quot; and &quot;David Mazzucchelli&quot; for that matter) &quot;comic,&quot; &quot;comics,&quot; or &quot;comic book&quot; even once. Quite telling.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/467303975131623142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/467303975131623142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1217071980000#c467303975131623142' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 26, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3553296606519197983</id><published>2008-07-25T02:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-25T02:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I like the Elwood P. Dowd Harvey from another time...</title><summary type='text'>I like the Elwood P. Dowd Harvey from another time. &lt;BR/&gt;Jimmy Stewart was no Heath Ledger was no Jimmy Stewart but &lt;BR/&gt;they get all crumpled and tossed out like trash so fast nowadays, no?&lt;BR/&gt;Broderick Crawford infiltrated a character well past his usual talent, playing the same Stark Sean Penn merely stumbled about outside of.&lt;BR/&gt;But then again, Crawford probably wouldn&#39;t be the best choice </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3553296606519197983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3553296606519197983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216966260000#c3553296606519197983' title=''/><author><name>giveitaname</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14218614927360980192</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-912166607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3620338073635728382</id><published>2008-07-24T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T13:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Harvey Milk film (starring Sean Penn as Harvey...</title><summary type='text'>The Harvey Milk film (starring Sean Penn as Harvey) should be out soon.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3620338073635728382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3620338073635728382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216921200000#c3620338073635728382' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-757427446976629314</id><published>2008-07-24T12:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T12:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Arthur Dent=Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy=the co...</title><summary type='text'>Arthur Dent=Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy=the coolest superhero team-up &lt;I&gt;ever!&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My favorite &quot;Harvey&quot; crusader is Harvey Milk.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/757427446976629314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/757427446976629314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216915680000#c757427446976629314' title=''/><author><name>Josh_Hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04072181113771913036</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/79/244821860_f96b9d7e60_t.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-385522224"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4640226718100878398</id><published>2008-07-24T08:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T08:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well we all have to watch SOMETHING while we are w...</title><summary type='text'>Well we all have to watch SOMETHING while we are waiting for the retrospective Iraq War movies to be made.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Personally, I&#39;ll just stick to watching Legally Blond a few more times if you don&#39;t mind.  Or say, the wonderful protagonist known as V.  Half Phantom of the Opera and the rest, Mistah Kurtz.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe you are just tired of fairy tales Ron.  Maybe everyone is tired of them. &lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/4640226718100878398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/4640226718100878398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216902660000#c4640226718100878398' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/R-T_8p07tdI/AAAAAAAAALk/-vDDGcPoXP0/S220/Cotton+gully.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2225863594766681957</id><published>2008-07-24T03:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-24T03:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Ron, Harvey Dent debuted in the Batman univers...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Ron, Harvey Dent debuted in the Batman universe in 1942.  Color me dense, but I don&#39;t get the &quot;great detail&quot;.  Reference to the invisible rabbit from the later play/film? Or a reeeealy long double stretch to the first TV cartoon, &#39;Crusader Rabbit&#39;?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/2225863594766681957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/2225863594766681957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216884060000#c2225863594766681957' title=''/><author><name>Rick Wiggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523692547207125395</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589923559"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 24, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8128908792427104452</id><published>2008-07-23T18:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T18:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Troylloyd:Why, me! I care about Jack Kirby. I mean...</title><summary type='text'>Troylloyd:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why, me! I care about Jack Kirby. I mean, he&#39;s dead, but I still care. And I care about the Jack Kirby dots.&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, I hope that when I die, and my spirit goes out into, you know, the Universe (the one filled with Kirby dots: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/1872_4_01.jpg) I hope that I, too, come back looking like a Jack Kirby drawing. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8128908792427104452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8128908792427104452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216851240000#c8128908792427104452' title=''/><author><name>Tortilla ex Machina</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_HakneZ76Pf4/SFZUaTMbX-I/AAAAAAAAAkk/KgeQzj05Vvg/S220/changes.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2997760563189247028</id><published>2008-07-23T15:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T15:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oops. I might have been thinking of Arthur Danto, ...</title><summary type='text'>Oops. I might have been thinking of Arthur Danto, who I read regularly. This is not to say that I think he&#39;s two faced in his criticism, only that I am at times confused to important details when blogging in a hurry. Thanks for the heads up.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/2997760563189247028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/2997760563189247028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216841040000#c2997760563189247028' title=''/><author><name>TED BURKE</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_C89YLyBFNJ0/R8sb8yZjEYI/AAAAAAAABE8/NrnjzFWxqP4/S220/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368526798"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3398657322903565137</id><published>2008-07-23T15:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T15:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>HARVEY Dent, not Arthur. Having a crusader who&#39;s n...</title><summary type='text'>HARVEY Dent, not Arthur. Having a crusader who&#39;s name is Harvey is a great detail.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3398657322903565137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/3398657322903565137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216839780000#c3398657322903565137' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8335442254166154560</id><published>2008-07-23T12:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T12:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I rather liked the movie over all, but my basic co...</title><summary type='text'>I rather liked the movie over all, but my basic complaint is the one that plagues nearly all Hollywood films these days; The Dark Knight is simply too long. One has to admit that there is little slack time here and that all the materials coming at you are part of an intricate and dense weave, but the attempt to compensate for length by having a brisk pace results , if not torpor, then monotony. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8335442254166154560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/8335442254166154560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216829400000#c8335442254166154560' title=''/><author><name>TED BURKE</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_C89YLyBFNJ0/R8sb8yZjEYI/AAAAAAAABE8/NrnjzFWxqP4/S220/images.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368526798"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6802091415550850193</id><published>2008-07-23T09:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T09:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Best comic strip movie ever? I would stick with Sp...</title><summary type='text'>Best comic strip movie ever? I would stick with Spider Man 2. Sam Raimi &amp;amp; Michael Chabon. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Jessie, I disagree about Batman Begins, which I caught on FX recently. Maybe it is a matter of taste, but they are very different. One seems to be a kung-fu movie and the other is a Michael Mann-style action movie. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Christian Bale is tremendous though. It&amp;#39;s a shame Rescue Dawn was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/6802091415550850193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/6802091415550850193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216818600000#c6802091415550850193' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4044693242546444247</id><published>2008-07-23T03:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T03:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well presented case, as always, Ron.  I don&#39;t line...</title><summary type='text'>Well presented case, as always, Ron.  I don&#39;t line up with the overarching premise; seems to me this movie deals in some pretty clear and intense emotions not foreign to filmgoers. It also serves a purpose that, like Hobbiteers everywhere will thump their chests and proclaim, was served by each of the Lord of the Rings installments.  It moves along a much broader story. The Batman needs to become</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/4044693242546444247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/4044693242546444247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216798740000#c4044693242546444247' title=''/><author><name>Rick Wiggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523692547207125395</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589923559"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7432712985053349047</id><published>2008-07-23T00:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T00:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i was hoping the movie would be more along the lin...</title><summary type='text'>i was hoping the movie would be more along the lines of &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Dark_Knight_Returns&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Frank Miller&#39;s&lt;/A&gt; darkknight, but i&#39;m told the storyline isn&#39;t close.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and who cares about &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.tcj.com/aa02ss/n_marvel.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jack Kirby&lt;/A&gt; anyways?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/7432712985053349047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/7432712985053349047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216785900000#c7432712985053349047' title=''/><author><name>troylloyd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14706450196335510065</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_n-IRSYagfYk/SDCABr3syNI/AAAAAAAAAAw/weVi5gqdgms/S220/monkee.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-81611072"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1549904371100756413</id><published>2008-07-22T15:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-07-22T15:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Once again I find myself nodding along with your c...</title><summary type='text'>Once again I find myself nodding along with your commentary here. I went with people coming away saying this was the best comic book movie ever but I&#39;d have to still argue for Batman Begins because it was much more story driven whereas this really was an action movie not so much about Batman as about the joker. I wanted more from Christain Bale who I think is brillant.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But if you want to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/1549904371100756413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3334398373771318338/comments/default/1549904371100756413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html?showComment=1216753980000#c1549904371100756413' title=''/><author><name>Jessie Carty</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13181286764480973423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_euLaLVNpeA4/R-XAjpsn32I/AAAAAAAAAVg/eJyPkEyUbrw/S220/IMG_0527.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-knight-is-very-good-motion-picture.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3334398373771318338' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3334398373771318338' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-97078717"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2008"/></entry></feed>