The Dark Friday Knight

I'm a bit overawed by the marketing campaign for The Dark Knight, which has been rattling along for what seems like an eternity. While undeniably imaginative, creative and incredibly cool, they were in serious danger of banging people into submission! Well, that's if you frequent movie-related websites on the internet, I suppose. Chances are "normal" people have only seen the obligatory posters, billboards and TV spots.

Amazingly, The Dark Knight took $66 million in its opening day in the US (a new record, beating Spider-Man 3's $59.8m) and $155 million over the weekend. It's also #1 on the IMDb chart, too! Is it really The Best Movie Ever Ever Made? Well, 69,000 people have voted it an average of 9.5/10, so they clearly thought so. It's been getting rave reviews practically everywhere this week, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a 94% fresh rating, based on 207 professional reviews.

Their summation:

"Dark, complex and unforgettable, The Dark Knight succeeds not just as an entertaining comic book film, but as a richly thrilling crime saga."

The Dark Knight opens this Friday in the UK, with previews on Thursday evening. It's also on IMAX if you're lucky enough to have one close by. Incidentally, when will IMAX's become the norm, eh? My local ODEON doesn't even have a digital screen yet, and "digital" already sounds very old-hat in the wake of High Definition and IMAX 3-D.

Anyway, I'm hoping to see The Dark Knight when it opens this weekend, along with half the nation I'd say. Are you going?

In the meantime, some Batman links for you all:

A Brief History of The Joker
Batman Movie Posters
Dark Knight: IMAX Behind-The-Scenes
Batman vs. Batman vs. Batman Video
10 Ridiculous Batman Weapons
Batman Through The Years
5 Reasons The Dark Knight Is Better Than Batman Begins