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Sureality aka Mike Pecci

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Mike Pecci is an award winning independent filmmaker and photographer from Boston.
Known for directing the internet comedy show "Starvin with Louis" and his groundbreaking SG photo sets for Alexsandria the "Savage Repose", Hellah's "In Her Own Image", and Bailey's "Diner of Death". See some of his films, music videos, and photography at www.mikepecci.com

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JULY 21, 2008 @ 05:27 AM | 9 COMMENTS

Could Contain Spoilers, be careful.

So I saw "The Dark Knight" at a midnight screening on Friday. Let me first say that I thought the film was fantastic, and The Joker performance was stunning along with Commissioner Gordon, and a lot of the other supporting cast members. The realistic environment was beautifully crafted and the photography was lovely. All that being said, there were a bunch of moments in the film that almost killed the movie for me:

- The dialog from the Jokers henchmen during the opening scene was terrible and completely unneeded. The actions were great but when you are trying to base this story "in real life" you gotta loose the comic book dialog.
- Maggie Gyllenhaal was terrible. I felt like every time she was on screen she was chuckling at the fact that she was cast in this movie. Compared to a lot of the other performances she stood out like a sore thumb.
- My biggest issue was Christian Bale's performance as Batman. As Bruce Wayne he is great. He brings in the best elements of American Psycho and plays the spoiled rich kids extremely well. But as soon as you put the mask on him and he puts on the out of breath deep voice, I cringed in my seat. How can the director hear his voice in dailies and go�"Yes, yes that is great!"

Overall the film was amazing, but these issues nearly pulled me out of a film that I wanted to stay in for the entire 2 � hours. It's a difficult thing to take a story that is comic books themed, and over the top, and make it real. I feel like they almost did it. Great movie though. See it for yourself and tell me I'm full of shit.

Jaebin

Australia

October 2006

JUL 21, 2008 05:43 AM

Just enjoy the movie don't get all over analytical about it

NicoleLee

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

JUL 21, 2008 07:28 AM

Well, consider this. If your face was squeezed into a mask that covered your nasal region and pulled your nose upward, you might talk a little funny too.
The henchmen dialogue wasn't so bad - if anything, it served as a short 5min transition between TDK and 'Begins.' It did reflect the "comic book type dialogue" a bit much compared to the rest of the movie, but how do you compare that with Gordon's speech at the end?
My issue with Maggie/Rachel was that compared to Katie's stint as the character, Maggie was more of a wuss. Katie's Rachel was a gutsy chick that had a backbone. I didn't get that from Maggie. She just looked like a lost puppy.

Rydell

SUICIDEGIRL

Alberta, Canada

JUL 21, 2008 07:46 AM

I so want to go see this.....I like reading everyones reviews...yours is great!!

LorenSoth

Portsmouth, RI

January 2006

JUL 21, 2008 06:01 PM

Funny how I thought some of the same thing.

-The beginning to me brought you straight into Joker fucking madness, clown masks and each one being told to kill the other... I thought they were all fucking crazy, and apparently one of them was and yes I'm a comic book dork.

- The love interest girl was pretty blah, I don't know why but she just wasn't really trying to be Bruce Wayne's childhood sweetheart much. I was somewhat surprised and delighted by what the joker pulled though

-The scary batman voice was pretty lame, I had a problem with that in the first movie too.

-Joker was amazing, maybe the fact that he was just a little older than me when he died is what really bothered me. I have never seen him in a film (that I can remember anyway) and I am taking his acting ability on this movie. He was a true actor in my book, not just a celebrity.

jonnytrrrash7

Liechtenstein

February 2004

JUL 21, 2008 06:55 PM

i just saw the movie this afternoon. i see your point about Maggie but she didn't really bother me. overall i rather enjoyed it, but i had lower expectations than you, perhaps.

Spica

SUICIDEGIRL

Argentina

JUL 21, 2008 07:03 PM

I SO agree with you!

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

JUL 22, 2008 08:51 PM

I still need to see it.

-TM

FancyD

I'm lost

February 2006

JUL 22, 2008 09:34 PM

I don't think Christian Bale will ever match the American Psycho performance. He is brilliant in that movie, but as Batman, he was my biggest peeve of the movie. The henchmen in the beginning made me go...'oh no I waited how long to see this'.....but Ledger pulled it off and the movie was pretty good.

Also annoyingly....Bale is looking a little like Tom Cruise, from a distance, I was half drunk maybe....I dunno, he really irked me....I mean really really irked the hell out of me. I actually had to go sit in the loo I got so irritated and well the movie was pretty long. But as Batman he is flat and boring and ugh, what a disappoinment. I'll have to re-watch Psycho to appreciate him again.

Heath kicked ass. Fir shure.

In not so many words, I concur.

AnnaLee

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

JUL 24, 2008 11:34 AM

Hi, I was avoiding the blog as the film isn't out here yet! Are you still producing any sets for the site or doing more personal work? I was away for a while but hope you might be making some more amazing picture sets!