465: Camus With a Smiley Face

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2019

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Our cinematic survey of Batman rolls on with Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” Nolan’s film was a huge hit and remains well loved, but how does it hold up on rewatching? Our panel found a film overflowing with ideas, sometimes to its credit and sometime to its detriment. Is this really two movies jammed together into one? Why was Rachel Dawes re-cast? Why does Batman hate dogs? Turn on your sonar vision and find out!

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0:00.0	The Incomparable, number 465, June 2019.
0:11.7	Welcome back to The Incomparable.
0:13.5	I'm Dan Morton, sitting in for Jason Snell as we return to the world of Gotham City
0:18.2	for the second installment in Christopher Nolan's
0:21.8	Dark Night trilogy, which has two-thirds of the movies have Dark Night in the title, I guess.
0:27.3	Maybe that's why they went with it.
0:28.9	This is 2008's The Dark Night, appropriately titled, and here to discuss this film with me
0:36.7	is a veritable rogues gallery of batman enthusiasts
0:40.7	Christina warren is here hi christina hello thanks for being here i'm i'm so excited to be here
0:47.8	this is one of my favorite movies period of all time so i'm i'm thrilled i excellent i'm glad
0:53.9	we have that perspective uh represented on this podcast. Joe Rosenstiel is also
0:58.6	here. Hi, Joe. Is this one of your favorite movies of all time? It might not be.
1:03.6	I love it. It's okay. Yeah, there's room for plenty of different opinions. Speaking of different
1:09.2	opinions, Guy English is here.
1:11.3	Hi, Guy.
1:14.7	I really love Michael Kane and the Dark Night.
1:17.4	It is one of my most enjoyable movies.
1:19.7	You could have just stopped after Michael Kane.
1:23.7	Everybody who listened to the Batman Begins Podcast, we'll recall.
1:28.0	Also, joining us, and he's promised to be on his best behavior.
1:28.6	Don Melton.
1:29.2	Hi, Don.
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