S16 Ep831: The Dark Knight (2008, W❤️M)

We Hate Movies

WHM Entertainment

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 184 minutes

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“It’s like the Empire Strikes Back of Batman films…” - Andrew

On this week’s massive episode, we’re finally talking about one of the biggest blockbusters of all time, The Dark Knight! How amazing was Heath in this? Could these fake Batman losers find some… employment in 2025? Would a drug dealer slinging Scarecrow’s Fear Toxin actually have repeat customers? Does the CGI on Two-Face hold up? How awesome is all the vehicular carnage in this movie? And who among hasn’t wanted to WHOOP in the theater watching the semi-truck scene? PLUS: The Nolan Brothers hit up White Castle!

The Dark Knight stars Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllengaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Ron Dean, Cillian Murphy, Chin Han, Nestor Carbonell, Eric Roberts, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall, and Heath Ledger as the Joker; directed by Christopher Nolan.

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0:00.0	Massive shout out to Sonos for sponsoring the entirety of today's episode on The Dark Night. This holiday season, Sonos is going to make an amazing gift for you or a loved one. So stay tuned throughout the episode. We're going to be back to tell you all about them. Hey, y'all, real quick reminder that, my goodness, we are under a month away from our 15th anniversary show at the Bell House in beautiful Brooklyn, New York.
0:21.0	That is Saturday the 6th of December. We are going to be on hand live talking about total recall.
0:26.4	Yes, the excellent Arnold Schwarzenegger one, not the not so great Colin Farrell one.
0:31.9	Yes, Arnie will be there in spirit to help us celebrate 15 years on the air.
0:39.2	We could not have done it without all of our listeners. We want to see as many of you there as possible. Pack that place to the rafters,
0:43.8	y'all. Tickets are on sale now. They're going fast. WHMpodcast.com. We'll see you on the 6th of
0:49.7	December. It's pretty extraordinary. This week on the program, it's kind of like the Empire Strikes Back of Batman movies.
0:57.5	It's the Dark Night.
0:58.7	I'm Andrew Juppin.
0:59.7	Things are worse than ever now.
1:01.8	I'm Stephen Sadek.
1:02.9	Eric Siska.
1:04.1	I'm Chris Cabin, of course.
1:06.1	Oh, excellent.
1:07.3	And we love movies.
1:42.8	Music excellent. And we love movies. Hello, everyone, welcome to We Love Movies.
2:17.8	Thank you for tuning into the Fine program, as always. That's right. Week two of our We Love Movies Month has us finally, finally addressing a Batman film. At long last. The biggest movie? I think it's the biggest one. This is the biggest. I think this is the biggest. Of the Batman or the movies? Movies. I think it's one of the, I may be one of is a good qualifier, but like at least of the since 2000 hit. I mean, I am still. This is now 2005. This movie came on 2008. Do you say this is now 2005? Oh, I'm sorry.
2:18.9	No, this is not 2025.
2:23.6	I'll be walking into the ocean later tonight.
2:25.5	You could warn us about the recessions.
2:28.4	Oh my God, if I can go back to 2005.
2:32.2	The fucking Iraq war already started when I can try to figure out some other stuff.
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