Many people were disappointed that The Dark Knight had not received a nomination for Best Picture for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. When the full nominations were announced on Thursday, it only took a small amount of time before the fans began their backlash. It would seem that since last summer, The Dark Knight is still demanding enormous attention.
Earlier this month, The Dark Knight has already received awards and nominations from The Grammys, The Golden Globes and The Screen Actors Guild. But why was it passed over for a nomination of an Oscar? With only five places for a Best Picture nomination, the movie may have only just been passed over. It has received nominations from the Producers, Writers and Cinematographers Guild earlier in the month.
Unfortunately this time around, The Dark Knight will not be taking home a Best Picture award or a Best Director Oscar. Heath Ledger has received a Best Supporting Actor nomination, but Chris Nolan missed out on the Best Directors nomination. Amongst all this Oscar hype, people are questioning whether this movie even deserves the nomination that it did, and whether it only received this nomination in response to public reaction to Ledger?s untimely death.
Let me just point something out here, just because something is overrated does not mean it?s not a good or even great movie. It simply means that it gets more praise than it deserves, regardless of how good it is. It just happens that The Dark Knight is a fantastic movie.
The Dark Knight has broken record after record in box office receipts. It has also shown an amazing run at the box office as the awards season continues. The very first weekend the hyperbole emanating over the internet about how fantastically brilliant the movie is was intensely nauseating. It got so bad at one point that a lot of people were calling it the greatest film of all time. Certainly the greatest crime drama of all time and a yardstick that all other super hero movies would be measured against from now on.
The Dark Knight is not just a movie about a dark super hero, it is a commentary on the ongoing cultural production and reproduction of a capitalist system. It is also about creating criminal classes out of any minority group, and the use of violence in keeping the lower classes in control. Along with the high production values associated with today?s blockbusters, it shows us about monopolising the financial capital and the power of the state transferred to capital.
The Dark Knight cashes in on the notion of capitalist dominance and the legitimate militarization of our society against these so-called insane terrorists. It comments on the society that we live in today and the problem with terrorism. It is any wonder that this movie has been such the box office draw that it has been?
The next instalment in the Batman franchise is now on everyone?s thoughts. Considering it?s Worldwide take at the box office, a sequel is inevitable.
The Dark Knight sequel could be gearing up for 2011 release, with an estimation of the next Batman movie's release allegedly been offered by Michael Uslan, the executive producer of The Dark Knight. - 15275
Earlier this month, The Dark Knight has already received awards and nominations from The Grammys, The Golden Globes and The Screen Actors Guild. But why was it passed over for a nomination of an Oscar? With only five places for a Best Picture nomination, the movie may have only just been passed over. It has received nominations from the Producers, Writers and Cinematographers Guild earlier in the month.
Unfortunately this time around, The Dark Knight will not be taking home a Best Picture award or a Best Director Oscar. Heath Ledger has received a Best Supporting Actor nomination, but Chris Nolan missed out on the Best Directors nomination. Amongst all this Oscar hype, people are questioning whether this movie even deserves the nomination that it did, and whether it only received this nomination in response to public reaction to Ledger?s untimely death.
Let me just point something out here, just because something is overrated does not mean it?s not a good or even great movie. It simply means that it gets more praise than it deserves, regardless of how good it is. It just happens that The Dark Knight is a fantastic movie.
The Dark Knight has broken record after record in box office receipts. It has also shown an amazing run at the box office as the awards season continues. The very first weekend the hyperbole emanating over the internet about how fantastically brilliant the movie is was intensely nauseating. It got so bad at one point that a lot of people were calling it the greatest film of all time. Certainly the greatest crime drama of all time and a yardstick that all other super hero movies would be measured against from now on.
The Dark Knight is not just a movie about a dark super hero, it is a commentary on the ongoing cultural production and reproduction of a capitalist system. It is also about creating criminal classes out of any minority group, and the use of violence in keeping the lower classes in control. Along with the high production values associated with today?s blockbusters, it shows us about monopolising the financial capital and the power of the state transferred to capital.
The Dark Knight cashes in on the notion of capitalist dominance and the legitimate militarization of our society against these so-called insane terrorists. It comments on the society that we live in today and the problem with terrorism. It is any wonder that this movie has been such the box office draw that it has been?
The next instalment in the Batman franchise is now on everyone?s thoughts. Considering it?s Worldwide take at the box office, a sequel is inevitable.
The Dark Knight sequel could be gearing up for 2011 release, with an estimation of the next Batman movie's release allegedly been offered by Michael Uslan, the executive producer of The Dark Knight. - 15275
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