This is the concept photo/art of the Joker’s face. The finalised Heath Ledger version (right) was among the very first Joker pics released on the net. And we thought that was scary. I think people might piss in their pants if Joker had looked like the concept art.
Go to Cinematical for more. I got it from them anyways. However, the rest of the pics aren’t too scary.
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The second trailer had been out for quite some time now. But I wanted to wait for the hi-res version to be online before I start to watch it for clues and interesting stuff.
Let’s jump right in…
Batman overlooking the city, helmet in his arms. No cape.
Closer shot, he’s got no cape for this jump!
Finally spelunking eh?
Split second frame. Look who’s in the car that Batman jumped right on! Looks like someone familiar eh? Scarecrow returns! Or I could be wrong…
I also noticed that Joker has a habit of licking his lips often. As can be seen here.
Is that money Joker’s burning? The psycho don’t give a shit about money then…
The tank of gasoline/fuel. What’s it for?
Later on you see Harvey Dent’s face pushed down into it. I could only assume that somehow the liquid caught fire and erodes Dent’s face away.
Joker pushes/lets go of Dawes from a high storey window. Probably when he crashed Wayne’s charity ball.
The very famous screencap that shows hints of Two Face. Note the jacket’s left side, which is similar to the concept shot in the previous entry. So I guess that’s confirmed authentic.
“This city deserves a better class of criminals, and I’m gonna give it to ‘em. You’ll see, I’ll show you…” Who is Joker talking to in this bit? I’m pretty sure he’s face to face with Batman. As can be seen by this released image.
And later on, you can see Batman smashing Joker into the wall of the interrogation room.
I can’t bloody wait.
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I almost spit out my coffee as I was reading the rss feeds today. Angry Zen Master had a post titled Harvey Dent Thanks You For Smoking. Then there was this image.
This ‘ere, ladies and gentlemen, is Two Face, finally revealed, God knows from where. It hasn’t found its way to many websites yet, at the moment of my writing. It looks too real to be fake. And it’s F*CKING SCARY!
It makes you wanna take a poop on Tommy Lee Jones’ version of Two Face.
I was already excited when they revealed the slight scarring on Dent’s face in ONE frame in the new trailer. But this… oh man… it’s too much…
The anticipation for the movie Dark Knight is killing me! Maybe killing me more than the anticipation of my FYP selection results tomorrow.
You’d think Joker’s evil face was scary, but Two Face would probably put him to shame.
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The movie starts off with ACDC’s Back to Black song playing in the background. That itself is a great start. Every second after that has been an awesome feast of the sights and sounds.
Iron Man is one hero which I’m least familiar with. Yet the movie delivers in so many levels. I could identify some references to the Marvel universe while some more knowledgeable friends alerted me to other minute hints of coolness.
Spoilers below. Stop reading if you haven’t seen the movie… ah what the heck, read on, so that you’ll notice these cool stuff when you watch it.
1. War Machine hints: The supporting actor, the air force colonel who works closely with Stark, kept me guessing if he’s gonna be War Machine. As the movie progresses, I began to realise they won’t be including War Machine in the movie. Then there was the scene where Iron Man had left to fight and this guy’s standing around, saw the Mark II armour, and I got really excited. He IS gonna be War Machine! Then he said, (almost to the camera) “Next time baby…” That’s it man… Geekgasm…
2. References to Mandarin
I didn’t notice this at ALL. But zero 12 alerted me to what the terrorist organisation’s name is. Ten Rings. I didn’t really pay attention to it. Then looking back, I realised, the terrorist leader kept playing with the one weird looking ring on his finger, and Ten Rings… well, the MANDARIN has Ten Rings. Oooh…
3. SHIELD
Some nerdy agent guy kept bugging Stark and Pepper for an important ‘debrief’. He said he worked for an organisation which has a very long name. And everyone kept telling them that they need a new name or something short to call themselves. Towards the end of the movie, they told Stark they did settle on a name. An abbreviation… SHIELD.
4. The Post Credit scene.
Won’t say anything here. But Marvel comic readers MUST stay till the end. Ultimate Geekgasm.
Iron Man marks the beginning of this year’s superhero movie fiasco. Next up… Batman, Hancock, Hellboy, and many many more! (except Superhero Movie, that’s just lame)
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This is getting out of hand. It was cool the first few times, but now its starting to get lame.
The new craze of Hollywood film makers (who’re apparently running out of ideas) is to make hand held video camera movies. And with their super rich industry being able to afford expensive CG, they can make something relatively low budget, add in a pinch of special effects to make it look as if it’s part of all that shaky action, and release it as a movie.
The breakthrough came with Blair Witch Project ONE. I thought this was a bloody cool style. Really captured the truth of the moment, makes you feel like watching something REAL. Well, I didn’t really watch the entire movie. I just liked the idea.
Then, many B grade film makers adopted the style. Some of them pulled through nicely, like the movie Alien Abduction, which is made to look like a documentary with ‘professionals’ commenting on the footage throughout the movie. Up till here, it was still ok, although it’s starting to lose its freshness.
Then came the all too cool Cloverfield. I like the movie mainly due to its viral marketing, and how this kinda style can be used to make a Monster Movie. In that sense, it’s new. A monster movie using the shaky cam method.
But the line should be drawn there. Instead, recently, at Apple Movie Trailers website, I saw two movies in the horror category, Quarantine and Diary of the Dead, which are of the shaky cam genre.
And every single one of these shaky cam shits will show some stupid woman in distress with their faces smack closed up on the camera, crying and drooling mucus from their noses. Sometimes, they even show men in such situation, which is seriously gross. They had it in Blair Witch, Cloverfield, and yes, you guessed it, in the two ‘new’ movies, Quarantine and DotD.
Super Scared Women in Shaky Cam Movies. Cloverfield, Blair Witch and Quarantine screencaps.
Alright, I’m not saying I hate this style of movie making. I actually liked it. But the fact that Hollywood’s starting to adopt it, and making more and more of it, when they could be making proper movies with proper camera work and directing, just irritates me.
The shaky cam style is supposed to be a secret weapon for low budget film makers to capture the audience without employing high tech rigs or involving expensive effects. And these Hollywood people are taking it away from such aspiring film makers.
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I never knew of these scenes! They’re damn good. Especially the first one. Every star wars fan must watch! The first one was from the original 70s Star Wars. A vital subplot, taken off the movie.
Ok, but seriously, this one from Episode 3 really rocks. It shows a deeper dive into the whole corrupt senate. And it shows Shaak Ti, in the flesh! She rocked in the Clone Wars. And the best part, Yoda comes to Dagobah.
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I will say it. Guillermo Del Toro is the master of Horror. Not just cheap thrill shock therapy horror, but really freaky, disturbing, ‘haunts you in your sleep’ kind of Horror.
At first I knew about him as the director of Hellboy, which was cool and all, but the movie’s not really into the freaky business. Then came Pan’s Labyrinth, which deserves an award for being freaky. Del Toro’s twisted take on fairy tales has made Pan’s Labyrinth a movie I will never forget.
And now, I have just watched The Orphanage. Another spanish film produced by Del Toro, and with honourable mentions to the director Juan Antonio Bayona. You can read a good review of the film here from IMDB.
El Orfanato is seriously one of the best Horror movies I have ever seen, regardless of language. I get multiple goosebump sessions throughout the movie with its excellent camera play, teasing you with possible ’sightings’, and not to forget its freakishly superb sound arrangements, edging you all through the movie.
The story’s fantastic. And there are really no plot holes left uncovered. Everything pieced together perfectly, and it has a good reason to. Unlike most other horror films which try miserably to put a weak story to an otherwise scary situation, where they try to explain stuff but end up spoiling the entire mystery/horror effect.
Unlike Labyrinth, where there’s quite a number of freaky monsters/creatures and quite a bit of gore, The Orphanage has a minimal amount of such things, but they are used to maximum effect. And I really like that in a horror movie. You can take something so trivial… so simple… and if you add the right amount of twist to it, you could create something of unimaginable… freakiness.
All, and I mean ALL horror buffs should watch the movie. And I wish I had a brain like Del Toro’s. And Neil Gaiman. And Jhonen Vasquez, just for the kicks. 
Let’s end the post with a hint of the one freaky thing from the Orphanage.
Say hi to Tomas. He’s your friend. You can see him, right? Heh heh.
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Starring Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker.
What started out as a potentially shitty movie, turned out to be pretty good. Reeves play a Vice cop who is part of a special unit that likes to take matters into their own hands. It’s quite similar to LA Confidential, but at least it’s set in the present day and isn’t quite as draggy.
There’s just one thing I’d like to highlight. I think Street Kings showed Keanu Reeves fiercer and more dangerous than when he played Neo in Matrix Trilogy. Yeah, he really rips people apart in this one.
There’s also several TV actors who play some important roles in the movie. Sucroe (Prison Break) and House (House) is in the movie.
There’s not many good movies showing around this time. So, Street Kings is among the top, for now.
It’s ok if you wanna save up for the super cool movie overload that’s coming soon. Stuff like Iron Man, the Dark Knight and Hellboy, to name a few.
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I’ve told so many people about this monster, and being the poor story teller that I am, they ended up laughing at me when I do the actions while describing the monster.
So here, watch it for yourselves, if you hadn’t watched the movie, Pan’s Labyrinth.
It’s not too scary, after all, it’s just a fairy tale. 
*Why I chose to show this now is coz I wanted to watch the Nightwish concert I had on DVD. So, after searching for it, I found that it's on the same disc as Pan's Labyrinth. Therefore, I was reminded of this monster. Heh.
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I’ve been wondering so long who the hell is the man behind that awesome powerful voice in movie trailers… And how can anyone get to his level…
Don LaFontaine. Awesome Voice.
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