The Ranting Beaver

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If you are not already watching this show, shame on you. It's like G4's Ninja Warrior meets Spike's MXC meets Funniest Home Videos, plus a dash of bad humor (provided by John Henson, formerly of Talk Soup). See for yourself:



I like the parts where people have to cross the big red balls. Force + mud + bad judgement = funny.

I command you to add this one to the TiVo now. You won't be sorry.

- Ken

Hola Kiddies,

So I see Ken’s review here, and now it is my turn for The Dark Night. I know I am going to be vilified in my own circles, but here we go. Ok let me preface this by saying I am not a huge comic turned movie fan Iin fact I still have yet to watch spiderman 1 in full, haven’t watched a single second of spidy2, and really really disliked spidy 3. Hated the last superman, couldn’t stand the first Hulk a few years ago which is why I refuse to watch the latest hulk..etc etc etc) So there now you know where I am coming from.

BLAAAAAAAAAAAH is what I felt afterward.

Was it an entertaining movie….YES

Was Heath Ledger a great Joker…YES

Was it too long…YES

Was it all over the place when it didn’t need to be…YES

Is it possible to have the Main character not be in the top 5 characters in the movie…..after this YES

I had many different feelings watching this film. One of which, how can the movie be called Batman :The Dark Knight but your “main” character is probably the worst of the actors and did no justice to the part at all. In fact whenever he put on the suit why did his voice turn into something resembling Patty & Selma from The Simpsons? He just sounded so forced and fake, and most parts when he was just Mr. Wayne I found myself very bored and not into his part.

Next, Heath..ahhhhhhhh yes I am going to go there. He played a great Joker, that I cannot deny, But I think it was the script and the director as opposed to Heath himself. Watching the film I couldn’t help but think (thanks all the prehype from tv and internet) could anyone do what Heath is doing? And a few names popped into my head. I wouldn’t mind seeing the likes of J Depp, C Slater, L Dicaprio try their hand at this same role….I think they could easily pull off the same effect if not better given the same script and same director. And I hate to say this but I think his death is what is making people see Heath in a different light in this character.

Two-Faced….loved loved loved this actor! He stole the show from Batman almost as much as Joker did, and while this isn’t necessarily a bad thing the movie was called Batman, not Joker and friends. So that is part of my dislike, but again I loved the two faced character beginning to end.

Rachel Dawes….yaaaaaawn, anyone could have played this part and been better, Came off to me as a little spoiled crybaby with that letter at the end and all.

Pennyworth…can’t say anything bad, another bright spot

Lucius…again good character, but at the end also came off to me a little crybabyish…wahhh I didn’t sign up for this blah blah blah

So yeah that’s enough I guess. But umm yeah again..blahhhhh

Watchman trailer looked good, but again..comic turned movie makes me not want to run out and see it.



So out of 10 stars I give Dark Knight 7 stars.

Not a huge surprise to many, but I just saw the midnight showing of this movie.

Two words: Blown Away

Not one character seemed two-dimensional, the movie was engrossing from start to finish, and it didn't have a campy or cheesy feel to it that comic book movies can get (especially sequels). On top of all this, you get to see the single most saddening thing ...

Heath Ledger gives the performance that is due the Joker. All due respect to Jack Nicholson, but this guy plays the part as it was originally written - crazy, psycho, unpredictable, funny, sick, twisted, and most of all human. He's not simply a patsy or buffoon - he is the Yin to Batman's Yang. It's subtle, but you do see it as the movie goes on. Sadly, the character will never be properly captured again - now that the bar has been set and Ledger won't be around to follow it up.

While watching him, I couldn't help but feel a bit saddened that such talent was now wasted. He did, however, go out with a bang. It will be what he will be remembered for. To say he stole the show would be wrong, it was his performance to give. He was the centerpiece and the rest were supporting him. It would have been this way even no matter what.

I don't want to ruin it at all for anyone, so no spoilers here. No secrets, no tidbits. To do so would be shameful. You have to witness this one for yourself.

Oh ... ok ... one tidbit. The previews included one of the Watchmen. Can't wait for that one now. Heh. That's how they 'keep ya coming back'.

Now that it is close to 4am, I bid you a 'good night'.

- Ken

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I'm feeling a bit of funk, so I went to YouTube for a perk up. Here is what I found:



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