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N-121973 · September 11 2008, 06:21 PM

I'm kind of curious as to whether or not this will be a general or wide release (the article seems to emphasize IMAX cinemas) and what, if any impact this will have on the DVD release date. By the way I'm putting my money on 8th December for that.

Aragorn · September 11 2008, 06:23 PM

Hirogen Alpha wrote:

A comic book movie has a long, uphill battle being nominated for the Academy Awards. And, regardless, I don't think The Dark Knight should be nominated, perhaps outside of Ledger's performance. It was good, but it was not great. And I fully expect the sea of 'Oscar bait' movies to have more than a few more worthy entries.

Not that the Oscars have ever been about what is worthy. It's politics, and the politics of business. So this might work.

The Oscars also seem to like to give nominations to movies no one's ever heard of. Usually, box office success hurts movies because they want to go the look-at-how-knowledgeable-and-cultured-about-movies-I-am-with-my-selections route. Though Titanic was an obvious exception, and I'm still not sure why A Few Good Men and Ghost were nominated.

If they snub an artist for truly outstanding work, sometimes they award him or her the Oscar for lesser material.

JacksonArcher · September 12 2008, 12:49 AM

Well, it looks like Warner Bros. will be re-releasing the film in January so that it has a chance for Oscar consideration.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=48744

Broccoli · September 12 2008, 04:59 AM

Hmm...I wonder how well it will do for a re-release. I know movies are re-released still do decent business, but considering the DVD is being released the previous month...would today's general movie goer or the home theatre enthusiast (which is becoming bigger and bigger) be as willing go see it on the Big Screen?

nx1701g · September 12 2008, 05:07 AM

^ Agreed. I think that the two weeks prior to the DVD release would have been a better choice.

JacksonArcher · September 12 2008, 07:08 AM

I think a big indicator will be if they can re-release it in IMAX, which is what they're currently trying to do. I am not sure if I would see the film again in a conventional theater, but I would absolutely love to see the film again in IMAX, since I even know friends who weren't able to see it would like to see it in that format.

nx1701g · September 12 2008, 04:59 PM

^ I'm not too sure if they'll be able to. Since IMAX is such a limited format I know that they have to schedule those films extremely well in advance (I'm talking about 9 - 12 months in advance).

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N-121973 Commander Location: Great Britain	Re: The Dark Knight Megathread (USE THIS! Love, the mods) I'm kind of curious as to whether or not this will be a general or wide release (the article seems to emphasize IMAX cinemas) and what, if any impact this will have on the DVD release date. By the way I'm putting my money on 8th December for that. Last edited by N-121973; September 11 2008 at 06:21 PM. Reason: error

September 12 2008, 12:49 AM	#393
JacksonArcher Vice Admiral	Re: The Dark Knight Megathread (USE THIS! Love, the mods) Well, it looks like Warner Bros. will be re-releasing the film in January so that it has a chance for Oscar consideration. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=48744 __________________ Bane: "When Gotham is ashes... you have my permission to die." - The Dark Knight Rises

September 12 2008, 04:59 AM	#394
Broccoli Vice Admiral Location: Broccoli	Re: The Dark Knight Megathread (USE THIS! Love, the mods) Hmm...I wonder how well it will do for a re-release. I know movies are re-released still do decent business, but considering the DVD is being released the previous month...would today's general movie goer or the home theatre enthusiast (which is becoming bigger and bigger) be as willing go see it on the Big Screen? __________________ "That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." -- Christopher Hitchens

September 12 2008, 05:07 AM	#395
nx1701g Admiral Location: Aboard the Executor...	Re: The Dark Knight Megathread (USE THIS! Love, the mods) ^ Agreed. I think that the two weeks prior to the DVD release would have been a better choice. __________________ Star Trek: The Continuing Voyages RPG - Recruiting New Players! The Terminator Chronicles - The Sarah Connor Chronicles Continue! Not Dead Yet.

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JacksonArcher Vice Admiral	Re: The Dark Knight Megathread (USE THIS! Love, the mods) I think a big indicator will be if they can re-release it in IMAX, which is what they're currently trying to do. I am not sure if I would see the film again in a conventional theater, but I would absolutely love to see the film again in IMAX, since I even know friends who weren't able to see it would like to see it in that format. __________________ Bane: "When Gotham is ashes... you have my permission to die." - The Dark Knight Rises

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September 12 2008, 04:59 PM	#397
nx1701g Admiral Location: Aboard the Executor...	Re: The Dark Knight Megathread (USE THIS! Love, the mods) ^ I'm not too sure if they'll be able to. Since IMAX is such a limited format I know that they have to schedule those films extremely well in advance (I'm talking about 9 - 12 months in advance). __________________ Star Trek: The Continuing Voyages RPG - Recruiting New Players! The Terminator Chronicles - The Sarah Connor Chronicles Continue! Not Dead Yet.