The Game Druid

So what did the Dark Knight turn out like? hmm? Sit down and I’ll tell you a tale like none you have heard before.

Ok so much for the Prince of Persia reference…but that was the hype built around the Dark Knight. was it great? Sure. Was the Joker awesome? you bet! So what do we rate it? 7/10. WHY? Well here goes.

Starting at the top. The Batman. What happened to him? What happened to his voice. After this, in my opinion, Christian Bale is by far the WORST Batman to hit the screen. Yeah, even Clooney edged him out on this. I just think he tried TOO hard to play the role..just too hard. I also wonder why they showed him so much in the light. The whole concept of Dark Knight, was kinda lost, when they featured his rubber suit in the light. OR maybe they’re making references to his suit color? I dunno, either way, there was too much Batman in the light and no enought in the Darkness. Don’t get me wrong, there were some AWESOME moments with the Batman too, both in the Dark and in the Light.

Next: The Joker - In one word - SUPERB! I cannot emphasise how fantastic Heath Ledger was. He was every bit as good as Jack Nicholson, if not better. From the very first scene with the bank robbery to the last scene with the ships, Joker’s role has been nothing short of Stunning! If you watch the movie again, play special attention to his dialogue in the Ship and with Dent. Joker’s role overshadowed everyone in the movie and I’m glad it did.

Harvey Dent/Two Face - Ok this I never expected but he was awesome!! The stage by stage transformation from Dent to Two Face was brilliantly portrayed. I would have thought they would mess this up, but it was pulled off very well.

Gordan/Rachel - Gordan played out perfect - his growth from Lieutenant to Commissioner was also well done. Not great…but good enough to create a few surprises. Rachel; played byMaggie Gyllenhaal was HORRIBLE - She’s old, fat and ugly. Not HOT. nuff said. Wonder what happend to Katie Holmes? Oh yea she got knocked up.

Overall - Well I would have thought they were trying to do too much all in once, but it was managed well enough in the end. The best Characters in the movie were The Joker and Two Face. Overall it was a good movie, but NOT worthy of the BEST MAN MOVIE EVER.

Iron Man: Special Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray Disc continues to sit atop Amazon.com Blu-ray sales charts despite having yet to be formally announced by Paramount Home Entertainment.Amazon has yet to discount Iron Man since it was first listed as an active pre-order several weeks ago, keeping the price steady at $27.95. Since then, other titles like Cloverfield, Planet Earth: The Complete Series, Jumper and more have gone on sale.

None of those titles have been able to nudge Iron Man off its pedestal. Even Transformers, one of the best-selling HD DVD titles of all time and set for a Blu-ray bow on September 2, has yet to pull ahead of Iron Man.

Rumors and leaks continue to swirl around the Internet pegging September 30 as the official release date for Iron Man: Special Collector’s Edition on Blu-ray Disc. We’re not going to confirm or deny those rumors, so you’ll just have to be patient and wait for Paramount to release official information.

Check back regularly for all the latest on Iron Man on Blu-ray, poised to be one of, if not the bestselling Blu-ray Disc this upcoming holiday season.

2K Games announced that it has partnered with Universal Studios to develop a feature film based on its smash-hit shooter from 2007, BioShock.

“We are excited that 2K Games’ vision for BioShock will be carried forward in a new medium,” said Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two.

“BioShock has been hailed as one of the most highly cinematic and richly plotted titles in interactive entertainment, making it extremely well-suited to film.

In partnering with Universal and Gore Verbinski, we have assembled a team that respects the uniqueness of BioShock and will translate it into a powerful movie experience.”

A specific release date has not yet been confirmed, but we’ll keep you posted.

Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) Official Trailer Animation HD

You have to see this to believe it!

Well frankly I’m not one bit excited…Chris O Donnell, joins the cast of Max Payne the Movie. Chris O’Donnell has signed up for a major role in Max Payne. O’Donnell, who is most famous for his portrayal of faithful sidekick Robin in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, hasn’t had a major screen role since a spate of turn of the century.But the good part is Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg was cast as the lead in the Max Payne film, which is currently shooting in Toronto.

Apparently the Gears of War movie is well on its way at this point to release in summer 2010. The film will be based off of the hit Xbox 360 franchise.Reports are that the Gears of War movie already has a script and director in place.

The hope is that the movie will be ready for release as a big blockbuster in summer 2010.

It was not too long ago that New Line Cinema acquired the rights to the Epic Games’ franchise, Gears of War.

When ComingSoon.net spoke to producer Wyck Godfrey. He stated “We’ve got our script on and a director we’re about to attach.”

“We’ll hopefully make that early next year for the summer of 2010.”

Gears of War has proven to be a cash cow for Microsoft, and has helped the Xbox 360 sell at retail in a big way.

Gears of War 2 is planned for release on the Xbox 360 this fall as well.

With Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End doing good business at the box office, it’s no surprise to hear rumors about a potential Pirates 4. Series producer Jerry Bruckheimer has said the series could continue if the filmmakers can come up with a good story. Now there are rumblings online about what some of the plot ideas being kicked around are.

According to a scooper for CinemaBlend.com, Johnny Depp is all but set to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow (for a $35-40 million payday, they claim). Also reportedly expected to return are co-star Geoffrey Rush and director Gore Verbinski, although the latter has made it clear to some that he’s done with swashbuckling. Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom are not expected to be back, but that’s been assumed for sometime. The site adds that production might not begin until sometime between 2009-2011.

CinemaBlend’s scooper claims “the fountain of youth story [introduced at the end of Pirates 3] might not be the only story they might use the next pirate’s film. The fountain story could be used in another form to introduce the story for Pirates 4.”

They add that, “Some of the brainstorming going around involves some Jules Verne type of scenarios involving some pretty big flying machines, a man who wants to rule more than just the ocean, an encounter with the most famous and dangerous pirate of all, a race to get to a lost world (Hint, Hint) and Jack and his crew going to where no pirate has gone before (No, it’s not space but Disney had made animated movie about this place before with Michel J Fox voicing one of the characters).”

Jack Sparrow discovers Atlantis?! Time will tell.