I see these stories on digg about being able to see the first six minutes of The Dark Knight, and I have to wonder: Who the hell would want that? Where's the surprise in that? I don't care if you're streaming an HD version of it to a nice television, it's still not the same. Aren't you completely ruining not just the actual plot, but the experience as well?
I already think there are way too many trailers for the The Dark Knight (I think they're up to five or something crazy). Plus, you've got the bank job prologue that was leaked from IMAX theaters that's now on the Batman Begins Blu-Ray disc (Which, I'm told, is the most spectacular looking Blu-Ray yet). Now, if that isn't going to be shown before the film, then that's fine.
But there's just too much. I'd much rather not know anything about a movie (or next to nothing) so that I can be immersed in it instead of thinking "I've seen this in the trailer already!" That's another thing: I hate people who put together trailers. You often spoil the very things you're trying to sell. I'm just thinking about how much better it was seeing movies like A Clockwork Orange, Memento, American Psycho, Dark City, etc. because I knew nothing about them and had never seen any promotional material for them.
Think about it. What if you where a kid in the 1970s and you saw the first six minutes of Star Wars broadcast on television. Sure, you might be more pumped to go and see it, but when that Imperial Star Destroyer is roving across the screen, it's just not going to be the same as if you had never seen it before. (And that's not even really taking into account the terrible A/V quality of 1970s television sets.)
So my point is that the interent generation is spoiled. And just like the actual internet itself, it's great and terrible thing at the same time. But it's up to you and how you want to experience the movie. You can read supposed leaked scripts and devour every inch of information you can find on the movie, but I can pretty much guarantee that someone who doesn't know much about it is going to enjoy it far more.
I already think there are way too many trailers for the The Dark Knight (I think they're up to five or something crazy). Plus, you've got the bank job prologue that was leaked from IMAX theaters that's now on the Batman Begins Blu-Ray disc (Which, I'm told, is the most spectacular looking Blu-Ray yet). Now, if that isn't going to be shown before the film, then that's fine.
But there's just too much. I'd much rather not know anything about a movie (or next to nothing) so that I can be immersed in it instead of thinking "I've seen this in the trailer already!" That's another thing: I hate people who put together trailers. You often spoil the very things you're trying to sell. I'm just thinking about how much better it was seeing movies like A Clockwork Orange, Memento, American Psycho, Dark City, etc. because I knew nothing about them and had never seen any promotional material for them.
Think about it. What if you where a kid in the 1970s and you saw the first six minutes of Star Wars broadcast on television. Sure, you might be more pumped to go and see it, but when that Imperial Star Destroyer is roving across the screen, it's just not going to be the same as if you had never seen it before. (And that's not even really taking into account the terrible A/V quality of 1970s television sets.)
So my point is that the interent generation is spoiled. And just like the actual internet itself, it's great and terrible thing at the same time. But it's up to you and how you want to experience the movie. You can read supposed leaked scripts and devour every inch of information you can find on the movie, but I can pretty much guarantee that someone who doesn't know much about it is going to enjoy it far more.
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It's funny re-reading this... The first six minutes is the bank job scene that was leaked from long ago. But I wrote this back when I didn't know that was an actual part of the film as opposed to some sort of internet exclusive.
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