Yeah, the Batvoice never bothered me at all. So he changes his voice as part of the disguise, so what? Batman doesn't talk a whole lot anyway, not when he doesn't have to at least.

The only plot holes I can ever find have to do with the Joker's actions. He claims that he never has a plan, but everything always manages to work out in his favor somehow. A few times in the film, his powers of perception become a bit unrealistic. However, that said, I don't buy it when people claim the film is "riddled with plot holes".

I'm hard on this movie a lot, but I recently rewatched it and, yeah, it's not a bad movie. It's well made, well acted, and, well, just plain entertaining. I had a little disdain for it recently, but I think that's because I've watched it too many times. I mean, I've practically got the thing memorized. It's fair to say that I've gotten a bit sick of it.

Some stretches of the plot involving the Joker bug me a little, but I'm willing to overlook most of them. Overall, it's a excellent, if flawed, movie.

Also, I'll throw this in about the director. The thing that Trey (I think?) says about Fincher, how his movies have a cold piece of steel in place of a heart, I'd say about Nolan. This is a man who made an blockbuster action movie that was ultimately about corporate politics. His movies aren't meant to be felt, if that makes any sense. And that's not a bad thing, either. Just an observation.

Aw hell. I can't make the Dark Knight commentary OR the Best Picture Intermission? Talk about a shitty day.

Oh well. In that case, I'll leave my ranking of the Best Picture nominees, best to worst.

1.) The Artist
2.) Moneyball
3.) The Descendants
4.) The Help
5.) Midnight in Paris
6.) War Horse
7.) Hugo
8.) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
9.) The Tree of Life

This is Daisy. Despite being a chihuahua, Daisy acts more like a cat than any dog I've ever seen.

When curled up into a ball, she is a little smaller than your average frisbee.

Just got done watching Take Shelter. I highly recommend it. It's extraordinarily suspenseful and it has some great performances. The last 25 minutes or so were alternately heartbreaking and tense. It's like someone took the word "dread" and said, "Let's make a movie that's nothing but that for 2 hours."

I haven't heard the commentary yet, but I'm kind of iffy on Kick-Ass. I like a lot of things about the movie, but I feel like the ending didn't grow naturally from the beginning. They feel like different movies.

I'm trying to see it from that point of view. I'm trying real hard here. But I can't. I can't see someone not enjoying the climax of this film.

So that's my rant. I guess I'm really invested in this movie. It's a smart exploration of teenage angst through a comic book lens.

Filmspotting just started a spin-off called Filmspotting SVU (Streaming Video Unit), and the first episode is on the Filmspotting iTunes feed right now. I highly recommend it. It's a nice change of pace from normal film review shows, and the hosts have great chemistry.

No, but it does feel like someone watched the Prequels and said, "Yeah, I could do that better." It's exactly what everyone wanted out of the Prequels. We see someone fall to the Dark Side, and his reasons are understandable and relatable.

If you've seen the film, imagine this. What if all three Star Wars prequels followed the structure of this film? I think it would have made for a much more engaging series.

Someone posted that video on Twitter, and I honestly thought that it was a parody or something. And then I saw that it was from the official Star Wars YouTube account. I was sad.

I'm seeing it. I'll tune out the story and watch the pretty 3D pictures.

Love it. Love. It. If there's another thing like this, I will take part without question.