"Although you're like, 'Hey, this is just a comic book adaptation.'" However, you will still be haunted after a long time. ”

Richard Chris, a film critic for Time magazine, commented on the upcoming North American release of "Batman: The Dark Knight".

As early as a week ago, the film held a grand premiere at the IMAX theater in Lincoln Square, New York, and Zhang Tan, who had finished filming "Infernal Affairs" and was busy with the post-production of two films, attended the red carpet with a group of big-name stars.

The 152-minute screening of the premiere ended with applause.

Later, Zhang Tan was interviewed by Time Magazine: "Are there any scenes in the film that you can't wait to show to the audience?" ”

"I can say that I cherish every shot I take. There were a lot of shots that I couldn't wait to show, especially the fight scenes shot with IMAX-3D cameras, and it was really shocking, especially the Batman vs. Joker showdown, where we had the best martial arts instructors and rehearsed a lot of times. ”

With the development of technology, there are more and more IMAX versions of movies, and some shots of "Batman: The Dark Knight" are shot by IMAX-3D cameras, which are bigger, brighter, and more shocking, which is the most intuitive viewing experience of IMAX.

IMAX has announced that The Dark Knight will be on 420 IMAX screens in North America, with 120 theaters showing throughout the day, and at least 900 theaters around the world next week. However, the majority of IMAX theaters, the Chinese mainland market, have not announced the release time for the time being because the radio and television review has not yet passed.

Although the release date in mainland China has not yet been determined, the number of IMAX screens in North America alone has set a record for IMAX screen releases, and it is also about to break the box office record.

IMAX is currently conservatively estimating that The Dark Knight will generate at least $30 million at the box office.

The "Time" reporter continued to ask: "Compared with other comic book hero movies, you have too many supporting roles in "Batman". What criteria do you have for the selection of supporting roles? For example, the female police officer named Rene Montoya. ”

Zhang Tan replied: "Actually, in my movie, she is not called Rene Montoya. We changed her name and she became a whole new character - all of this was something we had planned. ”

After a pause, he continued: "I don't think it's any casting criteria, but what kind of characters should enter the movie after reading so many comics. What is the role of this character in the comics, and how can it help me to tell the story of the film? It's the best role a character can play in a movie. ”

The reporter asked: "So can Batman himself come out of the shadows of the past?" Will he be able to keep Gotham safe and quiet? ”

Zhang Tan said: "I think he can understand himself more clearly, and can withdraw from his painful past to reflect on himself." In the movie, it is he himself who is torturing himself, not his enemies. Someone might say, 'Oh, he's never going to be able to get out of this painful torment.'" ”

"What prompted you to create Batman so 'human'?"

Zhang Tan said: "What is very interesting in DC Comics is Superman and Batman, Superman is an idealized representative who has all the virtues of human beings; Batman, on the other hand, is much more human, without so many noble sentiments, virtues and idealized shackles, and he is also a person who is difficult to distinguish between good and evil. ”

Zhang Tan continued: "He will be very humane when he does things, and sometimes a little political. That's exactly why I like Batman more than Superman. Where Batman appears, there is no good or evil, no right and wrong, no black and white. I would like to consider something from this scenario - that in reality, no one can transgress the law, not even the 'vigilantes'. ”

"Isn't Batman more of a detective in this episode?"

Zhang Tan: "Yes. Maybe he thinks it's easier to be a detective than a vigilante. I wanted to do that with the plot in the first episode, but it was obviously impossible. I was only able to do this in the second episode after I had done the foreshadowing for the first episode. ”

"You are a director who is very good at shooting sequels, the "Matrix" series has shocked the world, what are your expectations for the sequel to Batman?"

"Huh." Zhang Tan smiled, not too modest, "It's a very happy thing to be able to make an excellent sequel, there are three excellent sequels in my mind, "The Godfather 2", "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" and my own "Hacker 2", they are still fresh in my memory, and I hope "The Dark Knight" can be on par with them." ”

……

The trailer is out, the premiere is out, and the stars are going to the world to promote.

At this time, it is time for film critics to go to war with advanced word-of-mouth comments.

Metacritic included 39 media reviews, 33 gave positive reviews, 6 gave neutral reviews, and no negative reviews, with a total score of 84, of which 5 gave the highest 100 points.

"Distorted humanity, morbid torture, and a horrific story that make for a wonderful Batman."

"Bell once again brilliantly embodies the deep trauma and doubts in Bruce Wayne's heart, and Tan Zhang and Bell have teamed up to dedicate a Hamlet-like Batman."

"This is probably the most hopeless, desperate comic book adaptation of all time, and it creates a world in which superheroes are a double-edged sword at best, and any victory is short-lived."

"Wandering between art and business, opera and entertainment, it's more profound than any Hollywood film adaptation of a comic book."

Rotten Tomatoes is even more powerful, with 86 film critics currently commenting, and 82 film critics voted for fresh tomatoes, with a praise rate of 95%, which can be called an epic praise as a comic book adaptation blockbuster.

Such large-scale publicity, such a high-end word-of-mouth.

Batman's fans are dead.

"Oh buy ga, the tickets for 3 o'clock are sold out, what's going on!" Click, Owen almost smashed the computer keyboard, he just went to Fandango to buy tickets on the fandango point com, and found that all the tickets for 3 o'clock in the morning on the 20th were sold, which was incredible.

It's just that the midnight midnight show is sold out, and the extra 3 o'clock show is also sold out.

"You can get up early in the morning and go to the cinema, I just saw the news on the official website, there are 1,500 cinemas, and tickets will be opened tomorrow morning, and there will be a show at 6 o'clock." The roommate said calmly.

"Is this true?" Owen was overjoyed.

"It's true, our city's AMC theater is one of those 1,500 theaters."

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and go to bed and grab tickets together tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

Owen, who got the hope of grabbing a ticket, turned off the lights in the dormitory, hugged his Batman pillow, and fell asleep quickly.

Inside the dream.

He fought side by side with Christian, beating the clown to the ground, and then Christian smiled at him, and the guy Owen suddenly shuddered.

Woke up from a dream.

It felt wet and sticky in my pants. (To be continued.) )