MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
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Category Archives: The Dark Knight
I read your book, you magnificent bastard!
Give credit to those ridiculous contrarians at Slate. Just when I think they can’t be more aggravating or contrived, they churn out reactionary tripe like this: Creed is Good. (Up next from Slate: 9/11 – Was it really all that … Continue reading
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Best in film, 2008
We take only a small amount of pride in being almost as painfully slow as the prestigious Academy to sort through our own opinions and award the year’s best in movies. In fact, we’re even painfully slower – we didn’t … Continue reading
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Special Meathead Edition of Mr. Faded Glory approaches
Not sure if you’ve heard: The NFL returns to your living rooms Thursday. Within a scant three days, and enjoys its first full-fledged Sunday of hype-fueled mania. Yes, believe it or not. A bittersweet refrain each year, the National Football … Continue reading
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Holy misapplied metaphors, Batman!
Lest you think Mr. Faded Glory is the only Dark Knight fan taking the movie’s character study or overarching themes a bit too seriously (and I’d argue the point), I present to you Exhibit Freaking A of misunderstood cinema. I … Continue reading
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The Man Who Laughs … and The Dark Knight
You’re no doubt totally unsurprised to read my knee-jerk review of Christopher Nolan’s near-masterpiece The Dark Knight. I stand by it. The movie is, quite simply, fantastic. Dark, intense, and suspenseful, TDK furthers the legends of the Caped Crusader, Clown … Continue reading
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Just wow.
Holy fuck. If you are a fan of Batman, this is the best action, crime-drama, or superhero movie you will ever see. Believe the superlatives. All of them. More later.
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Scant hours and counting…
Stop calling it a comic book movie. A cursory review of Rotten Tomatoes’ capture of The Dark Knight zeitgeist reveals a consensus lauding the “intense” or “grim” cinematic spectacle; both fair categorizations. After all, the most hardened Batman fan wouldn’t … Continue reading
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Summer flicks, part I
Right, we know it’s all just filler until July 18. (And, seriously – how many superhero movies can an audience take? Batman, Hellboy, Iron Man, Hancock, The Incredible Hulk, even Indiana Jones…) Still, each summer we decry the dearth of … Continue reading
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Oh so serious
Over the weekend, some of our discussions (meaning, you know, Mister Faded Glory and Franklin the Cat) turned to the tragic demise of film star Heath Ledger, who passed just over a week ago, and depending on how you look … Continue reading
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I’m a man of my word
“Dreaming of that face again. . . It’s bright and blue and shimmering. . . Grinning wide. . . And comforting me with its withered and wild eyes. . .” 23. Tool, Third Eye My deepest literary obsession is best … Continue reading
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The Dark Knight Finally Returns
I’m a little under-the-weather today, and have been battling a sinus infection since last Friday or so. Don’t know where it came from, or why I’m suffering it as the mercury hurtles towards 100 in central Kansas. Sickness and heat … Continue reading
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