I am not bullshitting you when I say this but the best seats at a  NIN show are straight away center at the back of the venue. That is of course if you want to really soak in the stage show.  Being at the side of the stage isn't as good.  It's a rare thing that I'd say this but having seen NIN from 3 different vantage points I know it from experience. Of course if you wanna mosh the floor is the place to be. CC if the back of ACC is empty and you're able to move I'd recomend you at least give those seats a shot even if for only one song.

My God    Times have changed. Gn'R aren't rebelling anymore. And if anything this is a way for Gn'R's music to hit the ears of younger people who might not otherwise be exposed to it. Whether we like it or not iSlash is a music icon in the industry. He likely intermingles with everyone in the industry. From Lemmy to Justin Timberlake to Jane's Addiction to Fergie to whoever. Just as Axl woudl if he ever left his house. You know what. Slash probably ran into Fergie at a Party and she had probably been covering the song in her live shows and they probably got talking and figured it'd be fun. I'm so glad Slash isn't some pretentious asshole who thinks he's got too much integrity to play music.  Like I said if Axl came out and sang with here people would be fucking all over it but Slash is a  sellout. Right.   So many people thought Carrie Unbderwood's Gn'R covers were cool so if Slash played with her is that lame? She is afterall a product of a karaoke contest.  Fuck no.  if Slash played with Carrie Underwood itd be cool as fuck.   Times have changed.

This is Cool. Whats wrong with it? To not do it is just ego driven. "I'm too good for this"  "I have too much cred for this"  I mean what's that even mean. These guys all lost their "street Cred" over   a decade ago.  They dont' live in shit boxes anymore. They party with celebs. Fuck last tour Richard and Finck coverd beautiful by Christina.  What's the difference?  If Slash did this cause the fans loved it than thats' cool. If the reaction was positive than that's cool.  It's Slash playing a classic fucking Gn'R tune?  If Axl did a duet with her on SCOM how'd that be percived? It's better than holing up in your basement for a decade leaving your fans starved like someone I could mention.  Slash's car commercial wasn't cool but when Better was in line for the Harley Ad that was cool? C'mon people.  Get over this "$la$h is a sellout" thing.

This is ironic James considering you said it was difficult to follow and you found yourself losing focus on what each characters goal was   How could Ledger not be nominated? If your  complaint is that he didn't get enough face time then isn't it even more impressive that he was able to create thsi psycotic performance in a smaller amount of time?  It was a mind blowing performance and in my opinion no you couldn't list a whole lot of performances better.  Fuck if that dude in No Country for Old Men wins an Oscar Ledger should win 12.   Ledger's performance is one of the all time great movie performances period. I personally think it ruled and I don't believe you'll hear more critics regarding his performance or the editing months from now. 

Look I'm not a super hero fan by any means. I hate the Spider Man movies, I hated all the Batman movies before Batman Begins, The Hulk movies are a mess,  X-Men sucked, the Superman reboot sucked and the old ones are good only cause of the nostalgia factor. I don't even own a comic book and never have but Batman Begins and The Dark Knight are kick ass movies.

I dont' know James. I'm not trying to be an ass here by any means but I really get the sense you just didn't understand(for lack of a better word) the movie or that you expected something completely different. You really shoudl've watched BB first for your charcater development. I told you to watch that movie first!!!

As for the plot like tejastech08 has said Harvey was the plot.  Without his character there's no conflict for Bruce Wayne. Without Harvey there's no fork placed in Batman's road. Without him there's no "white Knight" to take the Dark Knight's place in restoring Gotham.

As for Bale, he's  the best Batman ever by far. He nails the playboy  billionaire role, he kills as Batman. I mean Keaton, Kilmer and Clooney suck in comparison.

I'm just really surprised you dont' like this movie James.  For me 99.9% of all movies are see it once and forget it. BB and TDK are far, far, far from that. I own the Star Wars movies, the LOTR movies and Batman Begins. That says all you need to know about how I feel.

To answer whether or not I'd like the Joker brought back? FUCK NO!  I thought it was lame replacing a  bit character in Rachel Dawes there's no way I'd support anyone other than Ledger playing the Joker. Johnny Depp? Please!   Everyone always raves about Depp but I think he's vastly overrated. Heath's Joker fucking destroys anything Depp has ever done in my mind.  All I know is when an actor or actress hypnotizes you every time they are on the  screen that's a fucking grand slam performance and Heath did that for me in TDK.  Retire the Joker.

Just some quick thoughts. I saw this last night and it was fantastic. It got s little too "big" near the end but overall it was amazing.

Darth Vader will always eb the most iconic villan in my opinion but Heath's Joker si the greatest villan performance of all tiem in my opinion. It fucking killed it. Jack's Joker is a joke in comparison.  I was totally hypnotized every tiem the Joker was ont eh screen. Oscar deservng for damn sure.

Christan Bale is by far the best batman and Bruce Wayne in my opinion. he is now the classic Batman actor.

As for m concern with Maggie Gylenhall Taking over for Katie Holmes. Well she sucked I thoght. They might as well have cast her as the Joker with that stupid shit eating grin she had on her face every tiem she deliverd a line. Honestly Katie Holmes was much better in my opinion. Maggie played the roel like it was supposed ot be one long saracstic joke. terrible.

I'm rushed(literally 30 secods of intenet tiem haha) so sorry for the typeo's. Later.