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The Dark Knight (2008) film

Discussed in 14 episodes · 10 film takes
PKA Score 7.8/10
Kyle
7.7/10
6 takes
Taylor
4.8🦉/7
3 takes
Woody
6.9/10
1 take
IMDb 9.1 RT 94% Metacritic 85
PKA rates this 1.2 lower than critics

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 297PKA 422PKA 548PKA 673PKA 798PKA 297: +0.75 (1 take)PKA 357: +0.70 (3 takes)PKA 361: +0.85 (1 take)PKA 462: +0.90 (1 take)PKA 569: +0.80 (1 take)PKA 586: +0.80 (1 take)PKA 785: +0.15 (1 take)PKA 798: +0.80 (1 take)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 357 @ 56:39 — PKN 357
Discussion of the Batman trilogy, praising the overall series and Tom Hardy's performance while critiquing daylight action scenes and the third film compared to the second
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“But Tom Hardy did a good job.”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Some people don't like the third one, but I do.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Batman was good. That whole series was good.”
Unknown · unverified▼ negative
“like batman and daylight doesn't work you can't have batman walking around like like in daylight it doesn't work he looks like an ass”
▶ PKN 395 @ 48:40 — PKN 395
Referenced as superior to the new Batman film; Woody and his wife rewatched it for comparison and found it significantly better
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I really feel like the dark night, rotten dark night, not dark night rises dark night. That was the Heath Ledger one. We were like, let's watch that, you know, see how it stacks up. And even throughout it, we're both lik”
▶ PKN 569 @ 19:31 — PKN 569
Kyle briefly mentions The Dark Knight while comparing Batman films.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I like the Dark Knight as a movie the most but my favorite Batman is the Robert Pattinson Batman”
▶ PKA 462 @ 28:36 — Painkiller Already #462
Discussion of Heath Ledger's Joker performance in the second Nolan Batman film.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The second one would have been somewhere in the middle were it not for Heath Ledger's incredible performance.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I think you're right about Heath Ledger carrying it. Like, he was...”
▶ PKA 361 @ 3:35:00 — Painkiller Already #361
The second film in Nolan trilogy is praised as the best
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The second Batman movie with Heath Ledger is the winner it's very good”
▶ PKA 313 @ 2:42:30 — Painkiller Already #313
Extended discussion of car chase scene continuity issues, editing choices, and pacing versus other action films
Woody · unverified▼ negative · passing mention, not scored
“I think that you might be talking about when he's in the Batmobile and for the first time the cops get a look at the Batmobile as he runs away from them and building hops and stuff. The one I talking about... There's no ”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“I think that the pacing is what what really ties that thing together and you really feel this sort of marathon of the moment”
▶ PKA 297 @ 2:09:09 — Painkiller Already #297
Discussion of The Dark Knight with Heath Ledger as Joker, praising the acting and dark tone
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Is it Heath Ledger as Joker? Yeah, that's... Dude, Christian Bale. No, who's the guy that talks like he's in a coffee cup? Bane. Bane was good. He was awesome.”
▶ PKA 798 @ 4:31 — PKA798 W/ Wolf: Trashy Hook Up Stories
Kyle defends dark superhero movies using The Dark Knight as an example
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love Dark Knight for example, which is pretty dark, right? It sort of started it kicked off the whole movement into like darker comic based movies. That's cool.”
▶ PKA 797 @ 1:36:33 — PKA 797 W/ Hutch & Vito: Fixing The New Woke Harry Potter
Discussion about the Joker reveal and iconic opening bank robbery scene
Taylor · unverified▲ positive
“I think arguably a Mount Rushmore scene is when the reveal at the beginning of the Dark Knight where he takes his mask off and you see his face for the first time.”
Hutch · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I I remember I saw that on um at midnight back when midnight shows were a thing. And I I firmly believe like the audience that you see movies with can create like a totally unique awesome experience and everybody in the ”
▶ PKA 785 @ 17:38 — PKA 785 W/ Bruce Greene & Sam Hyde: Truth About Crypto
Woody discusses buying Dark Knight replica costume, Taylor discusses Bane character and costume
Taylor ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“when I first watched this, you got to get that with him. I was like I imagined him as being this huge guy and then like a couple years into lifting, I remember re-watching this movie and being like, Oh, [ __ ] I think I ”
Woody · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I went looking in 2012 for uh the Dark Knight costume, like an actual Dark Knight Batman costume. and it exists. It is a motorcycle suit that is basically all leather and it looks very very close, movie replica close to ”
▶ PKA 770 @ 1:51:12 — PKA 770: Woody Gets Robbed
Extended discussion about the Joker character not being recognized by other characters despite distinctive appearance
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“There was a movie where the the female actress had to gain and lose like 15 or 20 pounds over and over. Um it's clear it's a joke but like if you think you can vote by texting Hillary”
▶ PKA 649 @ 1:40:25 — PKA 649: Free Bud Light, Don't Pick Poor Parents, Shoe Shaming
Discussion about the Joker character and a scene involving burning money
Unknown · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“he's like come on he's in a sled like wow like honestly looked like a trillion dollars he had he it was like a kid in a castle”
▶ PKA 586 @ 3:44:30 — PKA 586 W/ Matt Farrah: Jussie Smollett Sentence, Florida Man St
Second Christopher Nolan Batman film with Joker, ranked highly in Batman film discussions
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the second one with um the joker but i think the first one is just okay as far as like superhero movies go”
▶ PKA 520 @ 3:04:30 — PKA 520 w Matt Farah - Cyber Truck is a lie, Complex Watches, Pa
Discussion of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, particularly The Dark Knight with Heath Ledger
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“i like the cr the christopher nolan batman trilogy i like it i certainly don't love it i like the first one like is definitely the word i really like the second one”