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Tuesday 29th July, 02:26 PM JST

“Dark Knight” stars Christian Bale, left, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Aaron Eckhart meet the press at Roppongi Hills on Tuesday. Bale refused to comment on allegations he assaulted his mother and sister at a London hotel last week, saying it was a private matter. The Batman film opens in Japan on Aug 9.

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Nessie at 08:00 PM JST - 29th July

They lost Chen's baggage. Bale is wishing he could lose his.
ExPrinceska at 08:56 PM JST - 29th July

Christian Bale is very hot!!!!
viking68 at 09:21 PM JST - 29th July

There is an IMAX theater near Shinagawa at the aquaruim. It is a short walk North of the station. Not a bad idea, but they probably will not bring it here.
ExPrinceska at 09:29 PM JST - 29th July

Do you know how long Christian will stay in Japan and will he give autographs for his fans? I would like to go and have his autograph and take his picture! He is a very good actor. It is a pity he is so violent to his family...but nobody can complain of his appearance!
ExPrinceska at 09:31 PM JST - 29th July

sorry for the multiple messages but I forgot to say that I love Christian's dimple and hair style. Few men can have such a short hair and look so supremely handsome. His dressing style is perfect too - negligen and sportive and very classy. Very good!
pathat at 10:26 PM JST - 29th July

Maggie Gyllenhaal reminds me of Mona Yamamoto in this picture.
OssanULTRA at 11:05 PM JST - 29th July

"I saw him on the news this morning, addressing the crowd in Japanese. Very cute. ;-)"

The first time I ever saw Christian Bale in a movie (Empire of the Sun 1987), he was speaking Japanese. If you've never seen this film it's absolutely worth renting. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092965/
KitsuneYoukai at 11:46 PM JST - 29th July

Out of all the Batman made movies I'd say this is one that only is better in introducing new cool Batman gadgets/tecnology which what he is known for. However, it was not great at all. As for Ledger, he is overrated in this movie and especially as the Joker. In no way did he make the Joker's character realized like Jim Carey did the Riddler. What a disappointment.
sowhatnow at 03:04 AM JST - 30th July

Are you kidding me KitsuneYoukai? Heath Ledger stole the show on this one. He has brought Joker to such an incredible level, this movie personified the joker as the mean and cruel villain that he is. Kids growing up now will say Joker IS the worst of their kinds. Wouldn't you say Ledger took Jack Nicholson over this role?
nimbus at 04:02 AM JST - 30th July

Very good movie. I don't think you can compare Ledger's joker with Nicholson's joker because one is the joker for the Dark Knight and the other one is for Batman. Although both series are about Batman, the target audience is different.
nimbus at 04:21 AM JST - 30th July

I believe Heath Ledger died of an overdose of medication.
Nessie at 04:37 AM JST - 30th July

Dark Knight, Joker. A Renaissance man. In the next movie he plays the Batterer.
sowhatnow at 04:57 AM JST - 30th July

wow, i guess the rumor hadn't spread over to japan as much as it did here in the states. Heath Ledger did die of an overdose. It's been said that he got so much into his act as part of his method acting that the actor self-destructed, but this is why there is so much oscar talks in the air right now. Joker in this movie was creepy as h*ll.
TheguyNextdoor at 10:58 AM JST - 1st August

KitsuneYoukai-

This by far was the best batman yet! Ledger's was the perfect joker for the Dark Knight! This movie was worth the $ and is worth another visit to the theater. This isn't a movie for children either, so if any of you plan on taking kids, i don't recommened it, might have some more killings out here. Not that movies make people kill.
gamera at 06:19 AM JST - 2nd August

I have seen it twice. The nice surprise for me was "Two Face". I had no idea what he was going to look like and it did not disappoint.