Robert Downey Jr. “The Dark Knight” Diss: “I Didn’t Understand ‘The Dark Knight’”

August 13th, 2008 by Castina

Tagged as: Batman: The Dark Knight, Movies, Robert Downey Jr.

At least one moviegoer walked away from the latest Batman sequel feeling disappointed. Actor Robert Downey Jr. says he’s no fan of The Dark Knight. The former bad boy slammed the superhero thriller as “highbrow” and requiring a “college education to understand” in a recent interview with MovieHole.

“I didn’t understand The Dark Knight. Didn’t get it, still can’t tell you what happened in the movie, what happened to the character and in the end they need him to be a bad guy,” RDJ replied when quizzed on his views about the Summer’s runaway blockbuster.

Adding, “It’s like a Ferrari engine of storytelling and script writing and I’m like, ‘That’s not my idea of what I want to see in a movie’.”

“You know what? Fuck DC Comics. That’s all I have to say and that’s where I’m really coming from.”

Robert’s own superhero smash, Iron Man, which opened in May, was the Highest-Grossing Film of 2008 until The Dark Knight premiered last month.

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11 Responses to “Robert Downey Jr. “The Dark Knight” Diss: “I Didn’t Understand ‘The Dark Knight’””

On August 13th 2008, Megan wrote:

So in other words, RDJ is saying that he’s not intelligent enough to understand a movie based on a COMIC BOOK?! Come on…
On August 13th 2008, Bob wrote:

I agree with RDJ
On August 25th 2008, movie junkie wrote:

it’s funny that Robert Downey Jr. said the Dark Knight is too sophisticated when he himself tends to sound so sophisticated
On September 1st 2008, julian c. simons wrote:

wow….well I lost alot of respect for RDJ after hearing those comments. I mean, Iron Man was great, nowhere near as good as the reviews said it was, so i am wondering if he is jealous, *dk seems to be compared to Iron Man? hopefully because it came out in the same year? Because there is no comparison. and the man known as ‘bob’ above; your a fucking idiot cocksucker! anybody is if they diss on THE DARK KNIGHT OR CHER AS CATWOMEN!
On September 1st 2008, julian wrote:

fuck Rob and Bob! bob agrees with rob and ur both fucking out of line so stfu!@ RDJ only disses DC cause they dont pay him 2 be in movies, and iron man sucked compared 2 dark knight, rdj is the only good thing bout the movie so fuck it!
On December 14th 2008, Ris wrote:

The movie was actually really good but yea, the end and Gotham wanting Batman to be a bad guy was weird. Didn’t make much sense as to why. It was off.
On January 23rd 2009, Brandon wrote:

Because Batman is a symbol, not a hero. He’s whatever the city needs. Criminals might fear Batman even more if they think he’s capable of anything, even taking a life. Especially crooked cops.
On February 24th 2009, jojo wrote:

i think ironman was 100x better then the dark knight the dark knight was way 2 drawn out i coundnt stay interested andironman had me watchen the whole time so i think rdj was right
On August 30th 2009, He was high when he watched it! wrote:

That’s why you didn’t ‘understand’ it Downey… you were HIGH!!!

I can’t wait for Neil Fifer to play Captain America and show Iron Man a thing or two!
On September 23rd 2009, Charles wrote:

Anyone who thinks The Dark Knight was the greatest movie of all time deserves to be shot in the fuckin face. Oh yeah, SCREW YOU MEGAN, JULIAN, MOVIE JUNKIE, AND JULIAN C. SIMMONS!! YOU SUCK JULIAN!!!!!! THE DARK KNIGHT SUCKED BALLS!!!!!!!!!! I AGREE 110% WITH RDJ!!!!!
On November 13th 2009, Jeremy wrote:

Sounds like someone has sore nuts