Share TycoBrahe's profile
TycoBrahe
TycoBrahe's stats
- Review count1
- Helpfulness votes0
- First reviewAugust 3, 2008
- Last reviewAugust 3, 2008
- Featured reviews0
- Average rating4
TycoBrahe's Reviews
Overall rating
4
/
5
Dark Knight Soars, Joker Outstanding
PostedAugust 3, 2008
TycoBrahe
from Somerville, MA
The second chapter in Nolan's Dark Knight series -- one that riffs off a collection of DC comics that sought to reinvent Batman from a child's whimsical fancy into a real person with real hopes and dreams -- proves itself as worthy, if not possibly -more- worthy than his first film. Whereas the lack of any real "bad guys", which have always served as the true allure of the Batman books and films, ceased to really manifest in Batman Begins, here we have Heath Ledger's Joker as a very central character to the film. Missing is the back story to Jack Napier and his role in destroying Wayne's life, and rather the Joke is simply the Yin to Batman's Yang, the antagonist to the protagonists callings.
The reason this film roped in only 4 stars from me is quite simple. Firstly, I wanted to give it 4.5, but that wasn't an option as fa as I could tell. Secondly, I felt that towards the end (not the end itself), there were defect in the reformation of Harvey Dent's persona, and it somewhat broke the fourth wall for me. Nevertheless, the all-stars of Ledger, Oldman, and Bale make this film shine as one of the best to come out so far in 2008. I have seen it twice, and intend to see it again.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
Share:
0points
0of 0voted this as helpful.