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Masterpiece
PostedJuly 20, 2008
bwesb
from Baltimore, MD
This movie will not get the awards it deserves. There are simply too many pretentious and uppity people in Hollywood who look down on the comic book origins of Batman. I am comforted by this, though, because I am certain that this film will break every box office record. Period.
Bale establishes himself far and away as the embodiment of Batman/Bruce Wayne. This is no to diminish the work of other actors in the past but having seen all the Batman films there is nothing else to say. You really do think that what you are seeing is real - that Bruce Wayne simply looks like the guy from American Psycho. Bale brings Wayne/Batman to life, on screen. There really is no other way to put it.
I was very skeptical of Ledger's casting and man was I too quick to judge. The tragedy of his death goes without saying but what Ledger does is nothing short of remarkable. I have never seen, and I have seen many films in my time, a portrayal like this one, anywhere, in any genre. The best description I can give is tour de force.
There is no measurement for what Ledger did with the role of the Joker.
Every other major part - Oldman as Gordon, Gyllenhaal as Dawes, Caine as Alfred, Freeman as Fox, and Eckhart as Dent - is perfect. I know that word might seem a little too plain in this case but sweet mercy it is true.
Any critic who tries to tell you that the acting in this film, by the actors mentioned above, is anything but stellar is lying to you.
I don't have the words to explain what Chris Nolan has done but if you don't walk out of this theater absolutely flabbergasted by what you have just seen - go to the hospital and have them check your pulse.
Don't see this movie in anything but the best theatre at the best time - less crowds, better seats, etc. etc. You don't want anything getting in the way of the pure cinematic art that you are about to see.
This film is THAT good.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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