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PostedJuly 18, 2008
Jilly
Except all of the negative reviews. Bale, Caine, Oldman, Eckhart all give solid performances. I do admit that the fight scenes that some critics have complained about are shot up close and personal but in my opinion it adds to the movie. It makes the action more Batman and less Kung Fu Master. In the way that Wayne is trying to fool his foes into thinking he's unnatural Nolan plays the same trick with the audience and I liked it.
One critic claimed that a certain character was wasted and I have to tell you they were wrong, so very very wrong. I don't want to spoil anyone but it's towards the beginning and for me it added to the idea that things have gotten worse. And that Batman has his work cut out for him on a pretty regular basis.
Others have complained about the last 45 mins of the film saying it should have waited for another fuller movie. What they don't tell you is without that 45 mins nothing is resolved. It would be like Dead Man's Chest. A movie simply to get you to the next movie and I am so glad that didn't do that.
The Dark Knight is on more solid ground than Batman Begins. It's ending is rounder and complete. The characters have subtleties built not only into their acting but in the scripts development. It's action is better. Everything has improved.
And finally Ledger. Those that find it morbid to watch him as the psychopath and think it added to his death are wrong, they don't know the facts. This performance had nothing to do with his death. He died because he was very sick and he took too much medicine not because he was driven insane by his own acting. Yet the myth that he was is so easy to claim once you watch his performance. He sells it to you 100% and some people will claim that he had to be insane to act like this. The truth is he really was just that talented. There is a bittersweet quality watching him but it's not morbid. It just makes you realize exactly what we lost and where he could have gone had he lived. Nothing was impossible for this actor if he could do this. He deserves very accolade we could give him and very word of praise that we can form.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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