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- Review count2
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- First reviewMay 15, 2008
- Last reviewJuly 18, 2008
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Holy Quacamole, Batman
PostedJuly 18, 2008
Garfeimao
from Long Beach, CA
The Bat is back, but it's the Joker that steals this show. Ledger's portrayal is off the rails, and that unpredictable nature throws our hero for quite a loop. After all, how do you fight someone who doens't appear to have a motive or goal? Michael Caine and Gary Oldman are uniformly spot on as support, and Aaron Eckhart is quite good as Harvey Dent and as Two-Face. Wait till you see how his Two-Faces stack up to what's gone before. The only weak spot is Maggie Gyllenhal (sp?). She's just not all that special, not that Katie Holmes was either, cause she wasn't. But you would expect a little more sizzle, pizzaz or even spark in your leading lady, and she just doesn't deliver.
That aside, this is a very good movie. In fact, the realism of the action, the conflict, and the characters' belief in what is happening is quite at odds with the typical Superhero film. Have fun watching, it certainly does not feel like 2.5 hours long.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Best Fan Film, bar none
PostedMay 15, 2008
Garfeimao
from Long Beach, CA
This is the ultimate fan-made film, bar none. This film reminds you of what it is to be a kid seeing a great movie and wishing you were part of the action. But in this case, these kids did get to live out their dreams and become the great hero, the heroine in distress or dastardly fiend intent on world domination. Didn't ever young boy want to be Indiana Jones in the 1980's?
This film is a shot by shot remake of the original Raiders of the Lost Ark, complete with rolling boulder, the burning bar in Nepal, snakes and the famous truck sequence where Indy goes under a truck and then get's drug behind it. They even suceed at melting the faces of the bad guys at the end. And these were kids making and starring in this fan-film.
With every stunt and every famous scene from one of the world's most famous action adventure films faithfully recreated, the audience cheers grow. A standing ovation at the end is almost a natural progression to the energy generated by this group of kid filmmakers who are now fully grown. Heck, this film even has the stamp of approval by Steven Spielberg himself.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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