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The Dark Knight is BACK!
PostedJuly 20, 2008
Loneangel
from Norcross, GA
Well… OH MY GOD!! If there was ever a movie that must be seen then it is “The Dark Knight”!! Nolan and company actually get the Batman mythos and have successfully [yet again, I might add] thrown down the gauntlet for superhero genre movies! From the opening scene to the shift in attitudes at the end of the movie, the concept of Batman has never looked this good! If they had never mentioned “Batman” I would have sworn I was watching a gritty crime drama, full of character development, twists and turns and feasible character progression. However, the one thing that made this movie work for me on so many levels was the handling of Batman in relation to his greatest nemesis, the Joker! This was not the Tim Burton angst ridden Batman of old. This was the Batman who values life and has a code to live by as well as being the best detective and all around BADASS of all time [just check out the Hong Kong extradition scene]!! It was the Batman that made you believe in human potential and redemption. Not only that, but the late Heath Ledger was the best Joker I have seen in any media version. He was mental with a subtle, “ordered” insanity that made his Joker the most believably, terrifying character to ever grace the big screen.
Do I think this Batman film will garner any Academy Award nominations? Well, I will leave such ponderings to people who are far more capable in the art of film critiquing than I. However, I do feel that this new Batman has accomplished what few sequels have ever managed to do… Out perform its predecessor. I think the best aspect of this film was that it was not necessarily a continuation of the first movie. Instead, it was like a new episode of a very strong series, introducing new, credible threats and giving viewers more insight into the main characters and their motivations without rehashing what has come before. In short, this was Batman at his best and showed the potential of DC Comics’ properties and what can be done when in the best hands. The success of Batman should make Warner Bros take the DC properties more seriously and work on developing strong stories, instead of settling for mindless action flicks that degrades them to nothing more than mere comic book characters.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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