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Best Batman Ever
PostedJuly 19, 2008
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Since Tim Burton's imaginings of Batman in the late 80's' early 90's ended up in tragedy, Batman Forever anybody?, Batman has almost had a stigma attached to him. Christopher Nolan shook that off with Batman Begins. Begins was an awesome movie, no questions about it, but I still preferred the 1989 Batman to it. With The Dark Knight, I was wary of the portrayal of the Joker. The Joker has been, and will be, my favorite comic book villain. Heath Ledger's performance every bit lives up to his hype and his memory. He genuinely makes you not like his character. From the onset with the Joker's entrance, you can't help but think, "holy crap, this is amazing!" It's just that good. Aaron Eckhart's role has Harvey Dent/Two Face (don't say that's a spoiler, I could tell in the trailer) absolutely hits that character dead on. He wasn't as flamboyant as Tommy Lee Jones, but he didn't have to be the sole positive in the movie the way that Mr. Jones had to be. Maggie Gyllenhaal's taking up the torch for Katie Holmes was excellent. Rachel Dawes was a character I found obnoxious when Mrs. Holmes-Cruise portrayed her simply because she was an obnoxious character. Dent's presence in Gotham changed that because now she's not the focal point, Harvey is. Christian Bale is easily the best Batman, he just is. Only Negative to his role is the gravelly Batman voice, and it just annoys me, but doesn't detract from the experience. Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon just rocks that role. Mr. Oldman is one of the most stellar character actors in Hollywood now simply because he evokes exactly the emotion about his character that he needs to. Jim Gordon's portrayal is easily my favorite in any Batman movie. If you actually read these ramblings, this means you could very well be on the fence for wanting to see this movie, and in three words I can tell you my opinion, go see it. For all of the reasons I stated before, and reasons you haven't seen yet, go see it. Easily one of the best pictures of the year.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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