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Leaves you wanting more
PostedJuly 21, 2008
Sammyjo
from Kansas
So, The Dark Knight…how is it? Let me start by saying that I left the theater with a blank look on my face just thinking, “I feel cheated.” Now this is both a good and a bad thing in my eyes. Overall the movie was good. It pulled at all my emotions. I was surprised, scared, on the edge of my seat. When a movie can do that, I consider it a job well done. However, I left that theater still feeling cheated because with all the good things that The Dark Knight had to offer it wasn’t enough. Now, call me greedy, but I wanted the joker to disturb me, even make my heart sink into the pit of my stomach; a feeling that I almost got a couple of times. The Joker was fantastic the few times that you got to see him. I loved the few sparing moments that he was allowed to shine on screen but that was the thing…there were only a FEW shining moments. I remember all the car chases and crashes but the only time that my attention was fully engaged was when the characters actually got to play out the epic on screen. I even wished Rachel could have had more of a role; after all, she is the underbelly of Harvey Kent’s character that we are obviously going to be seeing more of. I also thought that including the “birth” of two-face “stole the thunder” from Batman and Joker’s absolutely addictive relationship. I loved watching the Joker and Batman play off of each others emotions when the movie allowed it, but it was so drug out that the characters were spread thin, which lead them to be weaker, hence leaving me wanting more. Call it the cheesy perspective of a female fan, but there was just too much throwing around of male egos and not enough diving into the characters. I wanted to see the defining of characters that I saw in Batman Begins, but only received a series of action scenes with a few unforgettable visions of iconic characters being cheated. Would I watch it again, probably so, but only to be left again feeling like The Dark Knight could have been so much more.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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