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Excellent, Best of the Franchise
PostedJuly 20, 2008
Asmenedas
from High Point, NC
The Dark Knight, the latest from Christopher Nolan in the august Batman lineage, takes the crown from all its predecessors. Christian Bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne, flamboyant billionaire and Batman, the menace to Gotham City criminals. The cinematography and intent to keep the films grounded in reality on the part of Nolan makes for a very evocative film. I was surprised at the PG-13 rating, but the inferred violence does make it more personal as it occurs in your head, not graphically on the screen. As many will attest, Heath Ledger will no doubt be nominated for an Oscar; which he will deserve and yet will likely win based on sympathy for his death rather than the disturbing and deeply moving performance he gives to this film. The Joker and Two Face caused many to fear the gritty realism would be lost as it would be hard keep the camp out. However on the contrary, Ledger and Eckhart are gruesome, mentally disturbed, and anything but amusing. The scene with the explosion of Gotham General Hospital did come across as highly comical, because of the absurdity of the unrelenting and yet cartoon-like reactions of the cross-dressing Ledger. Overall, this film tops even the Keaton Batman, long held as the pinnacle of current incarnations of the Caped Crusader. I might suggest strongly considering the PG-13 rating for younger children as the actions which are inferred are extremely violent and harrowing. There are more true life depictions of various insanities than most films which are actually devoted to such.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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