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Best Batman yet
PostedJuly 20, 2008
MovieMan1178
from Bristol, PA
I saw the Dark Knight last night and it was almost perfect in every way. Bale once again nailed the dual role flawlessly, while Gary Oldman was given much heavier material as Gordon, and, in one key scene, gives the audience a reason to cheer. Oldman is Gordon. Caine took care of Alfred perfectly, even giving us layers of the character we were not familiar with and giving Bruce just the right degree of confidant.
Freeman again fills the shoes of Lucious Fox perfectly, and in a couple of scenes, gives Fox an added depth that only this film could warrant. Aaron Eckhart embraces the role of white knight Harvey Dent head on and never lets go. And comments and reviews about only seeing Two-Face for a couple of minutes are inaccurate. He's involved for the last 10-15 minutes on screen and Eckhart matches Bale in capturing the duality of the character and makes you truly feel sorry for a man who lost everything that mattered to him and went down the only path that seemed logical to him. Eckhart gives off the true idea of Two-Face, he's a victim, not a villian. And the makeup is awesome.
Maggie Gyllenhaal is much better than Katie Holmes in her interaction with Bruce and I am completely convinced of her as an ADA to Dent's DA. There's an interrogation scene that she handles with control that I just don't believe Holmes could've pulled off at all. It all made her exit that much more of a gut shot. Excellent.
And, finally, the Joker. Heath Ledger had me with his first scene and the already famous disappearing pencil scene is to be relished in its execution. Ledger, himself, is gone behind the makeup and all we see is the Joker and not a Joker that Nicholson could have pulled off. Ledger is the true Joker, definitive, sadistic, brutal and relentless. There's a scene between him and Dent that I will never forget and if you've seen the movie, you know what I mean. Priceless. Ledger did things Nicholson could only dream about, drove a major character over the edge of all possible reasoning and sanity, made Batman almost want to kill him and left two Gotham structures in ruins. And the Joker did it all while truly enjoying himself and cherishing what he was creating--Choas. Chris Nolan put the ingredients together for the perfect banquet and Ledger feasted on it like it was his own personal playground. The Dark Knight may be one of the biggest money-makers of the year only because it's the best movie OF the year. If you haven't seen it, see it. If you've seen it, you know. A+
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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