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Good "Knight"
PostedJuly 20, 2008
Sakman
from Phoenix, Az
If I had a complaint about "The Dark Knight", it would only be that I didn't want it to end. With a run time of 2 hours and 30 minutes, that might be surprising, but I honestly can't remember the last time I movie left me wide-eyed, jaw-dropped, and only able to utter the word "Wow" upon leaving the theater.
Christopher Nolan continues the masterful job he started with "Batman Begins", a movie that transcended the typical comic book movie. Nolan realizes that flashy costumes and effects may catch people's attentions, but deep insightful characters are the key to investing yourself into the movie.
This trend continues in "The Dark Knight", where we find Bruce Wayne continuing his one-man fight on crime in Gotham, but with help on the horizon. An aggressive, fearless D.A. named Harvey Dent has arrived in Gotham to challenge the corruption, crime, and for the first time in a long time, offers hope in Gotham. Bruce Wayne begins to feel for the first time that this might be his chance to finally step down as the Batman, and let Dent continue to fight the good fight under his own (and legal) terms.
Bursting on the scene is Heath Ledger's Joker, a maniacal homicidal madman who thus far had been making his living by ripping off the crime bosses. His embodiment of insanity and chaos is thrust into this optimistic new Gotham to disrupt the status quo and basically destroy this new hope that had been so long coming.
The Joker's motives or backstory are never really explained or showcased, and the character is all the more frightening for it. A lot has been made of Ledger's performance, and all of it is wel-deserved. His Joker is unsettling and unpredictable, and his every word just hisses with menace and insanity. He's the perfect foil to Christian Bale's Batman, a creature driven by justice and order.
There are other subplots running throughout, but the strength of the movie is in its relationships between the characters. Batman and Jim Gordon, Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox, and a highly-entertaining love triangle involving Dent, Wayne, and his longtime love, Rachel. The way these relationships grow and sometimes, fracture, provides the emotional wallop that makes all the frenzied action and stunts seem almost like inconveniences (when, in fact, the action sequences are some of the more original you'll see in the theaters this year).
I have no idea if Nolan is signed on to continue the Batman franchise, but I certainly hope so. With the strength of "Iron Man" and now "The Dark Knight", it appears the comic book movie is ready to take its place amongst the big boys.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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