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The Long Killing Joke
PostedJuly 20, 2008
TheColonel
from Manchester, NH
If you are in for dark, intense film making and pitch-perfect performances all-around, then this is the film for you. If you want your movies to be all bright pastel colors, uplifting musical numbers, and ending with rainbows and hand holding, you may want to pause, realize you have really poor taste in films, and go see this any way. Based loosely on the Batman comic series 'The Long Halloween' and 'The Killing Joke', this admirable sequel takes comic book movies some place they have never gone before... into the dark. This film features all the gritty realism you would want from a hard-hitting action-drama like 'Heat' or 'Traffic', but with an over-the-top flare that never stoops to insulting the audience with a lack of probability. That's what makes this film truly amazing, the fact that every aspect was approached from a 'how would this work if it were to really happen' perspective. That shows respect and trust for, not only the audience, but the source material as well. 'The Dark Knight' hypnotizes the audience into forgetting that this is a film with mesmerizing characters and performances and then socks you right in the gut with true emotional intensity and no-holds-bared action.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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