Share Captjay76's profile
Captjay76
Captjay76's stats
- Review count1
- Helpfulness votes0
- First reviewJuly 21, 2008
- Last reviewJuly 21, 2008
- Featured reviews0
- Average rating5
Captjay76's Reviews
Overall rating
5
/
5
Greatest Superhero Movie Ever?
PostedJuly 21, 2008
Captjay76
from Lake Orion, MI
Wow. Unbelievable. I have something of a nostalgic streak, so I will always hold the original Superman movie over all other superhero movies. It set the standard, it was the first. But this summer, I definitely discovered the number 2 superhero movie: Iron Man. Yep, i was absolutely blown away by it, raved about it to everyone. And then I saw the Dark Knight. Holy crap. This movie makes Iron Man look like a fan film filmed in a college kid's garage. Fantastic action sequences, excellent pacing throughout, wonderful dialogue and character development, and Oscar-worthy performances. Trust me, the hype over Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker is NOT HYPE. Its just the truth! Although the Joker is radically different from the comic book version visually, Heath captured his personality and sheer madness perfectly. Heath deserves a nomination, for sure. Maggie Gyllenhall was a fine replacement for Katie Holmes, whom I can't stand. Christian Bale was as great as he is in every one of his films, and is just as good as Bruce Wayne as he is as Batman. Michael Caine, an acting legend at this point, captures Alfred's spirit perfectly: A sincere concern and love for Bruce, balanced with a strong sarcastic streak regarding his nighttime activities. Morgan Freeman, another acting legend, is as rock solid as usual as Lucius Fox, Bruce's right hand man at Wayne Enterprises. Aaron Eckhart was great as Harvey Dent, nothing special though....until he became Two-Face. Wow...wish he had more screen time as the coin-flipping psycho. His fury and madness just EXPLODED out of the screen, it was really something. And last but not least, Gary Oldman as good ol' Commissioner Gordon. It's just so cool to see Gary play a good guy, and there's some real work for him in this movie again. Not like the previous versions of the Commish, where his job is to just flip on the Bat-signal. No, Mr. Oldman flexs his acting muscles in this one, yet another powerhouse performance from this powerhouse cast. There is a serious bias against fantasy/sci-fi/superhero movies in the Academy if this cast doesn't get at LEAST one nomination. Anyway, not only the (ok, second) best Superhero movie of all time, but one of the best MOVIES of all time. Period. Go see it. Then see it again.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
Share:
0points
0of 0voted this as helpful.