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The Darkest Knight...
PostedJuly 23, 2008
SMcGuire
from CT
There's nothing like a good, dark, gritty Batman movie. Even during the day, Chicago.. err.. Gotham had a creepy feel to it.
The opening sequence solidified the following 2 hours and 24 minutes... It wasn't set up like anything we had seen in a Batman movie before... And everything that followed was equally enticing.
Bale, returning as Bruce Wayne / Batman, worked for a second time running, and the choice of Ledger and Eckhart as this films villains was perfect.
I'm still shocked at Ledger's performance. It was stunning, to say the least. He captured the insanity that lived within the Joker's mind - especially in the comic classic "The Killing Joke"...
Eckhart did a great job as Harvey Dent, but it wasn't until the later half of the movie that he really kicked it up a notch and grabbed you by the front of your pants and twisted..
We should not overlook Michael Caine and Gary Oldman.. Both returning for their second run at their characters, and both dramatically great.
I liked Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes, but I don't feel that her character was given her due towards the end of the movie.
Overall, this movie was as dark as the first Batman (by Burton) and as cynical as Frank MIller's comic classic "The Dark Knight Returns"...
Next to Burton's original two classics, this movie captures the mystique that a Batman movie should.
I will say though, that I would consider Bale part of the supporting cast, because this is one movie that was made for the villains, and not the hero.
The opening sequence solidified the following 2 hours and 24 minutes... It wasn't set up like anything we had seen in a Batman movie before... And everything that followed was equally enticing.
Bale, returning as Bruce Wayne / Batman, worked for a second time running, and the choice of Ledger and Eckhart as this films villains was perfect.
I'm still shocked at Ledger's performance. It was stunning, to say the least. He captured the insanity that lived within the Joker's mind - especially in the comic classic "The Killing Joke"...
Eckhart did a great job as Harvey Dent, but it wasn't until the later half of the movie that he really kicked it up a notch and grabbed you by the front of your pants and twisted..
We should not overlook Michael Caine and Gary Oldman.. Both returning for their second run at their characters, and both dramatically great.
I liked Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes, but I don't feel that her character was given her due towards the end of the movie.
Overall, this movie was as dark as the first Batman (by Burton) and as cynical as Frank MIller's comic classic "The Dark Knight Returns"...
Next to Burton's original two classics, this movie captures the mystique that a Batman movie should.
I will say though, that I would consider Bale part of the supporting cast, because this is one movie that was made for the villains, and not the hero.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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