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Raising the bar
PostedJuly 23, 2008
JoecLeia
from Lewisville, TX
I went to the movie partially worried the hype was overdone. Balderdash and poppycock. This is one of the exceedingly rare times a comic book/graphic novel-based action/adventure movie transcended its genre and increased the criteria by which others of its ilk will eternally be judged. Having seen and thoroughly enjoyed Iron Man a few times, I was mentally self-prepped for more of the same romp-n-stomp screenplay and visual effects. Christopher Nolan and his crew have every right to take a bow for this one. To say Heath Ledger submerged himself in the Joker role is an understatement. The performance he rendered will certainly live long in the annals of Hollywood lore. Even without his performance, the movie was fine fare. Ledger's immersion into the character's depravity took the finished product to another, totally unexpected level. Aaron Eckhart's turn as Harvey 'Two Face' Dent was good and appropriately supportive of the principal characters, and Christian Bale's reprisal of the Batman further enhanced his entrenchment as one of Hollywood's current A-list leading men. My only question now is: Where the heck do they go from here for the (rumored) next installment? If I'm one of the high muckity-mucks of Warner Brothers, I'd give serious consideration to leaving well enough alone, and let this franchise end here - On top of the world.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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