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The Dark Knight. My take
I started to post this in Random Axe's thread, but I pretty much disagree with most of his points, and I didn't want to come across as usurping his thread, so I started my own.
This is all my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
In every conceivable way, this movie is superior to Batman Begins, which was a near perfect movie anyway. It's AS good as the hype, and maybe more. Ledger is indeed fantastic as the Joker. Everyone turns in great performances though. I don't really see Ledger as being above the other actors, he just had the more flamboyant character. You can't take your eyes off him, even though you are afraid of what he'll do next. Comparing him to Nicholson is like comparing Nicholson to Cesar Romero. They are totally different takes, but this is the first to really get across the menace of the Joker. He is truly distrubing and frightening.
This movie is DENSE. Tons of plot, character development, and of course action. I thought it was very well-paced myself, and up against last year's big Super Hero flick Spider-Man 3, which also had a ton of stuff to go through in 2 1/2 hours, Dark Knight does not seem too busy, or too rushed like that picture did. It's like a whole season of a really great crime drama in the time of a 2 1/2 hour movie, but you won't feel cheated by any of it, and you won't want it to end.
I am so glad I didn't read many spoilers on this. Things will happen that you do not expect, but they make perfect sense.
I thought the action and effects were "better lit" than in Begins. One problem I did have with that movie was it was a tad TOO dark, visually, and some of the action was hard to follow. I thought the Bat-pod got a pretty good spotlight, and Batman's takedown of the various thugs was much more entertaining this time.
Not for kids at all, I don't think. My son won't be seeing it. The Joker is far too disturbing, and honestly the plot and storyline will go totally over most kids heads.
To me, this movie is so beyond most other super hero flicks, its not even fair to put them up to this. It's like a Greek tragedy with a guy in a rubber mask. I'm not trying to overhype it, but I honestly feel it transcended the whole lot of what has come before. Kind of like the feel that Superman Returns was going after, without the off-putting elements that people had a hard time with.
I don't see how any fan of Batman could be disappointed in this. Go see it. I'm going again tomorrow!
Chris
This is all my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
In every conceivable way, this movie is superior to Batman Begins, which was a near perfect movie anyway. It's AS good as the hype, and maybe more. Ledger is indeed fantastic as the Joker. Everyone turns in great performances though. I don't really see Ledger as being above the other actors, he just had the more flamboyant character. You can't take your eyes off him, even though you are afraid of what he'll do next. Comparing him to Nicholson is like comparing Nicholson to Cesar Romero. They are totally different takes, but this is the first to really get across the menace of the Joker. He is truly distrubing and frightening.
This movie is DENSE. Tons of plot, character development, and of course action. I thought it was very well-paced myself, and up against last year's big Super Hero flick Spider-Man 3, which also had a ton of stuff to go through in 2 1/2 hours, Dark Knight does not seem too busy, or too rushed like that picture did. It's like a whole season of a really great crime drama in the time of a 2 1/2 hour movie, but you won't feel cheated by any of it, and you won't want it to end.
I am so glad I didn't read many spoilers on this. Things will happen that you do not expect, but they make perfect sense.
I thought the action and effects were "better lit" than in Begins. One problem I did have with that movie was it was a tad TOO dark, visually, and some of the action was hard to follow. I thought the Bat-pod got a pretty good spotlight, and Batman's takedown of the various thugs was much more entertaining this time.
Not for kids at all, I don't think. My son won't be seeing it. The Joker is far too disturbing, and honestly the plot and storyline will go totally over most kids heads.
To me, this movie is so beyond most other super hero flicks, its not even fair to put them up to this. It's like a Greek tragedy with a guy in a rubber mask. I'm not trying to overhype it, but I honestly feel it transcended the whole lot of what has come before. Kind of like the feel that Superman Returns was going after, without the off-putting elements that people had a hard time with.
I don't see how any fan of Batman could be disappointed in this. Go see it. I'm going again tomorrow!
Chris
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