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The Dark Knight
I saw “The Dark Knight [1] last night. In a word—
Wow!
From the opening bank heist (which is … just … oh my God) to the final scene
(which I can't reveal because it's a spoiler) is just …
Wow!
Character wise, this is perhaps the truest portrayal of the Batman characters
in a movie I've ever seen. Heath Ledger [2]'s portrayal of the Joker [3] is
as stunning as it is disturbing (and really, it's scarier not knowing his
background). Gary Oldman's [4] James Gordon is lifted right out of the
comics. And the tragedy of Harvy Dent [5] clearly comes through.
The only gripes I have with this film, oddly enough, are with The Batman
himself. It's not that I have a problem with Christian Bale's [6] portrayal
per se, it's just that I didn't like his “let me attempt to disguise my voice
so no one recognizes me but make it plainly obvious that I'm trying to
disguise my voice” Batman voice. I don't think it worked. My other gripe is
that The Batman is a world-class detective (even studying criminology in
college) but you would never know that in this film (and the only reason I'm
griping this much about an otherwise excellent film is that The Batman is my
favorite superhero, and this film is about as letter perfect as a superhero
film can get).
(You want a better review? Okay, here [7] are [8] some [9] that are worth
reading).
[1]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/
[2]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005132/
[3]
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000180/bio
[4]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/
[5]
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000190/
[6]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/
[7]
http://www.progressiveruin.com/2008_07_20_archive.html#1698052698739369531
[8]
http://www.progressiveruin.com/2008_07_20_archive.html#749986940740059500
[9]
http://theferrett.livejournal.com/1127250.html
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