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A Silent Guardian, A Watchful Protector
The problem with eagerly anticipated major motion picture events is, that they never live up to the expectations. When a movie is dubbed as the greatest this or best that, the hype alone delivers the killshot. We've seen it before. Phantom Menace died not because it's a bad movie (it isn't great either), but because no movie can meet demands like that.
And so it is, that The Dark Knight too fails to meet it's expectations. Instead, it takes the previously unprecedented move of surpassing all the demands it was expected to reach. It goes beyond all the hype.
Two months ago it was said that Iron Man has set the bar on how superhero movies are made. The Dark Knight sets the bar on how movies are made, period.
It's a superhero movie where the superhero is not the main focus. Instead it gives more time for the bad guy, developing the character of Joker to it's fullest extent.
There has been a lot of talk recently about Heath Ledger getting a posthumous Oscar nomination for his role as the Joker. I get it know.
Enough time is also given to secondary characters, casting light on both their strengths and flaws, allowing them go fluidly to where the story takes them.
The Dark Knight provides action, comedy, thrilling moments, and honest to god tragedy not simply as an end, but as a means to a greater end. It is storytelling you expect from a four hour drama, not from a superhero movie.
Christopher Nolan has taken Batman from the hell Joel Schumacher took the character to in the late 90's. In Batman Begins you feel Batman is vindicated, he's no longer a mockery of what he used to be. He's a hero. In The Dark Knight, Nolan takes Batman in to a world so deep, so dark, that he is nearly consumed by his own rage. But, as Harvey Dent said, the night is darkest just before the dawn, and as long as Batman is out there... there will always be another dawn.
01:10 - 2008-Jul-25 - post comment
styles managed to get his grubby hands on a copy of the dark knight, he said Heath was amazingly good, he said something about the Joker's character reminding him of Jack Sparrow from the pirates movies.
sarai - 01:33 - 2008-Jul-25
AWESOME!!! WooOOoooo! *runs in circles*
Damn it, now I'm so hyped that I KNOW I'll be disappointed when I see it! :) Thanks for the big neon sign. ;)annmi - 01:49 - 2008-Jul-25
I ended up seeing it (I'm not much into superhero movies) but it was alright. :) One thing I did like was the characters and the details of them, I thought that was really cool.
lunarfruity - 03:14 - 2008-Jul-25
the. best. batman. movie. EVAAAAAR! :D
heath was amazing. no doubt. before this role i didn't care for him as an actor at all. i thought he was just a pretty boy. but he redeemed himself with those role. it's unfortunate he passed away.
and i do believe bale is the best batman! no doubt in my mind!mandaj - 04:51 - 2008-Jul-25
Will be seeing it, tomorrow. Geek Jr. will be in tow (Geekette will be seeing Space Chimps). I can't wait.
texican - 07:32 - 2008-Jul-25
I'm reminded of part 4 of "I'm a Marvel...And I'm Batman" - http://twisteh.blogspot.com/2008/07/...atman.html
The Rapture is coming, people!bebbet - 12:46 - 2008-Jul-25
*waily waily waily*
Only two more days to go... only TWO. MORE. DAYS.....
*shreds paper*Twist - 02:07 - 2008-Jul-25
The Dark Knight is the best damn movie I have ever seen. I've heard more than one person compare it to Godfather 2, so maybe I need to get around to seeing that.
It's such an amazing feeling to walk into a movie with ridiculously high expectations, and then to have the movie just completely rocket over them.
Watching The Dark Knight is the closest thing I have ever had to a religious experience.
There are murmurs among my clique to make a journey to an IMAX theater to catch another showing of it. I hope that pans out.
I love that movie so damn much... I keep spontaneously emoting about it since I saw it.OgreJehosephatt - 03:02 - 2008-Jul-25
christopher nolan and heath ledger made this movie what it is right now. even tim burton couldn't do it this real this great just copy of comic without change only christopher can change the batman from nought% to %100 man (BATMAN)
XPBA - 01:01 - 2008-Aug-2
I saw it in an IMAX theater. Unfortunately, it's still not the best darn movie I've ever seen. I still preferred Sin City comic-book wise and I'm a much bigger Batman fan, so it can't be because of the subject matter...
But yes. I enjoyed it.annmi - 02:54 - 2008-Aug-17
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