Batman: The Dark Knight
ok well I wanted to see this movie in an IMAX theatre up every one in my area was sold out for the entire weekend and well I didnt want to wait to see it in a few weeks. Seeing that I quit my job last week I was able to sit outside a theatre yesterday. I was excited to see this but refused to watch all the trailers bc i didnt want to over hype the film for myself and then be disappointed if it wasnt everything i imagined.
ok so the story. Dark knight takes place a few months to a year after the last movie where Joker has been giving everybody including the mob problems. Eventually the mob hires him to take out the batman as he is the source of the problem. At the same time new District Attorney,Harvey Dent, is trying to clean up the city by actually doing his job and not being all crooked and crazy.
ok so hands down the movie was really good. IRON MAN WAS BETTER. I dont care what you say IRON MAN WAS BETTER. I just had a better time seeing Iron Man. But that takes away nothing from how good this movie was. The cinematography was grade “A” work and I LOVE that cooky ass Tim Burton DID NOT direct this and ruin it by making it all weird and childish while trying to be dark all at the same time. Thank god Danny Elfman didnt score this. I mean i like Elfman but his sound wouldnt of fit this movie. In fact i loved how most of the movie, including the action scenes, there wasnt much music outside the character themes. What i did HATE was that Maggie Gyllenhaal replaced Katie Holmes. I hate when characters are changed like that. And I mean cmon i know that she is young in real life but she looks old and really WTF Bruce Wayne could get any piece of ass he wants (as he shows it by showing up everywhere with three chicks) so why would he waste his time on her?? Yes i know they are childhood friends and all but still cmon he’s fucken Batman.
And I’m sorry did I miss something? WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHY/WHEN did the Joker come from? This is the only Batman story I’ve ever seen that doesnt explain who he is. I mean in the OG Batman and in the cartoon and the comics, he is the person who killed Batman’s parents. He was some no name low level thug that get his face fucked up and goes crazy. But there was no explanation as to why he was in Gotham or where he came from or who he was….
again i loved the camera work and the effects and editing werent stupid and cheesy it was good. I liked it. I liked it a lot. Another thing that bothered me though and same as Batman Begins was the way Christian Baile changes his voice when he is Batman. I dont know i just dont like it. Heath Ledger was great as Joker. Assuming i didnt know it was him i never would of guessed he played the part. I guess its bc I had never seen him play a villain or a serious role (i didnt see Broke Back or The Order). Theres talk about him getting an Oscar for his performance and though it was good, i dont think its Oscar worthy. We’ll see what else comes out this year to compete with him. But I’m not taking anything away from him, I’m just saying he aint no Daniel Day or Russell Crowe.
and just to start shit imma say it right now. Christian Baile IS THE BEST BATMAN. I dont care what anyone says, its true. well ok Adam West is cool, but he aint no Christian Baile. I say this bc he plays off both Batman and Bruce Wayne. No one else did that. Kilmer played a good Batman but a horrible Wayne. He was too weird and serious and psychological to be Wayne. George Clooney…. well i like him but his suit had NIPPLES!!! WTF!! plus i cant see him in the suit not a good Batman. and as for Michael Keaton. He plays a good Wayne but not a good batman. I just cant see him with that hair of his as batman. idk. Baile is a great Batman for the same reason Downey Jr. was a great Tony Stark/Ironman…bc they can both play the parts of billionaire playboys and still be cool enough to be a super hero.
Overall Id say you make sure you see this in theatres and by it on blu ray when its available. BLU RAY not DVD. DVD doesnt do movies like this or 300 justice.
You’ll like it
also DO NOT STAY after the credits. NOTHING HAPPENS
reviewed by
-albert
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Ok so I hate that Holmes got replaced and with Ledger dead he will be replaced as the Joker. But by who? I mean You’d figure they’d just lock him up in Arcum and be done with it. But Batman says it. He’ll get locked up and Joker replies with the whole I cant kill you. You’re too much fun and you won’t kill me. So we’re gona do this forever. That just tells me he is going to come back. Hell Scare Crow came back at the beginning of the movie as some petty drug dealer. WTF? I dont remember him escaping….. oh and when they do bring back the Joke, Harley Quinn has to be in the movie. i wonder who the next villains are going to be? WB already said that Catwoman and Penguin wont be coming back. They want to stay away from characters that have already been in the movies, but I mean who is left? Joker/Two face are already used. Then Mr.Freeze and Poison Ivy and Bain have been used so has The Riddler i mean there arnt that many Batman villains. Theres still that sludge guy. and they said NO ROBBIN. I dont care for Robbin im just saying.