2 and half hours... that's how long the latest Batman film is and it's worth every cent that I paid!
The last Batman film I thought really captured the Batman / Bruce Wayne of the comics. A man committed to protecting his dark, broken city at all cost. The Dark Knight.... goes even further into the original comic-book vibe and brings to life the Joker as he was meant to be.
The Joker was always an insane insane, character.
Jack Nicolson played the Joker like no other had... up until the late Heath Ledger took on the role.
My skin crawled at times as Ledger brought to life the raw insanity of the Joker. No history on who he really was, what made him the way he was.... simply insanity at it's best and worse. His only goal was to see or help a good man to fall.
Two- Face / Harvey Dent sub-story was so well crafted it amazed me. Two-face can be played so shallow and silly as we have seen in other Batman films. But the fall of Harvey Dent was played with real tragedy! "You either die a hero, or life long enough to see yourself become the villain." That's Harvey's story in a nut shell. He lived to long, survived the Jokers insane game and now is almost as crazy as the Joker. Even the make up at the end was right out of the comics. Amazing!
This film should get Heath Ledger an Oscar. Not from of a reaction that he died so young, but because his performance was so real and powerful. The Joker was a dark character and Ledger let us see that darkness as never before.
If you are expecting Adam West or Burt Ward to make a cameo and add a funny line somewhere.... don't waste your time looking for it. No this is action, drama, and a comic book film that gives us a powerful glimpse of our culture and world if it every went over the edge insane and dark. It has enough realness in it to keep you glued to your seat, and enough comic book history woven into to make you wish this type of insane criminal and dark reality never comes to be.
Now we must wait for the next Batman film... featuring the battle between Two-face and Batman.
The only question is.... who from Batman's vast rogue gallery of criminals will we see come to life and be played properly.
We can only hope that no one allows this current collection of Batman adventures to be cheapen, lightened up or made shallow. Forget the 70's Super-friends, 1960's campy Batman... this is Batman as he was always meant to be seen.
I can't wait to see it again, as I prepare to do my annual discussion series... "at the movies".
This August you can guarantee that THE DARK KNIGHT will be used as a spring board to help us explore and learn God's time truths.
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keep it up Rich
Re-saw the Dark Knight tonight.
Choas is clearly the theme. Abd what does it take to make a good man fall. More on that in August as we do "at the movies".
But tonight, I really focused on the Two-face story line. As a kid reading Batman comics/ Detictive Comics I always enjoyed the Two-face/ Batman plots.
I have heard and talked to several people that bummed that Harvey Dent/ Two-face is dead.
Let's be clear here... he's not dead.
Batman and Gordan agree that no one can know the truth about what has happened to the "golden boy of Gotham." So they let Harvey Dent "die" publically... while we may see in Batman 3 Two -face is very much alive.
The character develop was slightly different than the comics, but the character devlopment was well conceieved and sets up a great villian that we must see more of.
So go see the Dark Knight, prepare to sit through a dark movie, and feel like you must see it again.
Batman close to knocking of Titantic as all time movie box office hit. Dark Knight may win out over romance movie... oh yeah!
Dark and somewhat archaic...I have portrayed a crazy person like Ledger's "Joker" charachter...and this was an excellent lesson in the method to act that part by the late Heath! "You Either Die A Hero, or Live to become the Villian!" Classic!
Say it a third time and it's just as good !
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