DISQUS

Nevernude · 1 year ago

:) Good review. I'm over here in the UK. Movie doesnt get released till 24th! a whole frigging week!! Its enough to make me want to paint my face and cut my lips, develop a terror-inducing laugh and go ape-s**t on some movie distributors ass!

Nevernude · 1 year ago

oh another thing...this movie is number 4!!!! on IMDB's top 250..in the same league as The Godfather I and 2! Holy **** batman!

Sebastian Z · 1 year ago

excellent review... having already seen the movie once today (I plan to see it tomorrow and on Saturday *and* on Sunday... yeah, four times) I must say you're review is spot-on, and that the film is a whole is AMAZING. definitely the best superhero motion picture ever crafted, and one of the most interesting and visceral crime dramas (yeah, you read well) I've ever seen.

entertainmenttodayandbeyond · 1 year ago

I agree! The Dark Knight is a mesmorizing experience. The intesity of the first two hrs was pulseponding. My only little beef is that i wish they could have shaved 15 minutes off the end. Other than that it was great.

battybrain · 1 year ago

I have to disagree about the Animated Series Joker-- it was the most authentic until now. While Ledger's Joker may apply his own face, he has the character right, and that's the most important part. The Joker in the cartoon is still a little too jokey, too close the the 60s version. He's almost never really threatening.

The Joker in the comics is a killer first. Insane to the core, and something the citizens of Gotham only whisper about. He is going to be the only one laughing. Though even Ledgers has a glimmer of that cartoon clowniness; watch as he exits the hospital. And Nolan understands the dynamic he has with Batman-- neither will ever kill the other, and they will "do this forever."

I never understand some people's desire to see slavish devotion to setpieces and every technical detail realized from comics (and to a lesser extent, novels). Time and again, the best films are the ones which are inspired by their source material, and stay true to the characters, instead of just restaging another what another medium has done.

Ryan · 1 year ago

That was a good review. And thats ture that the first wave of Batmans really sucked. This movie was one of the best movies i 've ever seen in my life. I mean this movie was amazing. Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gylenhaal. All did an amazing job they should win Best Movie Of The Year.

Daniel Rubin · 1 year ago

The Dark Knight is everything a comic book movie SHOULDN'T be.

The main thing: it's too REAL.
What, are we supposed to take a playboyturnedsapturnednon-lethal vigilante seriously?

Where is the rest of the DC Universe? The Batman of the comics always dealt with a large variety of characters.
He was a detective.
Etc.

ordeal_rules · 1 year ago

dude! don't knock the Burton Batman movies ok! I think that even though this joker is better than the Nicholson one the lighting, city and feel of the movie is better in the Burton ones. I don't know why but I think this movie needed to be a bit more dark, even though I LOVED it I think that it could have been darker... damn pg rating bull shit

Matthew Schwartz · 1 year ago

I don't think it is fair to compare the Burton films with what is going on now with the Nolan versions. The target audience is different for the two directors. When I was 8 years old watching the Burton version of the film, the film fit and was terrific.

Nolan has abandoned the concept of making a family friendly film from a comic book movie. He went for something much more realistic that could make people my age, now 27, believe that Batman is real rather than a comic book movie. I wouldn't have believed the Scare Crow if he went around wearing a pumpkin on his head, that would be stupid. I might have thought that cool when I was 8 and true to the comics, and dismissed whether or not it was realistic. Nolan's Scare Crow scenes would have been far too terrifying to me at 8 years old.

So comparing a film I first saw when I was 8 to seeing one when I am 27 is like comparing candy to beer. They are both good, but really shouldn't be put up against each other for "Which one is better?"

Mike Compton · 1 year ago

Great review of a great movie. I'd love to see it in IMAX, unfortunately we don't have a real IMAX screen in Columbus. We have a regular small auditorium retrofitted by stringing a screen from floor from ceiling at Easton, but I don't consider that IMAX. Where did you see it that you could actually see it in IMAX?

Adz · 1 year ago

Daniel Rubin is an idiot! Dude if you seriously think that about this version of Batman, I suggest you go back to watching the animated version of the franchise.

T O R M E N T · 1 year ago

"I have always struggled with the DC characters because those are the comics I read as a kid. They can muck up Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and the Fantastic Four all they want, and I wouldn’t be the wiser. But screw with the DC mythology, and I fly off the handle."

-- Dude, I cannot say how much I agree with you. And on Ledger's performance as well. Pre-TDK I was enraged by that make-up and garb with scars that made Joker look like nothing which resembled Mark Hamil's portrayal via Bruce Timm... eh... okay now i'm confusing myself here. ANYWAY. Post-TDK, I have been proven wrong and one of those times where I am GLAD that i've been proven wrong. It's different, but it's a KICK ASS different. Hats off to Ledger and just hand the man his Academy Oscar. The physicality, the acting, the direction, and oh yeah... the obsession with the scars.... This guy was spot on perfect. and so was every one else.

As for that cheap-stake up here... Daniel Ruben? Look; how is a man on makeup and completely schizo NOT possible? If you got the slightest bit of perceptual ABILITY (that is, if you can see and understand what you are seeing) there ain't no way you can dis the Dark Knight. This movie is perfection; just cause it's different don't make it bad. And if you're just another persistent prick on the net trying to abuse the fans of the Bat, go fuck yourself.

Taiya · 1 year ago

agreed x 100
and lol, yeah dont drink a 42 oz. before. = missed movie

movie junkie · 1 year ago

i still wish Katie Holmes had stayed on board as Rachel Dawes for the Dark Knight; it was like the time spent getting familiar with her character in Batman Begins was wasted...