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The Dark Knight: News, Reviews, your Views. "SPOILERS" welcome!
Meryl:
I agree with Amanda and Clarissa. It's so cartoony and contrived, the violence has less impact. The kind of violence that haunts me is the kind where you care about the victim beforehand and suffer emotionally for them. The only one vaguely in that category is Harvey Dent, but I thought his emotional character was so undeveloped that I wasn't all that affected by his disfiguration either. It seemed more calculated to satisfy the fanboys' appetite for gruesomeness than make us sorry for him. Even the police cell scene where Batman beats the Joker up didn't have much impact, because the Joker seemed perky as ever afterwards.
belbbmfan:
Thanks for all the advice ladies! :-*
And in preparation, there was a Steven Seagall movie on tv last night. There seems to be an endless stream of them and the slow summer season is a good excuse for one of our tv channels to show them in prime time!
So I had some good practise in the 'violence for violence sake' department! His movies are awfull btw.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Meryl on July 30, 2008, 02:54:17 pm --- Even the police cell scene where Batman beats the Joker up didn't have much impact, because the Joker seemed perky as ever afterwards.
--- End quote ---
Yes, I think we're supposed to realize that Batman doesn't have much of an impact on the Joker and vice versa.
And, I think the Joker is being serious (no bad pun intended) when he says he doesn't want to kill Batman because he's too much fun to torment.
Thinking about the scenes where the Joker is in the interrogation room... do Heathens out there believe that the Joker's socks were meant to be an inside joke? I'm thinking of the scene where the Joker is sitting on the floor and his really bright socks are very visible.
LauraGigs:
--- Quote from: Amanda ---I wasn't prepared for it the first time I saw the film and **bblleegghh!!!** I wish I had been warned.
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"**bblleegghh!!!**" LOL, very expressive typing! :laugh:
Seriously though, I agree; it was by far the most terrifying thing. (That and the fake-batman's body suddenly dropping next to the mayor's window.)
Impressive makeup/CGI on Two-Face, scary as it was.
LauraGigs:
Pacing and suspension-of-disbelief issues aside, I enjoyed the acting performances a lot. A nice ensemble film. I liked the supporting-supporting performances, such as the tweaky man on the commuter ferry who wanted to blow up the prisoner ferry, and the would-be assassin in the 21-gun salute squad who turned out to be schizophrenic. Good, interesting performances IMO.
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