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The Dark Knight: News, Reviews, your Views. "SPOILERS" welcome!
Ellemeno:
Meryl, I agree with everything you say except one thing - surely The Joker had it in him to cadge the nurse's uniform? :)
A couple of moments I really liked in the movie - when Harvey Dent asked Alfred if he had known Rachel her whole life, he said something like, "Not yet." I liked that. And when the big, menacing prisoner said, "Give me the remote detonation device and I'll do what you should have already done," and then surprises us by throwing it out the window. I liked that.
Mandy21:
Meryl, dead on with your comments. That's exactly how I felt, having watched it yesterday morning. Heath was out-of-this-world magnificent in his portrayal. I wish it would have been nothing BUT him, he was so mesmerizing. In a million years, you wouldn't have guessed it was our darling Heath. I found the whole story to be gigantically farfetched and implausible. It was almost a distraction from just watching The Joker. I wonder if like the shirt inside the shirt moment in BBM, how much of TDK did Heath have a say in? Does anyone know?
MaineWriter:
Thanks Meryl for that very articulate commentary. You said it so well!
Like you said, it is all so implausible--which is what really drove home the comic book aspect of the movie to me. In fact, there were many scenes that felt like the frames from a comic book: close up of Batman; close up of Joker; big sweeping aerial shot. All that was missing was the dialog bubbles over their heads.
And talk about no chemistry between Rachel Dawes and Harvey Dent! LOL. Last time I saw that much erotic tension was watching Anakin Skywalker and Padme!
One little scene that I keep thinking back to: the Joker riding in a car, sticking is head out in the wind and whoo-wooing, just like a happy dog.
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southendmd:
Meryl, thanks for the expert review. I knew we could count on our resident director!
optom3:
--- Quote from: Mandy21 on July 22, 2008, 04:54:38 am ---Meryl, dead on with your comments. That's exactly how I felt, having watched it yesterday morning. Heath was out-of-this-world magnificent in his portrayal. I wish it would have been nothing BUT him, he was so mesmerizing. In a million years, you wouldn't have guessed it was our darling Heath. I found the whole story to be gigantically farfetched and implausible. It was almost a distraction from just watching The Joker. I wonder if like the shirt inside the shirt moment in BBM, how much of TDK did Heath have a say in? Does anyone know?
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In all the interviews I have read, particularly those with Nolan, they all commented on how much Heath brought to the role.There was always a little something extra on each take.I like you could easily have just watched a whole film of the joker.It was however an ongoing reminder of the terrible loss.
Every time I watch another ofhis movies, I get the most overwhelming sense of loss. I know some people compare itto River phoenixand James Dean. To me it seems worse though, because he left his lovely daughter.
She will one day realise that incredible man was her father. That is going to be I suspect, a very heavy load to carry.
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