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.
Ha! I agree he had it in him to cadge the nurse's uniform, but when you add it to the list of everything else he was engineering, it's a marvel that he could spare the time.
I liked those small moments, too.
I found the whole story to be gigantically farfetched and implausible.
The best capsule review ever!
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.
I know, it seemed so comic-y. I wonder what those reviewers who saw so much more in it were thinking. Really, if Heath hadn't been so good, I don't think the "something more" discussion could have arisen at all.
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!
Haha! There really should be an awards category for these ho-hum pairings.
Meryl, thanks for the expert review. I knew we could count on our resident director!
Thanks, Paul. Maybe being a director has its drawbacks, too. I know how much organizing, pre-planning, budgeting, ordering and execution goes into just one prop list for a show. The Joker was managing the equivalent of at least a hundred shows, all opening in one week!