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The Dark Knight - with spoilers
BelAir:
WARNING: SPOILERS
a few preliminary thoughts/comments...
for me, there was 'the movie' and Heath/The Joker. Heath was great. The movie was good.
I agree with Kim Ledger ("It's a good movie") and Dave Letterman (wishing Heath was back on screen whenever he was away).
Honestly, I was so focused on Heath, I had a hard time paying attention to the movie. I could have watched him play the Joker all day long. I loved all of his scenes, his beautiful brown eyes framed by the crazy makeup. The scene at the end, in the hospital with Dent, was totally mesmerizing, I tried to commit every little movement to memory. I was surprised by how 'in shape' Heath looked. He was strong, not scrawny. He did a fantastic job - what he did with this voice was as impressive as what he did with Ennis' voice I think.
I think the rest of the movie sort of paled in comparison to Heath. But maybe that's just my obvious Heathen bias.
I didn't really buy the 'Dent as Gotham's white knight' plot line - "YOU are what Gotham needs" - come on.
At the end, there was an awful moment in time where my mind said to me "The Joker's not dead! We'll get to see him in the next movie." And I got excited. And then of course I remembered, "No, actually, we won't."
:'(
I know one reviewer complained about the last 30 minutes being unnecessary and making the movie be too long - I assume they are referring to the Gordon/Two face plot line after we last see the Joker. While I did not like the 'preachiness' of Batman's lines at the end, I thought the scenes with Two face at the end were incredibly chilling/frightening, and that Eckhart gave a better performance as Two face than as Dent.
There were some interesting plot points, but mostly all I can think about is Heath. I wish he had had more screen time, in so many ways, obviously. He honestly was not on screen as much as I thought he would be. Every moment that he was, was precious.
Sigh.
I am sad.
optom3:
I have read several reviews now, that pass comment on the fact that Heath's screen time is relatively short, but that he makes the movie.I was quite surprised as from the trailers I got the impression that he would have a fair chunk of screen time.
I wonder if it was a deliberate action to ensure both Heath and Batman fans were hyped up to go and see the film.It could just be me being cynical.
The males in my family are off to see it, but not me.I know that it would probably, scare me and also to see Heath would have me in tears.So I am very grateful to all those who take the trouble to post reviews.
Kay-Nasty:
--- Quote from: optom3 on July 18, 2008, 10:31:29 am ---I know that it would probably, scare me and also to see Heath would have me in tears
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I was also afraid that I would break down in tears, and not even make it into the theater if i went. From the moment i first heard about TDK in July last year all the way to "sometime" in January i was so excited for the movie, and i'm not even a batman fan. Then there were about 3 months of me refusing to see TDK because I just couldn't stand watching anything with Heath in it. But by the time May rolled around, and more Batman hype arose, I decided that I would not be able to live with myself if I didn't approach the movie full on, like I had originally planned, by dressing up as the joker, going to the premiere, and screaming at the screen the very moment i saw my Heathy. (Hell, I'm 17, what can I say ;D) And i did. Everything just as i had planned. And i loved every moment of it. I was smiling ear to ear the entire time. I cannot believe what a brilliant note Heath ended on. No tears. Just laughs. It was nice. And, unlike other movies of his... I will have no preoblem whatsoever watching TDK many many times. No tears. No tears at all. It's a really really nice change.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: BelAir on July 18, 2008, 09:50:15 am ---WARNING: SPOILERS
a few preliminary thoughts/comments...
for me, there was 'the movie' and Heath/The Joker. Heath was great. The movie was good.
I agree with Kim Ledger ("It's a good movie") and Dave Letterman (wishing Heath was back on screen whenever he was away).
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I agree with your assessment completely. I thought Heath was indeed brilliant but I was a bit disappointed with the movie overall. I think it's because I had basically seen all the action sequences already in teaser trailers and what-not. I really should avoid a movie's hype before seeing it. I guess I wanted less action and more character development moments. I love how Nolan brought a certain realism to the Batman universe, the characters seem more real and not just comic book characters and I wanted to know more about them.
Ellemeno:
Yeah, not a lot of character development. :)
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