Is there anybody out there that was more excited about this movie than I was? Maybe… but most probably not. I’ve been looking forward to another Batman movie since the credits rolled on “Batman Begins” back in 2005.
Batman is a movie that needs no synopsis, even for non-fans. But in case you are totally clueless, all you need to know is that Batman is a guy that dresses up in a bat costume and fights crime in Gotham city.
The Dark Knight continues where Batman Begins left off. Christian Bale reprises his role as Barman from the last movie, and this time he has two new villains: The Joker, played by Heath Ledger and Two-Face/Harvey Dent, played by Aaron Eckhart.
This is no doubt the most hyped movie of the year, especially with Heath’s sudden death, and I must tell you it was up to the hype, or very very close to it. There’s an Oscar campaign for Heath and I’ll tell you right now that he was absolutely amazing and deserves an Oscar, or at least a nomination. If Warner Brothers didn’t tell us Heath was playing The Joker, I swear not many people would have guessed it was him. I know I wouldn’t have.
So is this a good movie or just a good-Joker-used-to-promote-an-average movie? Good question. But an even better question is did you watch Batman Begins? Did you enjoy it? If you watch this movie, you’ll never want to watch Batman Begins again because The Dark Knight will make it look like the worst movie you’ve ever seen. I promise you.
Everyone is talking about The Joker, but Harvey Dent/Two face is equally as good. His make-up, as Two Face will blow you away, and his acting is nothing less than amazing. Everyone else reprised their role from the last movie; all except Katie Holmes which if you ask me is a good move because I felt she didn’t really belong in the first one. She is replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal, which I love.
Director Christopher Nolan is a genius (Yes I know all the directors I reviewed are geniuses). He not only made an awesome superhero movie, but an awesome crime/detective movie. His brother Jonathan Nolan worked on the script, and since I saw Memento which the two worked on, I know that these two were born to work together.
So is there anything bad about this movie?
As another critic rightly put it,
“This movie was too long, but I’m only saying this so it seems like I’m doing my job…”
That being said, I don’t think the length of this movie is a problem at all. I mean, The Godfather ran for almost three hours, I don’t hear anyone complaining. Moreover, in most long movies, you’ll see a scene or two that can be cut to shorten it, The Dark Knight had none. It was pure two and a half hours of awesomeness!
The closing speech of the movie ended with Commissioner Gordon saying “… he’s the Dark Knight”. Then there was a black screen. It was at that time that I noticed tears rolling down my cheeks because of how lucky I felt being alive to witness that kind of cinematic masterpiece.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the first movie I’ve given 5 out of 5 stars!
The film was brilliant!!!
that’s all I can sayy!
Brilliant movie.
There are no words to describe it, really.
And you know, like a complete idiot, I felt the same when you said:
“The closing speech of the movie ended with Commissioner Gordon saying “… he’s the Dark Knight”. Then there was a black screen. It was at that time that I noticed tears rolling down my cheeks because of how lucky I felt being alive to witness that kind of cinematic masterpiece.”
Haha.
“If you watch this movie, you’ll never want to watch Batman Begins again because The Dark Knight will make it look like the worst movie you’ve ever seen. I promise you.”
You were wrong in that regard. I ‘almost’ felt like you did after the first viewing, but honestly now? I would have almost hated The Dark Knight if it wasn’t for Batman Begins. TDK completely neglects the character of Batman and completely whores out The Joker. In essence, unless you’ve seen the previous Batman movie Batman is ‘just there’.
This movie wouldn’t have been perfection without Batman Begins, which gives you a much more in deph perspective of the genius interpretation of Batman and Gotham in Nolan’s world. No bloody way. It would just be a Joker fanw*nk fest that appealed to the masses. Which to that 78% of people that saw TDK and not BB – is.
When’s all said and done on repeated viewing TDK is just a bore-fest where you’re skipping all of ugly gyllenhals scenes to every awesome Joker one only to be unthrilled by the end to realize he’s not gonna be present in the next one due to Heath’s death.
@Aysegul – Yes it is.
@Ambrielle – I photoshopped that last speech with Gordob’s picture and made it my wallpaper for a week. Haha
@…. – You know I literally write this review on my way back home on the very day the movie came out,s o you really can’t blame me. I was caught up in the hype and wasn’t disappointed one bit. I agree with you, it’s true, than on repeat viewings, I’ve come to see that TDK is a flawed movie. But it really doesn’t matter, I still love it