Beautiful Chaos
Good, but Not Great
Great! Awesome!
The Batman movies sure have come a long way. The Michael Keaton Batman movies were pretty good for its time. I don't even want to mention the Clooney & Kilmer movies because they don't really count as motion pictures - they were more like a 5-year old's version of a bad cartoon movie.
The Dark Knight is perhaps the best movie adaptation of a comic book hero ever created. And I'm not even a big Batman fan. Unlike most people, I didn't think that this movie was just all about The Joker. I thought the screen time was balanced between Batman, The Joker, and Harvey Dent. A big upgrade was Maggie Gyllenhaal compared Katie Holmes who was so-so in Batman Begins. But Heath Ledger definitely stole the show. Best villian ever? Maybe a close 2nd to Hannibal Lecter. After seeing his performance, I felt disappointed and sad. Such a great talent wasted! Who could ever pull off that Joker character ever again? Heath, why? WHY?!!!
Besides being a great action movie, The Dark Knight tackled some deep, disturbing human psychological issues. The Joker represented chaos, madness, and evil - violence without reason. I love Alfred's line when he said, "Some men just want to watch the world burn". We often ask why men do evil things. We often wonder how human beings can kill and destroy without any regard for the innocent. Sometimes, there's just no reason ... some men just want to watch the world burn.
I'd be surprised if Heath Ledger doesn't get an Oscar nomination for his performance. Also, this film deserves to be a Best Picture contender as well. Don't penalize a great movie just because it's based from a comic book character.
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Lem's Review
Great! Awesome!
The Batman movies sure have come a long way. The Michael Keaton Batman movies were pretty good for its time. I don't even want to mention the Clooney & Kilmer movies because they don't really count as motion pictures - they were more like a 5-year old's version of a bad cartoon movie.
The Dark Knight is perhaps the best movie adaptation of a comic book hero ever created. And I'm not even a big Batman fan. Unlike most people, I didn't think that this movie was just all about The Joker. I thought the screen time was balanced between Batman, The Joker, and Harvey Dent. A big upgrade was Maggie Gyllenhaal compared Katie Holmes who was so-so in Batman Begins. But Heath Ledger definitely stole the show. Best villian ever? Maybe a close 2nd to Hannibal Lecter. After seeing his performance, I felt disappointed and sad. Such a great talent wasted! Who could ever pull off that Joker character ever again? Heath, why? WHY?!!!
Besides being a great action movie, The Dark Knight tackled some deep, disturbing human psychological issues. The Joker represented chaos, madness, and evil - violence without reason. I love Alfred's line when he said, "Some men just want to watch the world burn". We often ask why men do evil things. We often wonder how human beings can kill and destroy without any regard for the innocent. Sometimes, there's just no reason ... some men just want to watch the world burn.
I'd be surprised if Heath Ledger doesn't get an Oscar nomination for his performance. Also, this film deserves to be a Best Picture contender as well. Don't penalize a great movie just because it's based from a comic book character.
Read:
Lem's Review
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Heath Ledger IS the Joker.
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