I WENT BACK AND GOT AN OLD REVIEW FOR YOU GUYS, PLEASE ENJOY. ....I JUST SAW THE BEST MOVIE OF 2008 YESTERDAY. THE BEST COMIC BOOK MOVIE THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED....EVER. THATS RIGHT, I AM TALKING ABOUT DAREDEVIL. IM KIDDING. THE FILM IM TALKING ABOUT IS "THE DARK KNIGHT". THIS MOVIE HAD IT ALL. I SAW IT TWICE WITHIN TWO HOURS OF EACH SHOWING. I PRETTY MUCH GOT T OF 10:20 SHOWING, GOT OUT AT 1:00PM, PICKED UP SOMEONE AND WENT BACK FOR THE 2:20 SHOWING. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THE MOVIE HAD SO MUCH STUFF IN IT I DONT KNOW WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN.
THE PLOT
DONT WANT TO SPOIL ANYTHING FOR YOU, SO ILL KEEP IT AS DISCREET AS I CAN. WELL, BATMAN LEFT OFF, NOT GETTING THE GIRL, AND NOW A HERO. WELL ,THIS FILM TAKES OFF FROM THERE. THE VILLIANS OF GOTHAM STILL RUN RAMPANT BUT NOW WITH CAUTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT "THE BATMAN" IS OUT THERE. SO THERE IS STILL SOME JUSTICE OUT THERE BEING TAKEN, OR SO THATS WHAT THE CITY IS SAYING TO ITSELF. THE CITY HAS A NEW PUBLIC HERO...HARVEY DENT. HE SEEMS HONEST ENOUGH, AND HAS THE AFFECTIONS OF A CERTAIN YOUNG LADY, RACHEL DAWES. BRUCE IS BEING HIS PLAYBOY SELF IN ORDER TO COVER HIS NIGHT JOB AS "THE BATMAN" . LUCIUS FOX IS NOW HEAD BOARD MEMBER IN BRUCE'S COMPANY AFTER KICKING OUT RUDGER HAUER OUT OF "BEGINS" AND BACK INTO"BLADE RUNNER". IN THE CITY AMONGST THE MOBSTERS WITH THEIR CONTROLLED RANKS AND STATUS IN POWER, LERKS A NEW FACE AND A NOT SO IN CONTROL BEING. THE JOKER. THE JOKER FINDS THE MOBSTERS AND BEFORE DISCUSSING THE DIMISE OF "THE BATMAN", HE SHOWS THEM A COOL PENCIL MAGIC TRICK. THEN HE OFFERS TO KILL BATMAN FOR A HEFTY FEE. THEN EXITS. BATMAN THEN WORKS WITH LT. GORDON TO CAPTUREMOBSTERS, WHICH LEAVES THEM WITH NO OPTION BUT TO GIVE THE JOKER POWER TO KILL BATMAN. THE FUN ENSUES.
BATMAN/BRUCE WAYNE
CHRIS BALE BROUGHT MORE TO HIS BRUCE WAYNE PERSONA, A FUNNY SIDE. THERE WERE MORE JOKES AND SMILES. HE TOOK A DIFFERENT FIGHTING STYLE AS WELL. HE CONTINUES TO SHINE AS ARGUEABLY THE BEST BATMAN TO HAVE WORN THE CAPE AND COWL. HIS AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO BATMAN FEELS AUTHENTIC. HIS ANGER IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE FILM. ATHOUGH, BALE BROUGHT A GOOD SIDE TO BATMAN, A VULNERABLE SIDE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN HE REALIZES THAT HARVEY DENT MAY BE THE CITY'S ACTUAL SAVIOR FROM THE CRIME FACTIONS IN GOTHAM. HIS BRUCE WAYNE HAD A BIT MORE RANGE IN THIS ONE. I LOVED IT. BUT THE FILM IS REALLY NOT ABOUT "THE BATMAN".
RACHEL DAWES
I THOUGHT MAGGIE GYLLENTHAL DID A GREAT JOB AS THIS FILM'S RACHEL. I PERSONALLY DIDNT HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE KATIE HOLMES PORTRAYAL. I THOUGHT KATIE DID FINE. RACHEL WASNT WRITTEN WITH MUCH DEPTH IN "BEGINS". THE DARK KNIGHT LET RACHEL DAWES AND IN TURN, MAGGIE, SHINE AS A MUCH MORE LAYERED CHARACTER. I THOUGHT MAGGIE DID AN AMAZING JOB. THERE WAS A SCENE THAT I THNK MAYBE KATIE COULDNT PULL OFF, BUT MAGGIE DID. I WONT GO TOO MUCH INTO THE SCENE, BUT IT INVOLVES A VERY EMOTIONAL TALK BETWEEN RACHEL AND HARVEY. SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
HARVEY DENT/ TWO-FACE
ARRON ECKHEART DID TERRIFIC PLAYING THE "WHITE KNIGHT" OF GOTHAM CITY. HIS PORTRAYAL OF HARVEY WAS A MAN, DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY, TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. HARVEY IS A MAN WHO IS PASSIONATELY DRIVEN TO COMPLETELY WIPEOUT THE EVIL IN GOTHAM. HE TAKES HIS CHANCES WITH THE FLIP OF HIS FATHER'S OLD LUCKY COIN. IN THIS FILM, YOU ARE ROOTING FOR HARVEY DENT TO REALLY CLEAN UP THE STREETS. WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM, BUT WHEN IT DOES, YOUR HEART BREAKS FOR HIM. THE REASON THAT HAPPENS IS BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN HIS CAUSE, YOU WANT HIM TO SUCCEED AS BATMAN DOES, AND HE IS WHAT WE DONT SEE ANYMORE....AN HONEST ELECTED PUBLIC SERVANT. DENT IS FOCUSED AT GETTING RID OF THE VERMIN OF GOTHAM, BUT UNLIKE BATMAN, HE DOES IT WITHIN THE CONTENTS OF THE LAW. THEN, OF COURSE, SOMETHING HAPPENS. I WONT SAY WHAT, BUT WHEN IT DOES, YOU FEEL BAD FOR HIM. THEN HE IS GIVEN A NEW FORM ON HIS FACE, AND IT IS AN AWESOME SET OF EFFECTS FOR HIS TWO-FACE. BEST I HAVE SEEN. ECKHEART GIVES DENT, AN HOEST FACE, A WILLING HEART TO DO GOOD IN THE WORLD, A LOVING HEART FOR RACHEL, AND THE RAGE HE NEEDS AS TWO-FACE. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. THE MOVIE AGAIN WAS NOT REALLY ABOUT BAMAN. HARVEY DENT WAS ONE OF THE TWO CHARACTERS THIS FILM IS ABOUT.
THE JOKER
THE JOKER IS THE OTHER PERSON THAT THIS FILM IS ABOUT. WHAT HAS NOT BEEN SAID ABOUT HEATH LEDGERS PERFORMANCE THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SAID? NOTHING. ITS ALL TRUE. I PERSONALLY DIDNT EVEN THINK LEDGER WAS IN CONTENTION FOR AN OSCAR AWARD, BUT AFTER WATCHING HIS PERFORMANCE, I GLADLY EAT MY OWN WORDS. UNBELIEVABLE. I WAS IN COMPLETE AWE IN LEDGER'S PORTRAYAL OF THE JOKER. I DONT EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. ILL EDIT MY COMPLIMENTS BECAUSE ILL KEEP WRITING ABOUT HOW GOOD HE IS. NOW THE JOKER JUST SHOWS UP AND THEN ONCE HE STARTS ROLLING, YOU LITERALLY CANT STOP HIM. OH, MAN, HE WAS FREE. THATS MAYBE THE BEST WAY I CAN SAY IT. LEDGER JUST LET LOOSE IN THIS ROLE. HE HAD NO ACTING QUIPS THAT I COULD SEE. THERE WAS NO SERIOUSNESS IN THE FACE OF THE JOKER. HE WAS ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING. NOTHING PLANNED, BUT ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING. WHEN YOU SEE THE JOKER, TRUST ME. YOU DO NOT SEE HEATH LEDGER! THIS WAS AN ASTOUNDING, REMARKABLE, NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, PERFORMANCE. YOU BELIEVE THE JOKER IS JUST WINGING IT AS HE GOES. AND HE WAS HILARIOUS. THE FUNNIEST PART WAS HIM EXITING A HOSPITAL. NO DIALOGUE, JUST HIM WALKING. THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY, BUT ILL ONT GET INTO IT. WHEN THE MOVIE IS OVER YOU JUST REALIZE THAT WE HAVE LOST AN A PERSON WHO WOULD HAVE GIVEN US ALOT MORE FANTASTIC PERFORMANCES THAT WOULD HAVE COME FROM HIM. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND MISSED. LEDGER STOLE THE MOVIE. HE DEFINITELY PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE SAID BEFORE THIS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCES, NONE OF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPEND IF THE WRITING WAS BAD. LUCKILY, WRITER/DIRECTOR CHRIS NOLAN, ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER, WROTE AN INCREDIBLE SCRIPT THAT HAD SO MANY LAYERS. THEY PACKED THIS FILM WITH SO MUCH GOING ON THAT YOU HAD TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION. THEY EVEN WROTE A SCRIPT THAT ALSO INCLUDED SOCIAL COMMENTARY. I WONT GET TOO INTO IT, I MAY GIVE STUFF AWAY, BUT IT DOES INVOLVE SUBTLE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY. ASKS ALOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT US AND WHO WE ARE AS A CROWD AND AS AN INDIVIDUAL. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WRITING. THE DIRECTION OF THE FILM WAS MASTERFUL. CHRIS NOLAN BETTERED HIMSELF AS AN ACTION DIRECTOR. THE CAR CHASES SUPERCEDED THE PRIOR FILM. THERE WAS ALOT GOING ON IN THE CHASES AND HE DID A GREAT JOB GOING SLOWER AND GIVING YOU AN EYEFUL OF REALLY COOL STUFF. WITH THAT BEING SAID, NOLANSTILL NEED A BIT MORE WORK ON HIS SHOOTING OF THE BATMAN HAND TO HAND COMBAT AGAINST THUGS. NOT BRING FROM AN ACTION BACKGROUND, STILL LACKS KNOWLEDGE, BUT HE STILL IMPROVED SINCE "BEGINS". IM SURE HE WILL TAKE THE "BAT" FIGHTING TO NEW PLACES AS HE GOES OFF INTO THE NEXT ONE. BUT IN CONCLUSION, WHAT SUCKS IS THAT NOLAN TOOK THIS MOVIE SO FAR AND DID IT SO WELL, THAT I DONT THINK NOALN HIMSELF COULD MAKE ANY SEQUEL OF BATMAN ANY BETTER. HOWEVER, THERE WENT A LOT OF HARD WORK INTO MAKING THIS FILM FROM SCRATCH. YOU CAN SEE IT, AND YOU CAN APPRICIATE THE WORK GOING INTO IT. I VERY MUCH DID APPRICIATE THIS FILM. BEST OF 08'
MY RATING
YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS MOVIE!!!!
HONORABLE MENTION
ERIC ROBERTS WAS IN THIS MOVIE! FIRST RUDGER HAUER, NOW ERIC ROBERTS. I HAVE TO ADMIT, I WAS GLAD TO SEE HIM IN THE MOVIE. HE DID PRETTY GOOD. OF COURSE, GARY OLDMAN NEEDS NO HONORABLE MENTION, HE IS THE MAN. OLDMAN BRINGS A SENSITIVITY AND HONOR TO THE ROLE OF GORDON. BUT, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU ERIC. ALSO, I BELIEVE A STUNTMAN PASSED AWAY DURING THE MOVIE, SO MUCH RESPECT TO YOU SIR. REST IN PEACE. THERE WERE A FEW CAMEOS IN THE MOVIE. ONE CAMEO WAS MADE BY SOMEONE FROM THE "BEGINS" CAST. I DIDNT LIKE HOW QUCIKLY THIS PERSON CAME IN AND OUT. THE PERSON HAD LIKE FOUR LINES. IT IRKED ME. MICHEAL JAI WHITE WAS IN IT AS WELL. IT WAS GOOD NOT TO SEE HIM ACROSS FROM VAN DAMME IN A BADLY EDITED FIGHT SEQUENCE. JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AT THE MOVIES. WELL THATS IT FROM ME. HOPE YOU LIKE THE REVIEW, BUT I PROMISE YOU WILL DEFINTELY LOVE THE MOVIE. THANKS FOR READING.
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