Well, what can be said that hasn't already been said. Just a great, great film. Everything about it was 'right' if you ask me.Heath Ledger, now I was a little concerned that after all the hype about his performance that actually seeing it would have been a natural anti climax. It was far from that, his performance was just mesmerising, you couldn't physically take your eyes of him it was that intense, without a doubt his role was the show stealer, every scene he was in was amazing.
From what i could make out that there were conscious efforts from the filmmakers to make a serious and adult movie. By doing that they were then able to lose the traditional camp jester style acting of normal comic book films. The complexity of the story reminded me more of a crime thriller than a comic book, it was like watching a game of chess unfold. Just when you thought the good guys were starting to win the Joker pulls an ace out of his sleeve and results in the breakdown of many of the main characters in the film.
I particularly enjoyed the clash of philosophies, the added complexity of the characters and a distinct lack of CGI. Cain, Freeman, Bale and Eckhart were all excellent.Batman could do with a couple of strepsils though.
One of the best movies that i have seen for a long long time. Heath Ledger has well and truly nailed it.
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You write wonderful blogs, Rohit!
And the Dark Knight was an event rather than a production. That is to say- it's arrival had to play all sorts of responsibilities explaining Ledger's death. For example, many thought his role was so intense that had Ledger's mortal demise so soon.
The movie in the end however comes to a bare reality: it could as well be titled anything. As long as the clown was scripted to appear on-screen, there was a sense of "tamasha". He is the culpable protagonist; he is the masked anti-hero. But the assurity that rests on the audiences' expectations to make a good guy win had to keep the character of Batman around. No joke- Bruce Wayne was boring! He had little to act... he was a minor character!
Any how, keep on writing.
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