not fantastic. not fabulous. just really dark and good.
had harboured the slightest reservations about the 4.5/5 popcorns movie reviews in papers and magazines. not sure if it's influenced by the demise of heath ledger.
but after catching it yesternight, im sold.
im convinced that christoper nolan + christian bale = best movie of the year.
remember "the prestige" in 2007? seems like they did it again for 2008 with this show!
feel that the all the actors/actress delivered their acting chops VERY well. there is no obvious main leads. rather, the show seems to be populated with heavyweight supporting casts.
the time is especially well distributed between batman, harvey dent, joker n james gordon. even alfred, rachel and Lucius got alot of screen time too!
to me a director need not have to shoot the film in an artistic way or anything. to me, he is just a story-teller. an a darn well story teller is christopher nolan.
"the dark knight" is one of the very few shows that really peel away the layers of the characters and plot as the show proceeded.
and nolan did it with an elegant flair. just VERY GOOD.
the joker seems to be meant to return in subsequent sequels, but ledger's departure puts an end to that. i guess it s very hard for anyone to be a more convincing joker than him.
esp. the scene where he related how he got his scars before killing the guy off.
"why so serioussssssss?" *shivers*
read a review that heath ledger spent alot of time improvising on his character and he realised to make a convincing villian, its not enough to look the part. the key is to SOUND the part.
and with that, he nailed the role. to a T.
the way he splatter out his words, the slurping sounds he made, the Sssss he prolonged.
i dont want to meet the joker any day in my life!
i hope (and im sure) that this is not the last of the series. i cant wait for 2-face to do his stuff.
the thing about nolan is he makes you feel for the baddies. and u got this mixture of fear, sympathy, disgust, sadness and exhilaration emotions all at the same time for them. pretty cool.
the show has some really nice moments when you can ponder about the real nature of humanity. the climatic scene of the showoff between the villians and civillians are especially wonderful.
i believe in the better of human nature, hence the scene stuck a chord in my heart strings.
for i believe the night is darkest before the dawn. but the dawn always come.
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