Holy Awesome Sequel, Batman!
You know that new movie, The Dark Knight? Did you know that it's awesome? Because it is!
I just got home from seeing it, and it blew me away. No kidding, this has to be the best movie of the year so far. Screw all that artsy ultra-pretentious nonsense that will get all the Oscar nominations, because for my money, The Dark Knight is where it's at. The cast is utterly fabulous, Chris Nolan's direction is awesome, the writing is solid, and when thrown all together as one big whole, it's a movie that blows away nearly everything that could possibly resemble competition.
And I know that much of the attention The Dark Knight has been getting is due to it being Heath Ledger's final completed movie. I do wonder if the movie would have earned such notoriety if Ledger were still alive, but either way, his performance makes the entire movie better through cinematic osmosis. He steals every scene he's in through his frenetic performance, to the point that the movie very nearly begins to gravitate around him. And as much as I love Jack Nicholson's Joker from 1989, Ledger's just might be better. He's been gaining some early Oscar buzz, and if Javier Bardem can win last year, Ledger just might have a chance.
Heath Ledger might be getting all the attention, but the rest of the cast aren't any slouches either. Christian Bale and Michael Caine are perfect as Bruce Wayne and Alfred, while Aaron Eckhart puts forth a noble performance as Harvey Dent. And I've also got to give a big thumbs up to Maggie Gyllenhaal, who makes us all wish that they'd hired her for Batman Begins instead of Katie Holmes.
I cannot say enough positive things about The Dark Knight. It's an amazing movie from beginning to end, and it's a true benchmark in the superhero genre. So I'm going to give it four and a half stars on my patent-pending Five-Star Sutton Scale, and if you haven't seen it, go get in line now. And you know, it's nice to see that the superhero genre has evolved into movies like Iron Man, Hellboy 2, and The Dark Knight. Just like the comic books that serve as their inspiration, superhero movies have started growing up. Of course, their sense of whimsy is still there, and I hope it stays. But they've finally started becoming mature pieces of art, and bravo for that.
I just got home from seeing it, and it blew me away. No kidding, this has to be the best movie of the year so far. Screw all that artsy ultra-pretentious nonsense that will get all the Oscar nominations, because for my money, The Dark Knight is where it's at. The cast is utterly fabulous, Chris Nolan's direction is awesome, the writing is solid, and when thrown all together as one big whole, it's a movie that blows away nearly everything that could possibly resemble competition.
And I know that much of the attention The Dark Knight has been getting is due to it being Heath Ledger's final completed movie. I do wonder if the movie would have earned such notoriety if Ledger were still alive, but either way, his performance makes the entire movie better through cinematic osmosis. He steals every scene he's in through his frenetic performance, to the point that the movie very nearly begins to gravitate around him. And as much as I love Jack Nicholson's Joker from 1989, Ledger's just might be better. He's been gaining some early Oscar buzz, and if Javier Bardem can win last year, Ledger just might have a chance.
Heath Ledger might be getting all the attention, but the rest of the cast aren't any slouches either. Christian Bale and Michael Caine are perfect as Bruce Wayne and Alfred, while Aaron Eckhart puts forth a noble performance as Harvey Dent. And I've also got to give a big thumbs up to Maggie Gyllenhaal, who makes us all wish that they'd hired her for Batman Begins instead of Katie Holmes.
I cannot say enough positive things about The Dark Knight. It's an amazing movie from beginning to end, and it's a true benchmark in the superhero genre. So I'm going to give it four and a half stars on my patent-pending Five-Star Sutton Scale, and if you haven't seen it, go get in line now. And you know, it's nice to see that the superhero genre has evolved into movies like Iron Man, Hellboy 2, and The Dark Knight. Just like the comic books that serve as their inspiration, superhero movies have started growing up. Of course, their sense of whimsy is still there, and I hope it stays. But they've finally started becoming mature pieces of art, and bravo for that.
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10:48 PM
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