From 11:30 to 2:05 last night I was watching the abundantly hyped, ‘Dark Knight’. Personally I thought it was an astoundingly monumental success.
Here are 5 almost spoiler free reasons why you should watch it.
- As much as it has been over publicised, and as much as people are saying it’s ‘Oscar Winning’ – Heath Ledger as The Joker is brilliant. He has this deranged manic zest; and every moment he’s on screen, it’s impossible to take your eyes off his panda-eyed anarchically fueled sadistic spirit. He scares you, but you don’t want him to leave.
- The violence in the film is not hyper-stylized or reliant on wires and it’s more or less CGI free (my pet hate) – instead it’s crunchingly naturalistic. The violence matches the film’s entirely ‘dark’ aura.
- The performances in the film are fantastic all around. Christian Bale has matured this time around as Batman, and his Batman is very much a mortal, with real feelings and reactions we might not be used to seeing from some of our squeaky clean ’superheroes’. Oh and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes is a vast improvement from unsatisfactory ‘Batman Begins’ star, Katie Holmes. Now on to the interesting stuff…
- The film sheds some light on the logic of our human nature. We are able to shed some light and ask questions like, what do people do when they are put in the worst of situations? What would you do if you were given the ultimate power over someone else? I think the film is seeking to say that humans can’t handle power responsibly - agreed. But it goes on to say that maybe, in our shared humanity, there is still hope for compassion - to an extent I think this can be true, yet ultimately are only hope of any compassion comes from God.
- I think I found a picture of Redemption lying beneath it all, if you look hard enough, it can be found. *SPOILER WARNING* By the end of the film, Batman is hated, considered a murderer and a criminal himself, Jesus is not too far away from this as a metaphor. Jesus was rejected by the ones he had created and the ones he came to redeem. Jesus’ arms are open, yet we all (by nature) reject him. Batman does not cease to do what he needs to do, in order to help the people of Gotham, even though they all want to kill him.
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degahse // July 26, 2008 at 6:39 pm |
As the king of an amoral universe, as a purveyor of unrestricted evil for fun, Ledger’s dastardly villain, attired as sort of a rotting Clarabell, has chosen his own damnation. He’s jumped into an abyss he has dug himself, and he wants to pull us along.
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Plymouth Chauffeur // August 7, 2008 at 11:10 am |
I watched it and loved the film. Great acting and good storyline.
peglegstarfish // August 10, 2008 at 5:49 am |
Great post! I just got home from watching the movie and I had to post about it on my blog. Heath was the best Joker ever and my favorite movie vilian in any film so far. Great story and character development. My favorite film in a very very long time!
movie buff // August 28, 2008 at 9:10 pm |
i still wish Katie Holmes had stayed on board as Rachel Dawes for the Dark Knight; it was like the time spent getting familiar with her character in Batman Begins was wasted…