Serious
Posted on July 29, 2008 - Filed Under Personal |
Someone once said that Batman and Superman are more than just superheros to little boys. They are also career choices. Leaving the iMax the other night, I found myself wanting to jump off rooftops wearing a cowl and cape.
The Dark Knight is the sequel actually worth watching this year. Indy 4 sucked. Admittedly I have not seen “X-Files: I want to Throwup” but I’m burned out on the whole Muldor-Scully alien story line. And since the pitiful Mamma Mia! beat it bad, I’m not alone.
Joker and The Batman
The Dark Knight is perhaps the darkest, most evil movie I have ever seen. No, we’re not discussing the level of violence or brutality, which does exist in spades. This movie is evil for taking us completely out of our comfort zone, to the realm where ethics and morals no longer exist, and then asks us to make a choice. This choice will result in the death of a loved one. Or ourselves. Each of the main characters, all good people with good intentions, must make that choice and the outcome of each surprised me. And the outcomes were not good.
In an imperfect world the ethical, moral and right choice very seldom line up. Sometimes, the right choice directly conflicts with the ethical choice. “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
Batman gets beaten, bloodied and bruised. His equipment does fail; he does have accidents. The level of reality is quite refreshing.
Unlike Lucas or Spielberg, the director Nolan actually has a sense of taste. CGI graphics are far and few between.
Luckily, an iMax theatre resides in my neck of the woods. Watching the Dark Knight on a 10-story screen with 12,000 watts of sound forces you into the movie. During one scene I was so entranced that I screamed, losing a shoe. That is due to the cinematography, the incredible dialogue, the phenomenal acting. This movie could begin to restore my faith in Hollyweird actually producing quality films.
This is not the Adam West/Burt Ward Joker. This is not Jack Nicholsons Joker. Shoot, that Joker I’d probably pay money for to watch his standup routine. Ledger’s Joker scares the daylights out of us. This is the real Joker, directly from the comic-book. Why any parent would take their 4 year old to watch this film is beyond me.
I’ll be one of those people, slapping down another $10 to see this film. I know a good portion of the film slipped by me.
If I could just find my shoe.
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I completely agree. This movie was the best movie I had seen this year (Wall-e is second), and probably the best in years. This movie is worth driving the 2 hours to Grand Rapids to see it on I-Max.
BTW X-files sucks. It’s like a two hour X-files tv show and it wouldn’t have been a good tv show either.
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“I screamed, losing a shoe.” I’ll bet your shoe scared the buh-Jesus out of the unlucky recipient during the movie! I assume it went flying???
I have GOT to go see this movie.