A drunken review
Jul. 27th, 2008 12:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hilsI'm a bit the worse for drink on account of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
notsowise_sage not knowing the difference between a half and a pint ;) But here is a slightly rambling review of The Dark Knight
SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!!
For a 12A rated film I sure did spend a lot of time wincing, gasping, flinching and looking away. LOL! Which I think is a testament of the impact of this film given that they didn't really show a great deal in terms of violence. Your mind just fills in the gaps, which is brilliant.
Ok, was I the only one who thought this film was a bit on the long side? I was definitely becoming conscious of time towards the end which is not a good sign in a film.
That said I did enjoy it overall. Heath Ledger, as I'm sure everyone has already said, stole the show but Christian Bale is slowly working his way into my heart. I have always said that so far I've seen actors that play a good Bruce but a poor Batman and vice versa. Bale is definitely getting there as both. I loved the small snippets we got of him as Bruce (falling asleep in a board meeting and acting all clueless after intercepting a truck hit with his car) and his Batman was suitably menacing.
I was a bit surprised when they killed off Rachel but after seeing Harvey Dent use it as motivation for becoming Two-Face I can see why they did it. It's a shame they killed him off so soon though. He was really good.
Heath made me cry, as I expected he would. I was just watching the scene where he's in the interview room and I couldn't help myself. The man was clearly brilliant and it made me cry to think that such a talented actor won't be around for any more films.
I very much doubt The Joker will be back in this franchise.
So, yeah, I liked it a lot. Very much fitting for a Batman story.
...I still liked Iron Man better though
*runs*
notsowise_sage not knowing the difference between a half and a pint ;) But here is a slightly rambling review of The Dark KnightSPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!!
For a 12A rated film I sure did spend a lot of time wincing, gasping, flinching and looking away. LOL! Which I think is a testament of the impact of this film given that they didn't really show a great deal in terms of violence. Your mind just fills in the gaps, which is brilliant.
Ok, was I the only one who thought this film was a bit on the long side? I was definitely becoming conscious of time towards the end which is not a good sign in a film.
That said I did enjoy it overall. Heath Ledger, as I'm sure everyone has already said, stole the show but Christian Bale is slowly working his way into my heart. I have always said that so far I've seen actors that play a good Bruce but a poor Batman and vice versa. Bale is definitely getting there as both. I loved the small snippets we got of him as Bruce (falling asleep in a board meeting and acting all clueless after intercepting a truck hit with his car) and his Batman was suitably menacing.
I was a bit surprised when they killed off Rachel but after seeing Harvey Dent use it as motivation for becoming Two-Face I can see why they did it. It's a shame they killed him off so soon though. He was really good.
Heath made me cry, as I expected he would. I was just watching the scene where he's in the interview room and I couldn't help myself. The man was clearly brilliant and it made me cry to think that such a talented actor won't be around for any more films.
I very much doubt The Joker will be back in this franchise.
So, yeah, I liked it a lot. Very much fitting for a Batman story.
...I still liked Iron Man better though
*runs*