I didn’t watch The Dark Knight this weekend. Anyone else out there?
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I didn’t, but then I live in Japan, so perhaps that’s a cop out.
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Brian, Chad, and John did! Go read their blogs. The movie was great. The best Batman ever. Ledger was awesome. He turned Nicholson into a joke(r).
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I didn’t watch it, either.
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Yeah, I can’t believe Batman dies at the end.
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Who could get in? I had to go to Hellboy II instead. (Not bad, by the way, if you don’t need too much of a plot.)
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Absolutely blown away. It was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while.
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Very good crime thriller take on the Batman mythos. I still don’t like Bale’s guttural, growly Batman voice and the (mild spoiler) über-sonar veered into the fantastical a bit — but otherwise it was top notch.
So I enjoyed it, but I actually prefer the 80s Tim Burton Batman movie *because* of it’s over-the-top comic book art direction.
The Nolanverse version of Batman is great at capturing the dark, gritty realism that he’s aiming for. But it also drains some of the comic-book magic out. Part of the fun of superhero flicks, for me, is the way they capture that nostalgic feel of being a child. I like the less realistic art and bolder colors of the Burton Batman or, more recently, the Spider-man and Iron Man movies.
That balance between the fantastic and the realistic is tough and varies from person to person. It’s a good movie. And Harvey Dent’s make-up was disgusting yet oddly fascinating. It’ll be interesting to see what they do next.
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