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I’ve been waiting for this film. I’ve been waiting since I watched a magical film known as Tim Burton’s Batman over and over again as a kid. I’ve been waiting since I got into comics and read Frank Miller’s Year One & Dark Knight Returns along with Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke. And I’ve been waiting since Chris Nolan put Batman and Gordon on a rooftop at the end of his fantastic Batman Begins, had them talk about escalation and showed us a Joker Card. It was then that a pact with the audience was made. Not just for a sequel, but one that could rule them all. A cinematic version of Batman the likes of which has never been seen on screen. A truly disturbing, maniacal Joker, a truly detective Batman, a Dark Knight. Three years later, promise fulfilled. And then some.
The Dark Knight is ev
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Comics can be adult too.
This film is for everybody who cringes when some
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And this is craft, from all the people involved. From a beautifully tragic script, to often stunning cinematography by Wally Pfister, everyone is firing on all cylinders. I can’t heap enough credit on Nolan. He went in and declared he was going to make the film his way. And boy did he ever. I adore Batman Begins. Until this, it was the purest representation of the Batman I love to be realized onscreen. Some however had beef with how Batman
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Another thing I simply have to mention is the pacing. In Begins, the first forty mintues flew by. And those first forty hold a lot of powerful stuff, so much to the fact, that on first viewing, I felt they almost didn’t have enough time. That’s a criticism that has changed over multiple viewings. However Dark Knight moves like a freight train. It hits the ground running and never stops. It’s a rollercoaster tragedy. The pacing, like the film itself, pulls no punches, and just constantly moves, grows and astounds you. This isn’t even a Batman film. It’s the ensemble of Gotham City. Every character, large to small gets their due. I’m talking about bit part cops on Gordon’s crew included. What the Nolan’s have done with these characters is make them real, and with giving each of them a spotlight to create a tangabile world. Gotham is a place of graft and greed like no other city you’ve seen. The only good people who survive it, do so with major causalities. But they do survive. And they continue on, even in the face of insurmountable odds. And because of that, despite all the death and darkness, The Dark Knight is actually about hope and the prices you pay for it.
So let’s talk abo
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And of course there’s Bale. He IS Batman. He now owns the role in my mind. Bale owns the psychology, the front of a goof playboy, the rage and force of nature that is Batman
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Also great is Gyllenhaal, who brilliantly steps into the role of Rachel. Maggie has a thankless part here, but she plays it well. Her chemistry with Bruce seems real, and they
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Which leads us to the films unsung hero, Aaron Eckhart’s Harvey Dent. This is Eckhart’s role of a lifetime. I’ve always liked him, particularly in Thank You for Smoking and the little seen but tender Conversations with Other Women. Here, Eckhart shines as Gotham’s White Knight District Attorney.
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In fact, I hope that this film does get the recognition it deserves (I’m looking at you Oscar). This film should be lauded across the board. It’s not just a comic book film, it’s a piece of art. It’s one of the best films of the year to date, followed by Wall-E, Iron Man, and Snow Angels. Check out that list. Who’d have thought I’d see the day where two absolutely fantastic superhero movies come out in the same year and are amazing for the exact opposite reasons.
My only qualm, is where do we go from here? How do you top this, or continue on? Even a great third film will be slightly diminished compared to this. Who do you use? Will we see a Zodiac style Riddler take the stage, throwing Gotham into Chaos again and leaving Gordon cryptic messages signed only by a question mark? Might the Penguin pop up as a secondary mob boss on Gotham’s transition to freak town? By the end of Dark Knight, all our heroes have taken significant losses, some more then others. What will Wayne’s arc be? He’s at a pretty low point by the end of the film, what he needs in the third film is glimmer of hope. Will they do this by making a first true Catwoman? Don’t get me wrong Michelle Pfeiffer is iconic as the Catwoman she was cast to be, but that’s not the Catwoman of the comics. Not the jewel thief with questionable morals. Not the woman who is a female Batman of sorts, who is his equal, and who finds him as wildly attractive as he finds her. To go there would be to do what Ledger has done here, go a completely different route form their predecessor and make the role their own. That’s a tough act to follow.
And so is this film, but Nolan and crew are more than up for the challenge. It is always darkest before the dawn. And the dawn is coming!
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Sidenote: The Dark Knight grossed 66.4mil in it's openning day. The largest openning ever in 24 hours.
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