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Monday, July 21, 2008

Movie Review: The Dark Knight

To use Flavor Flav's favorite word, "Wow." The Dark Knight surpassed all of my (high) expectations ten-fold. I'm actually at a loss for words in how to explain how great this movie is. It pretty much defines what any comic fan wants from a movie adaptation of their favorite title. Great storyline. Great special effects. Great action. Tremendous acting. And speaking of acting, I was skeptical about all the praise being heaped onto Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker. I was worried that the critics might be swept under the emotion of his untimely death, but I was wrong, they were right. He was ridiculous. There are many moments in the movie where you just say to yourself, "Damn! This guy is f**king good!" His is the most menacing, diabolical, sadistic, funniest Joker ever... and this is a good thing.

The Joker

But the acting kudos don't just go to Ledger. I have to give it up to Bale, Caine, Eckhart and others. Just brilliant acting all around giving life to a strong script by the Nolan brothers and David S. Goyer.

My only negative point about the movie is Maggie Gyllenhaal. If someone can explain to me how or why she keeps getting roles, please do. She's an average actress, and she's butt ugly. But I can't really even complain about that because the movie treated her justly. I'll just leave it at that so as not to reveal too much if you haven't seen it yet.

It easily goes to the top of my favorite superhero/comic films of all time. If you're curious, they happen to be:

  1. The Dark Knight
  2. Superman II
  3. Batman Begins
  4. Superman the Movie
  5. The Incredibles

Not only that, but it made my top-five movies of all time, regardless of the genre. It's that good of a film people. I'm definitely watching again in the theaters (probably IMAX, who's with me?), and definitely buying ASAP on DVD.

PS: Let's give a hand to the studios for once for releasing what has to be the best batch of comic movies in a single year. Ironman, The Hulk, and now The Dark Knight are just flat-out great movies.

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