Review: The Dark Knight

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Let me just say that the hype is real.  The Dark Knight is one of the most amazing movies I have seen in the past few years, and the Joker is simply stunning.  With a run time of over 2.5 hours, you’d think that parts of the movie would drag a bit, but I didn’t notice.  I found myself captivated the entire time.

Batman Begins was an amazing beautiful movie.  This one is better.

I really don’t want to give away anything major.  So, instead, I give you some random thoughts:

The guy who played Batmanuel (Nestor Carbonell) from the short-lived tv show The Tick is the Mayor of Gotham.  Isn’t that funny?

I don’t think they introduced the next bad guy with this one.  Over in the Spider-Man movies, there seem to be a few waiting in the wings:  you have Dr. Connors(Lizard), JJ’s son(Man-Wolf), etc.  In Batman Begins, they introduced the Joker.  Not in Dark Knight, though.  I don’t think, anyway!  Leave a comment if you think they did introduce somebody, and I missed it.

I was informed by the cleaning crew after the movie that once the credits roll, that’s it.  Of course, he might have wanted to clean the theater for the next crowd.  I didn’t stick around to find out, because my pregnant wife had to pee, and you just don’t mess with those kind of things.

Will there be an Oscar for Ledger?  Hmmmm.  Oscars don’t seem to go to movies like this one often.  Does he deserve it?  Heck Yes he does.  This perfomance was so much different than any other I have seen of his.  Nearly every frame he is in captivates.  But am I captivated because I know I am watching the legacy of a genius?  Or am I captivated because I am caught in the story?  Hard to tell.

Total Rating:

I say:  Watch it in the theater more than once.  Buy it on Blu-ray.

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