The Dark Knight: 1st Review

[GQgeek]

The most terrifying thing in the movie wasn't the joker, but the close-up of Maggie Gyllenhalls's face on an IMAX screen when you're 3 rows from the front. Couldn't they have found someone attractive? Anyway, two face was horribly done. I don't know what they were thinking with that one. Overall, it was a great film though, and Ledger's Joker was inspired. He really did dissolve into the role, and you don't see that happen very often.



SPOILER









Aside from Gyllenhall and two face, my only other disappointment was that one of the boats didn't get blown up. I would have been happy with either of them blowing, really. In real life, someone would have flipped that switch. I don't buy in to the fundamental goodness of humanity bit.

 

[dusty]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

The most terrifying thing in the movie wasn't the joker, but the close-up of Maggie Gyllenhalls's face on an IMAX screen when you're 3 rows from the front.

Oh man, I thought I was going to be sick. They used the worst lighting possible.

 

[GQgeek]

I'm not sure who else saw it on IMAX, but I have to say, even though I was right up front and it was hard to follow the action sequences because they were so fast and we were so close, some of the scenes, like the view of hong kong, or when he jumped off a building, were completely envelopping. It was really really cool.

 

[Omar1223]

i apologize if this has been brought up but i just saw the movie and wondered did anything happen after the credits? i didnt stick around and thought about it after i got home.

 

[Shraka]

Spoilers:



I don't think they took advantage of twoface either. He needed his own movie to explore the character. The way they did his face made me think "No way" so that was a bit annoying. Still, it was far better than Tommy Lee Jones Twoface.

I personally don't think they needed twoface in this movie. The whole "Light Night / Dark Night" thing was nice, but I think they got obsessed with it at the sake of storyline. If they'd had Harvey Dent get scarred and start to fall into TwoFace towards the end, then had him disappear as they finish up with the joker, I think that would have worked better. Have TwoFace happen next movie.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

The most terrifying thing in the movie wasn't the joker, but the close-up of Maggie Gyllenhalls's face on an IMAX screen when you're 3 rows from the front. Couldn't they have found someone attractive?
Her brother Jake was busy, g33k.

 

[Go Surface]

Jake would have been the Prrrrrfect Rachel Dawes.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by RJman

Her brother Jake was busy, g33k.


I'm gonna agree with the **** above. I've said it in perhaps a dozen different threads, but I have a severe dislike for Maggie Gyllenhall. When I see her face I just want to crush it in a vice. I was actually hoping the joker would give her a new smile. I'm so disappointed with hollywood's lack of vision.

 

[Go Surface]

Thanks biatch^

Also, I wonder why no one has put "What doesn't kill you makes you stranger" in their sig yet? And, there are going to be A LOT of jokers for halloween this year.

 

[GQgeek]

There were quite a few good lines in the movie and the script was generally very well written.

"Some people just want to watch the world burn" was one of my favorites.

edit: good idea. Time for a new sig to go with my new avatar.

 

[dusty]

Maybe you could spell it right?

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by dusty

Maybe you could spell it right?

No no no, don't tell him. It's much more amusing.

 

[GQgeek]

The batteries in my keyboard are dying. Fixed though.

 

[Augusto86]

I don't get the hate on Christian Bale, although I agree the voice is a little over the top. But the sleek coolness of Bruce Wayne makes up for it, plus its fun to hang out with friends and ask for random things in the Batman voice. Everyone knows he's a great actor, and the amount of work he put into the role far exceeds that of any other Batman.

I think that Ledger transcended the "recently-deceased" phenomenon, but I'm not 100% sure. I need to see it again in non-Imax.

I was bugged by Rachel, just never bought her, and I agreed that Two-face needed his own movie.

But the #1 thing that I liked about this film was its unpredictability - I felt the Joker really added such a chaotic element that, unlike the first Batman and most other action flicks, I genuinely didn't know what would happen. Like other great thrillers such as Collateral and Ronin, there was true suspense rather than the Mission Impossible/Spiderman/whatever variety where things are more color in the line. Other than the fact that Batman would live, I didn't ever feel "Jeez, saw THAT coming from a mile away." Maybe others who were less engaged feel differently, but I was sucked in and emerged physically and emotionally exhausted. Which is really all I ask from a film.

gdl, what'd you think? I didn't see your take ...

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by Augusto86

I don't get the hate on Christian Bale, although I agree the voice is a little over the top. But the sleek coolness of Bruce Wayne makes up for it, plus its fun to hang out with friends and ask for random things in the Batman voice. Everyone knows he's a great actor, and the amount of work he put into the role far exceeds that of any other Batman.

I think that Ledger transcended the "recently-deceased" phenomenon, but I'm not 100% sure. I need to see it again in non-Imax.

I was bugged by Rachel, just never bought her, and I agreed that Two-face needed his own movie.

But the #1 thing that I liked about this film was its unpredictability - I felt the Joker really added such a chaotic element that, unlike the first Batman and most other action flicks, I genuinely didn't know what would happen. Like other great thrillers such as Collateral and Ronin, there was true suspense rather than the Mission Impossible/Spiderman/whatever variety where things are more color in the line. Other than the fact that Batman would live, I didn't ever feel "Jeez, saw THAT coming from a mile away." Maybe others who were less engaged feel differently, but I was sucked in and emerged physically and emotionally exhausted. Which is really all I ask from a film.

gdl, what'd you think? I didn't see your take ...

I thought Bale was fine. I never thought too much about the batman voice. Doesn't he just do it to disguise his real voice? I'm not so sure how else he would go about it, and Bale has some major voice skills. You should hear him switch between his American and English accent.