Movie Of The Year
Seriously. The Dark Knight lives up to all the hype. A helluva movie. I can’t recommend seeing it in the theater strongly enough.
We went to the one down the road that nobody knows about. Er, knew about. We already had bought our tickets, and we got there 25 minutes early. The theater was nearly full when we got there, and by the time the movie started, there were people who stayed even though there were no seats left and stood through all 2 1/2 hours. Applause at the end.
One. Hell. Of. A. Movie.
Great story, great acting, great direction, great photography (well, I’m not sure where the ferries were going, since it was Chicago), great direction, great score. Even the finale will have your heart pounding.
And you won’t see me complaining if Heath Ledger gets a posthumous academy award. It’s an amazing performance, and he gets creepier and crazier as the movie goes on. He certainly put Jack Nicholson’s performance as the Joker in the Tim Burton film to shame.
Just outstanding.
Mitch H.:
They were going to Gedankenexperiment. It’s in Michigan.
That was probably the weakest part of the movie - setting up their prisoner’s dilemma, and getting there by moving really fast so that nobody has a chance to go “hey, wait a minute” before the plot barrels along without them.
July 21, 2008, 1:51 pmPeggyU:
I heard somewhere that Ledger got very into the study of the character and had difficulty detaching himself from his role. I doubt it led to his demise, but it is interesting to me that someone can immerse himself into an artificial identity so fully.
July 29, 2008, 7:10 pm