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The Dark Knight Delivers

Started by tomwatson · 11 months ago

Chris Nolan’s epic Batman sequel, The Dark Knight, is modern Gothic eye candy of the highest order. Shot in IMAX and best seen that way, the movie is a dizzy-making thrill ride replete with centrifugal tracking shots and a blue black palette that mirrors the darkness of the movie’s soul: It’s a Hollywood superhero movie [...] ... Continue reading »

3 comments

  • movie junkie

    10 months ago

    i still wish Katie Holmes had stayed on board as Rachel Dawes for the Dark Knight; it was like the time spent getting familiar with her character in Batman Begins was wasted...
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  • Fat Loss Guru Michal

    8 months ago

    I thik that this batman was great movie. Such a shame that heath is gone from us
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  • OutOfContext

    6 months ago

    I finally saw this and, man, total disconnect. This movie seemed like an exercise to me--the performances, except for Ledger, were unconvincing, probably because I felt Nolan took too much for granted and didn't develop the characters. I found it really boring. When you compared it to No Country For Old Men, it struck me that I felt no sense of being conveyed to a convincing reality--that was a frightening picture.
    I told someone that I felt like Tom Hanks in Big when he's at the toy development meeting--"I don't get it. It's an insect that turns into a building. What's fun about playing with a building?" I just thought the thing was heavy handed and lifeless. I don't know, maybe it's just a bit distancing to have the dialogue explicitly poking the theme at me. Just didn't get it and wasn't entertained.
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