The Dark KNight

delanvital · August 04, 2008, 03:16:24 PM

*SPOILER WARNING*

Well, I rate this 8/10.

Pros: People tend to create a hype around famous, early-dead peeps, but Heath is truly brilliant. He is better than Jack!

Cons: Storyline is dull and too vague and the last 30-40 mins could have been left out. The battle between the Joker and Batman becomes rather... headless. Good independent scenes, especially the prison scenes with Heath Ledger and the ones involving the batmobile and -bike, but the movie as a whole is a too long string of scenes. The last 30 minutes I sat there wanting the ending, and not the prisoner's dilemma from game theory done with ferries. Despite lots of quality action, the movie just went nowhere!

I might be a ranting, intellectual wanna-be, moviebuff *******, but presently, this is rated 9.3 on IMDb and ranks #1, meaning this is the best movie ever made (with 0.2 down to #2). That is way out of proportion, will be interesting to see how far it will drop over time...

Jabbs · August 04, 2008, 06:23:02 PM

*** Spolier warning at 'Some good moments' ***

OVERALL: 8/10

I agree with Delan.

All in all a good film to go and see, very entertaining.

Heath Ledger's 'Joker' was (excuse me french) effing awesome! Heath really does MAKE this film. Without Heath licking his lips, the facial expressions (despite covered in face paints!) and the small sounds he makes with his mouth the film would have just been average I'm afraid to say.

Some good moments

1) The disappearing pencil trick
2) Batman holding bad guy over a building edge, bad guy boldy states 'that drop wont kill me!' Batman drops him anyway and says I don't want to kill you (crunching bones etc oooer).
3) Joker dressed in nurses outfit fiddles with button of bomb detonator, blows hospital up and he does a little jump almost as though he's surprised!

delanvital · August 04, 2008, 08:33:18 PM

Yeah, those are good moments

Le Rouge · August 07, 2008, 07:42:15 PM

what a saga.

Gone_Away · August 08, 2008, 02:24:45 PM

LOVED IT!!

Heath made this movie. I think he should get an oscar nomination for his work. He walked all over Jack and I love Jack..

Pencil trick - was that good or what??!! " Look.. Look at it, it's gone.. "

Disagree on Delan's comment on the last 40 minutes. I thought that this showed a darker side to the series and also the development of twoface as a charactor. The ferry thing was really cool.

I give it a 9.

NF :ninja:

OldBloke · February 09, 2009, 06:25:35 PM

Watched it on Blu-ray. Pants.

Penfold · February 10, 2009, 11:18:21 AM

I agree.

Stayed up to watch it on the plane back from the States and found myself looking at the kids asleep beside me and wishing I'd done the same tbh.

ChimpBoy · February 19, 2009, 07:33:00 PM

Quote from: Penfold;262871I agree.

Stayed up to watch it on the plane back from the States and found myself looking at the kids asleep beside me and wishing I'd done the same tbh.

It might not be a lot of fun, it's probably too long, but bloody hell it's an astounding vision of a film. But in saying that I've never really had a desire to watch it a second time.

Maybe it would help if they just dubbed Christian Bale's ridiculous growl under the cowl and then I'd be happy.

Everything Chris Nolan touches is fantastic viewing - try Memento, Following, The Prestige, Insomnia. All fantastic films in their own way.