Finally saw TDK yesterday, and was a bit disappointed. Overall, it was ok, but not the fantastic movie that reviews make it out to be. Maybe too much hype to feed my expectations *shrug*. Yes, Ledger did a good job as the Joker. But really, how difficult it is to play crazy? And by the end, I was tired of listening to even him. To me, the best Joker was Cesar Romero.
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Too many plot holes. First all, how could the Joker have done all those things in such a such a short amount of time? Even if he had an army of crooks to help him, he keeps killing them off after each job. Wouldn't the remaining bad dudes get the hint after a while? (they couldn't
all be insane refugees from Arcam)
Didn't Batman get knifed by the Joker's boot-blade during the fund raiser at Bruce's penthouse apartment? I thought that would have tied into the new suit's joint vulnerability, but nothing came of it.
Too much dialog. I know that's a strange thing to say, as I like character development as much as anyone. But most of the dialog did not serve that end, but was rather incenssant pontificating about "the night is darkest before the dawn", and "what Gotham needs", and misplaced (imo) morality.
Wrt Maggie G, I have one word - "Bleh". Didn't feel any connection between her & Bruce. At least with Holmes, I felt the sense of their past together & the potential rekindling upon her return home. In this movie, there was no chemistry at all. I barely cared that she was blown up before Gordon could save her.
Batman repeatedly has opportunity to kill the biggest badass to ever hit Gotham, and he doesn't take them. Instead we get incessant droning on & on from both hero & villain. Just **** & kill the dude, why don't you? You're too good to kill him, but in the end you take the full heat for multiple other killings? Puleez! Be the Dark Knight when you should be!
Ekhart's character makes a rather quick transformation from "the city's 'White Knight'", into a a psychotic killer with misplaced agression. I didn't buy the ending.
Michael Cain is stellar as Alfred, as usual. Probably my favorite character in this series. And we get more of a hint of Alfred's not-so-clean-cut past - cool.
What's the deal with destroying the bat sonar technology?? That has to be just about the coolest aspect of this movie (what better power for a Batman to have?). Not only was it underplayed, but it was used for Fox (Freeman) to make his own moral stand. Stupid. Why not write in the fact that this technology used an extraordinary amount of power, and could only be used for finite periods of time, within pinpointed (a few city block) target range?
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I rate "The Dark Knight" a 7/10. I still liked Iron Man better.
Cheers.
