18 Jul 2008
The Dark Knight, better than Hancock!
….omg awesome! and omg LONG! 2:40. Yes, 160 mins!
But awesome indeed, Ledger, RIP, was absolutely brilliant as Joker. I think he genuinely deserves the award for his performance, it was different…it was just right. I don’t think I have ever seen him act like that or at that level. I have not seen Brokeback Mountain though, I heard he was excellent in that.
I felt Bale was almost a supporting character the entire movie, between him and Ledger I want to say their screen time was almost identical. His performance was excellent as well, but something about it doesn’t sit well with me, I am not sure what though…it just seemed in a few scenes that he was having a really bad day or something.
The Harvey Dent to Two-Face character I felt was pulled beautifully. I connected with him and his ambitions as Dent, and then again connected with and believed his transformation from such a do gooder to a man of evil born of pain and suffering.
Rachel was….ehh. I don’t like actor changes for the same character, who does? Even still, I thought the character while important to help and move the story along was a bit weak and empty when it wasn’t needed.
Highly recommend the movie, better than Iron-Man for sure. Indiana Jones of course, and god I hope there is a third of equal measure!!!
Thanks again to Rock101 for the free midnight premiere tickets!!