Sunday, July 20, 2008

RE: WHY SO SERIOUS? (My review of the movie THE DARK KNIGHT)


Hi Readers,

I agree with my colleague, Ray. Batman, the Dark Knight was a STELLAR movie! Christopher Dolan did an incredible job with the script for this movie. Dolan did a great job of expressing Gotham City as another character within the story. He showed that there is a heart and soul underneath all the crime and corruption within the city.
I know this may sound morbid, but Heath Ledger picked the best legacy to leave behind, after passing away. He completely changed my view of the Joker. I come from the generation that watched “Batman: The Animated Series” where the Joker was more of a comical common thug. I will admit, I was skeptical about how Ledger was going to portray this iconic character. This was the best and most inventive recreation of a comic book villain EVER!! This Joker was always three steps ahead of the competition. He was cold and calculating, but best of all… brilliant! Throughout the entire movie, I had to continuously remind myself that Ledger was playing the Joker. His mannerism, posture, voice... @#$% it... HIS EVERYTHING WAS THE JOKER, BUT TAKEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL! I barely recognized him. This was acting at its best in my opinion.
Even though this movie was great, I will say that it will be a while before I watch it again... this movie is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long for my short attention span... even though it was a great movie!

@~~~~}~~~~~~~Devin Peacock

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