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Let's talk Dark Knight!
Pros: Intensely well-built characters, gripping thrill-based events that build like increasingly difficult Jenga towers, dark humor
Cons: Christian Bale sounding like he's gargling a blender, rare but still cheesy lines, ripoff ending
For those who don't know, this is the sequal to Batman Begins which is the series' attempt to revive itself after its dismal failure hereby referred to as Batman and Robin. Because of Batman and Robin, the entire franchise had to be started from scratch and Batman Begins started it off hard and fast not unlike being thrown into a racecar and being told going under 55 will cause the gas tank to explode. Needless to say, I enjoyed it and apparently others did as well which thrust it into a best-seller status. Dark Knight follows the tradition of the newborn Batman series in giving us a dark atmosphere and blending it with nostalgia to the point of making the most masculine of us squeel like schoolgirls at the sight of a blue-faced Two-Face (refer to Animated Series if you aren't familiar).
It's set a time after the events of Batman Begins where the dark knight (no pun intended) is now a feared and revered force of nature in Gotham. However, with our protagonist comes two things out of the blue; first is the ultimate foil, the Joker. This Joker is insane. This isn't a joke; he is legitimately crazy. Every time he's on the screen, there is more often than not an uncomfortable background violin being strangled on one note, which truly adds to how disturbing it is. He is also a master of dark humor and human manipulation making him a frighteningly dangerous and funny character. Just watch for the pencil trick and you'll see my point, fellow dark-humor-enthusiests. Next is good-ol-boy Harvey Dent. Batman fans don't need any more explanation for Dent since they know what happens. On a sidenote, the effects done later in the movie for Two-Face are amazing.
My only gripes (and that isn't saying a lot) is that Christian Bale still sounds rediculous when trying to be Batman. It's suitable at times and I can't imagine him just using his regular voice for someone like Batman of all people, but he reminds me of Nathan Explosion from Metalokalypse. Not only that, but the ending felt like a bit of a fizz than the bang it should have been. Most of the buildup exploded bigtime about four minutes before the movie ended. However, it worked out rather well in the end.
All in all, if you don't see this movie, you're a communist. Okay, maybe that's a stretch, but I'd say you MUST see this movie if you can. It's rare for a comic book movie to be this groundbreaking (well, Iron Man was pretty awesome, I'll concede to that). Don't miss out!
Also, the dark humor reminded me of Portal. And I love Portal.
Cake plz.
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