Dark Knight

Just saw The Dark Knight and it is a REALLY good. film. Again, I went to watch it on the GMax which is far more comfortable than 'normal' cinema. The crowd in my session, however, was less than comfortable. Who knew an action thriller like The Dark Knight could get so many people laughing? Worse is, it's the first day back after school holidays, yet there were still these kids around to watch movies on a Tuesday (me still waiting for sups' comments on final draft) and laugh at hostages being shot or hand-grenaded? Is Sydney the new Gotham morality? Anyways, a bit of a departure to base Gotham at Chicago than the usual NYC. Having not read/listened to anything about the movie before hand that most certainly surprised a little. Though it was a very enjoyable movie, the super-length of the movie was still very apparent. Just when I thought it was coming to an end (though it would have been a pretty cop-out ending if it did end at that point), a quick look at the watch told me that there were still 45 minutes to go! The 25 minutes of adverts & previews didn't help either of course.

This is a pretty good bridging story to link up Batman Begins with the previous lots of 'sequels'. We learn of the beginnings of one of the future villains, though the fate of Rachel Dawes was a bit puzzling. Maybe because I never studied the other Batmen close enough to notice the link?

Like I said on Facebook, Ledger was superb, but no Oscar I believe. Bale was a bit wooden and Echkart was struggling especially in the first half of the film. Overall, still a very good film but definitely not for kids. Well, unless you can deal with a few nightmares or pay for their furthered delinquincies.