The Dark Knight

[Disneylover79]

OK so I admit it I just got around to watching it.....

IT WAS GREAT!!!!

Heath Ledger did deserve the Golden Globe...

OK thanks just want to share that

 

[LuvOrlando]

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[Tink888]

I just watched for the first time over the holidays and thought it was an awesome movie too. Heath was fantastic and even though the movie was dark, I loved the depth to it.

 

[Lanshark]

I too thought Heath Ledger was great. Unfortunately, I didn't think the movie was that good.

 

[RitaZ.]

Loved the movie! Heath was excellent in it. I didn't care at all for the actress that played Rachel (Maggie, I forget her last name). IMO, there was no chemistry between her and CB. I thought that Katie Holmes did a better job in the first movie. BTW, does anyone know why she didn't do the second movie? Was she pregnant at the time?

 

[dementia412]

I honestly didn't even notice it wasn't the same woman until very late in the movie. They are both incredibly bland actresses (although I loved Pieces of April), they look very much alike and the character was never interesting to me anyway.

I loved Heath as the Joker and I still think Christian Bale is an awesome Batman but they really need to stop the whole gruff voice idiocy.

 

[metalis4ever]

Dark Knight is one of the best movies I have ever seen...Heath Ledger played the perfect "Dark Knight era" Joker... I personally can't wait for the 3rd installment it's just too bad Heath Ledger isn't around to play Joker and hopefully they won't try to replace him because he was absolutely perfect...Rumor has it we'll see The Riddler in the 3rd movie...

 

[PK Disney Dork]

I seriously doubt we'll see The Riddler in the next film. The character is just far too similar to the Joker.

What I loved about this movie more than anything...is the fact that is really isn't a "comic book" movie. It can better be described as a classic crime drama along the lines of Heat. THe film is a tightly woven allegory concerning moral ambiguity and how one deals with severe trauma.

The relationship between The Joker and Bruce Wayne (I like to call him Wayne rather than Batman as Batman really wasn't in the film that much) is so brilliant told. They are like the two sides of the same coin in (yet another tie in to the Harvey Dent character as well) in terms of how someone deals with crisis and tragedy. It's obvious The Joker suffered at some point in his past...as did Bruce Wayne...the difference coming in how the two deal with their pain. The Joker becoming an instrument of chaos and The Batman becoming a spirt of order.

This relationship is so perfectly shown in the interrogation scene. The Batman asks The Joker why he wants to kill him to which The Joker responds that he has no desire to kill him...he says they complete one another...that they are "destine to do this dance forever"...towards the end of the film when The Batman has The Joker tied and hanging upside down...they carry on yet another moment of brilliant dialogue punched up by the imagery of of The Joker being upside down and The Batman being upright...again playing on the "two sides of the same coin" allegory...

Add to all of this Harvey Dent...who is used to represent the turmoil that twists inside both Bruce Wayne/The Batman and The Joker...as The Joker mentions..."anyone can do what I do"...with a push in the right direction...this smartly comes to a head when Dent...who has represented everything The Batman fights for is "pushed" by The Joker and proves his point...

...I could go on and on...needless to say this was one of the smartest films of 2008 on top of just being a great movie!

 

[Ohiodislover]

BTW, does anyone know why she didn't do the second movie? Was she pregnant at the time?

I don't think she was pregnant.

If you believe what you read/see on TV. Katie's wack-job husband wouldn't let her do the 2nd one. Who knows if this is true? I mean come on--If he is that controlling how could he "let" her be in Mad Money- That movie sucked.

There could be some truth to this though. Part of what broke him and Nicole up was her being the bigger star. Maybe he is making sure Katie's movie career won't be better than his.

 

[laurabelle]

I seriously doubt we'll see The Riddler in the next film. The character is just far too similar to the Joker.

What I loved about this movie more than anything...is the fact that is really isn't a "comic book" movie. It can better be described as a classic crime drama along the lines of Heat. THe film is a tightly woven allegory concerning moral ambiguity and how one deals with severe trauma.

The relationship between The Joker and Bruce Wayne (I like to call him Wayne rather than Batman as Batman really wasn't in the film that much) is so brilliant told. They are like the two sides of the same coin in (yet another tie in to the Harvey Dent character as well) in terms of how someone deals with crisis and tragedy. It's obvious The Joker suffered at some point in his past...as did Bruce Wayne...the difference coming in how the two deal with their pain. The Joker becoming an instrument of chaos and The Batman becoming a spirt of order.

This relationship is so perfectly shown in the interrogation scene. The Batman asks The Joker why he wants to kill him to which The Joker responds that he has no desire to kill him...he says they complete one another...that they are "destine to do this dance forever"...towards the end of the film when The Batman has The Joker tied and hanging upside down...they carry on yet another moment of brilliant dialogue punched up by the imagery of of The Joker being upside down and The Batman being upright...again playing on the "two sides of the same coin" allegory...

Add to all of this Harvey Dent...who is used to represent the turmoil that twists inside both Bruce Wayne/The Batman and The Joker...as The Joker mentions..."anyone can do what I do"...with a push in the right direction...this smartly comes to a head when Dent...who has represented everything The Batman fights for is "pushed" by The Joker and proves his point...

...I could go on and on...needless to say this was one of the smartest films of 2008 on top of just being a great movie!

I recently watched it after my dd came home from her high school Psychology class and said they had studied clips from both of the newest Batman films and discussed how the different characters: Bruce Wayne, Harvey Dent and the Joker dealt with their circumstances. We all have bad things happen to us, some arguably worse than others, but the thing we have in our control is how we react to it. Something I have been teaching my kids...she knew I would love that and we watched it together.

I really loved that scene you described when Batman has the Joker swinging upside down. I noticed too, how the Joker liked to tell his victims, in different versions, how he got his scars... The Joker cracked me up in the hospital scenes. Did you notice he had a Harvey Dent sticker on his nurse's uniform? I really need to watch it again, there were so many details. It sure was one of those movies that stayed with me. What an incredible performance by Heath Ledger, bravo! He will be missed...