Monday, July 21, 2008

Where Was I?...I Was Right Here. Where Were You?

I have seen The Dark Knight twice now. Ready to go a third time with Anna in a few days.

Alright, honest opinion. The over all film was just ok. Though what makes this film great for me is the Joker and the screenplay. The screenplay is solid. Jonathan and Christopher did an excellent job developing the plot around. And for the record, the Joker is easily in my top 3 favorite roles of all time.

If there will be a third Batman film, whoever the villain will be, will have quite the shoes to fill. I find it hard for a villain to top Ledger's skills as the Joker. Unless that villain is an oil prospector played by Daniel Day-Lewis, I don't see it happening.

The score felt like it came out of a Kubrick film. One of my favorite scenes is the one pictured below. The Joker sticks his head out of the window, smiles, brushes his hair back and closes his eyes. And during this scene, eerie violins are heard.

And if you haven't caught it yet, The Dark Knight holds the #1 slot on IMDB top 250. It is currently putting The Godfather to shame.

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