Fo’ Reel? – The Dark Knight

I’m a fan of the Bat. Okay, I’m more like a total fanatic! So, when I saw Batman Begins a couple years ago I was blown away. Time past and finally the sequel was announced and then Heath Ledger was cast. People went nuts, making gay bashing jokes and all the general whatnot.

Well, I bet Mr. Ledger’s laughing it up in that creepy Joker chuckle in the great Brown Derby beyond the stars.

The Dark Knight is to superhero films what Shakespeare is to literature. The bar is raised and the whole medium will not and can never be the same. The articles I’ve read so far seem to throw the spotlight on the Joker, a homicidal maniac who’s too smart for his own good, and for good reason. Ledger’s Joker is the best villain I’ve encountered on screen since Darth Vader. The cast, and Eckhart in particular stole the show for me. It was a Roman tragedy wrapped in a balls to the wall popcorn film for the thinking crowd.

The film’s score was truly a great feat, bounds above it’s predecessor. This film is headed for the Oscars or at least the Globes. It’s a great film and a wonderful homage to the best hero in fiction.

~ by twistedangel9 on July 26, 2008.